It is tutorial time.
So for today, I'm going to teach you one of the most important things you have to learn when living in Korea
and that is: Learning How to Shop Online.
So a lot of people have been asking us about G-Market
since we've been talking about them for our Wonderful Treasure Find segment.
Now we don't always use G-Market to get our toys from
but we do use G-Market a lot, and we've been using G-Market since we arrived in Korea.
In fact, most Korean people do their shopping online.
So Simon and I are dragging cases of water and cat poop sand all the way from the pet store like suckers,
when we could have been delivering them like everybody else.
So first of all, a lot of people think that G-Market is actually a store named 'G-Market'
and that's actually totally wrong.
G-Market is just a platform for you to buy other peoples' stuff from.
There are tonnes of little mini-shops, so it's a lot like eBay or Amazon, so you're not dealing with one company
you're dealing with lots of mini people.
Okay, so I'm going to do a screen recording of what I'm showing you guys so you can follow along
I want to show you guys how to register for G-Market because there are a bunch of mistakes people tend to make
And then I want to teach you a little about clothing shopping and the weird terminology that comes up in Korea
like 'free size'. Is this clothing free?
Simon (off-camera): Boo that 'free' joke was so lame.
It wasn't that lame! S: Oh my God.
M: You can do this tutorial then! Do you want to shop for Spudgy clothing? Do you?
I'm gonna buy my K-Pop stuff!
Listen! It's winter and Spudgy needs tiny sweaters. Do you want to take up that responsibility?
S: No! M: Then shush your pie hole!
And then I want to show you the check-out procedure and the coupon procedure.
Because there are lots of discounts you can get.
Into screen-recording mode.
So this is me on Firefox first because I'm not signed-in on this one so- ooh it's the Beast album.
I want to show you guys how to register. So you click on the 'Register' button, which is pretty obvious
Also, when you first come to G-Market, you don't want to start on the Korean site, or you will not be able to read it
So make sure you click on 'English'. When you register, you're making up an ID, then you have an e-mail
password; basically, very very normal stuff. EXCEPT, email is the biggest problem that people have an issue with
because a lot of the e-mails get sent to their junk mail account. So I... please don't judge me:
I am still using hotmail. Yes, I have Gmail and I have a Mac account and all that jazz, but hotmail
has been my go-to sign-up stuff.
However, when I first registered for G-Market like 5 or 6 years ago, my email did not come through and I
didn't know what was going on, and it turns out it went to my junk folder because hotmail's not really that
well-known in Korea. So I suggest Gmail, or any other main- Hanmail's really the best one 'cause that's
Korean mail. So check your junk mail folder PLEASE because all my friends were like "Why can't I register?"
And I'm like: "It's literally sitting in your junk mail folder".
Okay, once you're registered, I'm going to close- OH IT'S LOKI!- I'm going to close Firefox because I
have already signed in through Safari. So, what I want to show you guys first is my first tip is to
open up a text edit in the corner. The reason why text edit is open is because the Korean system of
showing you things- let me just get quickly to a category for you.
So if I go to, let's say, the first one here, and I start scrolling down
everything's in this gigantic, vertical kind of layout. It's not like a single thing you can click on.
See how it's numbered? I will use my text folder to say... as I'm scrolling: "Oh I really like 9".
So I just jot down 9 and then I'll just keep going.
Because otherwise, you might forget what you want by the time you get back to the top.
When you get back up to the top here, then you have the drop-down selection.
And then that is where you actually pick the type of clothing you want. So if I wanted number 9
I click on number 9 and it'd say "Oh, you only have one choice of camel brown" and I just click on it
and that'll be it. You can also apply a coupon, actually, in this shop already.
Oooh! That's a really- 30% off.
Let's apply that bad boy.
So, it's 20 bucks for that jacket, which I'm not getting because it is not my style but I wanted to
show you guys why I opened up the text edit. So let's go find something that is my style
because I'm really looking for a hoodie. Specifically, a hoodie with some kind of animal ears on it
because my hoodie got broken because somebody (S: What?!) broke my hoodie!
Anyway, so I'm looking for a big cosy hoodie. This is the way the Korean system works regarding
clothing. You also might see numbers like 55. So just so you know, 55 is like a 4 or 6 or a Small size
in North America, which I am nowhere close to jamming my butt into.
55, 66, that kind of stuff is usually for dresses and they will actually show you the bust and the waist
so you can look at that on your own. But when it comes to something like a sweater
they do like 90s to 110 usually for men, 85 might be the smallest for a girl which would not fit me whatsoever.
So I'm about to do something that might be sad for some people, but do not take it that way.
When I go to the Women's / Youth Casual Wear clothing, there is the Plus-size category and plus-size in
North America usually means quite large that would not necessarily fit me.
But in Korea, it just means kinda like a baggy fit. In some cases they will have like a super extra large
piece of clothing like a really funky dress or something, and there are plus sized people in Korea
But mostly, it means kinda baggy. So even though its super baggy on a Korean girl, it'll be just right on me.
