About us
“This should be easier.”
With that in mind, Hey!Hallyu was founded in early 2018. Since then we have grown from living room to 140m2 work location, from part-time 1 person to several full-timers, thousands of customers and still motivated by our shared passion for kpop. Customer focus is our main focus and we will always do our best to make all our customers as happy as possible!
Since the beginning, we have attended several events: Strictly Kpop, Hallyucon, our own K-PopUp and Heroes Made in Asia. Hopefully there will be many other great opportunities in the future!
From fans, for fans. From far away to near. The Kpop shop for the Netherlands, Belgium and the rest of Europe, with albums, merchandise and maybe more soon!
The TEAM
Eva
Owner
Hey! I’m Eva, the founder of Hey!Hallyu. In 2012, I was drawn into the SHINee fandom by Lucifer, and since then I’ve become a fan of TVXQ/JYJ and now NCT, although I listen to a lot of bands. For Hey!Hallyu I deal with business related matters, mentoring interns and work, and answer almost all emails. The best thing about working for me is making kpop fans happy and the many grateful reactions, and the many fun things we do, organize and experience!
Angel
Office manager
I have been a fan of k-pop since 2012. Don’t laugh at me, but it’s all because of PSY with his Gangnam Style. As a result, I got other k-pop songs in my recommended. So I got stuck in that a bit. I’m glad this happened to me because (partly) because of this I met Eva and now I even work for her. What am I doing here? I’m the one who keeps an eye on all orders, what comes in and what goes out. And I’m in charge of our TikTok channel where I put Girah hard at work making funny faces.
Ro~
Sales & Social media
Yo! It’s Ro~ Stuck in kpop BigBang since 2008. My ults are 2PM & Stray Kids and have been helping the HeyHallyu Team since 2019 with designs, customer contact and more…
You?
Intern
Do you have a media or communication-related education, or are you working on a (graduation) internship that does not require guidance in this area and would you like to strengthen our team? We have a number of internship positions available on an ongoing basis. Click here for more information.
Kimchi
Born on 20-08-2019
Sister of Mochi
retrieves “the skunk”
Eats rubber bands…
Mochi
Born on 20-08-2019
Kimchi’s sister
Likes to lie in your neck
super tiny
Mr Noodle
Born on 18-04-2018
Cousin of Soju
Gives high fives
true gentleman
Soju
Born on 17-04-2018
Cousin of Noodle
Queen of the house
Wins every staring contest
TIJDLIJN
The idea for Hey!Hallyu arose in 2017, when I (Eva) regularly bought albums with friends, but we always had to save up to share the high shipping costs. There was no alternative in the Netherlands at the time – the Mediamarkt and Sounds did not yet have Kpop, and Group Orders were not yet many. At the time I was doing a minor in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, which gave birth to Hey!Hallyu. Our target audience was clear, financing could start small and our “Unique Selling Points” were clear, so let’s go! And a lot has happened since then:
2018
Januari 2018 – Inschrijving KVK & eerste order uit Zuid-Korea
Maart 2018 – Officiële opening Hey!Hallyu
Juni 2018 – Strictly Kpop #8 in Rotterdam
September 2018 – Instagram gejoined
September 2018 – Hallyu Wave in Antwerpen
Mei 2019 – Strictly Kpop Open Air in Rotterdam
December 2018 – Romee joined het team
2019
Augustus 2019 – Kpop Aan De Maas
November 2019 – HallyuCon in Eindhoven
December 2019 – K-Pop Up in Amsterdam
2020
Januari 2020 – Angel joined het team
Juni 2020 – Hey!Hallyu op Twitch
September 2020 – Eerste stagiaires
Oktober 2020 – Verhuizing naar Velp
December 2020 – HH On Tour met BTS BE
2021
Januari 2021 – 10.000 succesvolle orders
Maart 2021 – Hey!Hallyu op Discord
Maart 2021 – Hey!Hallyu Verjaardagsbingo
April 2021 – Verhuizing naar Arnhem