So I am looking for a cute sweater. Okay, I'm going to open up this page. Usually something with
writing on it is adorable. And... let me see what else I like.
I like the star hoodie here.
Okay, so I'm going to start here first. So, you're going to notice that I'm a super awesome badass scroller
because I am pretty much used to this. The very first part is going to be a preview of what is coming up.
So these are the little mini tiny ones. I already see some cute stuff. And then they have a bigger version
later on which is actually the full description of it. So I can kinda just get a look to see- HELLO.
I like that one a lot- and then they show me the bigger sizes. So you can actually click- sorry what?
"Chase bunny"? You can actually click on it to make a bigger version of it and find out the information
That is cute-- Make sure you have the availability for pop-ups or- what's that called? ...opening to another page
Otherwise you won't be able to see a lot of the previews. --This one's pretty cool, I do like skulls.
So here's the sizes at the bottom here. So you can see that they have XL, which is 110-120, and that's
actually very very baggy, so that's pretty cool for me. Even though I really like this, I did say I was
supposed to get something cute. So I'm going to scroll past this skull even though I really like this skull.
Oh my God, I thought this said "The Animals of Farting Wood"
"A cactus has a thick stem to store a lot of water inside"- with a picture of a cat.
This one- I like this one a lot. You think this going to make me look fat?
Can you guys answer me at home? (S: Nooo!)
That's pretty darn cute. In fact, I feel like I could put my cat in there.
They've got navy blue and they've got grey as an option.
Okay, so 7125 and I said I would do grey so let's go back to the top.
"Please check if shipping address is in Korea".
So... Let's do... okay 7125- this says grey, grey, grey. This one is navy blue. Okay, so I want to go for
grey XXL. So I'm going to click on that one there. I'm going to apply a coupon code.
Shiblamo.
Nice, that's fantastic.
Okay, I'm going to add this to the cart.
"The item has been added to your shopping cart"
Shibloombloom!
Okay, so that's it for clothing.
There it is.
One of these shops, I think it was this one because the pekinese dog was... yup.
It's the Spudgy. They had a really cool outfit that I wanted to get for Spudgy
because Winter is coming. I know a lot of people are like "Why are you buying clothes for your dog? He has
his own fur coat." Listen! Spudgy has a heart condition. He needs to be wrapped up in adorable
OHMYGOD- Ducky- (S: What?!) You need to come here! It's really important.
S: Are you sure. M: Yes! S: But I'm trying to publish videos here.
M: Come to me. You ready?
S: Ohmygooood. M: It's a Spudgy puppy. S: Ohmygoooood.
M: Ducky! S: Hey. M: Hey. Look at him! S: This was important. M: Wasn't it?!
S: Ohmygooood is that what good looking pekinese is supposed to look like? Ohmygod look at him
M: Look, he can have his own jumpsuit that could match us.
S: Spudgy is such a sea donkey.
Oh oh, here's the yellow one! He's already...
Do you want both of them? S: Get them all!
Get them- Get everything!
Number F12 - battle ship sunk!
And I'm going to get an F14. Yes, this is what I do in my free time: I shop for my dog.
So F and Taekwando. Yep, this says size so you want to enter the size. So for Spudgy,
he's XXL. Confirm. Size XXL - 1. Yes. And we're also going to get F14 XXL. So F12, F14
and we'll see if there's any coupons. No coupons.
It's okay. And we're going to add it to the cart.
Let's check it out now. Okay, so I've got my cat hoodie, I've got this - don't look! For a WTF.
I've got all my stuff for my store and that's all I'm getting today before I go insane. I'm going to be sending money
from a private account. In Korea, it is very very normal to actually go to your bank account
and send the money manually from the bank machine to another account. You select
the actual Bank, like if it's a KBB bank or what kind of bank it is.
So that is very common, while it might feel very sketchy to you at first, which it did for us,
but it is very very normal for people to do that. Shiblamo I'm going to pay it - Proceed to chekout information.
Okay. Please pay until the 11/17 is when it is due. So I'm going to press confirm.
*Chime FX*
Finished! So that's it. My order is in. It gives me enough time that if I need to make a change or message
something to them, I can.
That's about it for my tutorial. It was pretty basic, just dealing with clothing and basic order stuff.
If you guys have any questions about G-Market or how it works, please leave me a question in the comment
section below or on our website. If you're interested in me doing another tutorial about G-Market
or anything else, also let me know in the comment section below.
I hope this was helpful for you. I definitely need to leave G-Market right now before I order 20 more
outfits for Spudgy. There is an outfit with a puffy vest, and it actually had a scarf attached to it with little
tiny plaid pants. But they only had Large and Spudgy's an Extra Large like his Mum.
Ugh!
2 Days Later
*Ding dong. Ding dong*
Annyeonghaseyo. *Korean*
This is actually the biggest XL sweater I've ever got in Korea. This is really big, right Simon?
S: Uh-huh. M: Seriously. And look at the hoodie. It's really deep.
/sings/ Deep inside, deep inside.
Strategically placed happy things. And this is a huge pocket.
I love it.
Subtitles by: Jackie Lee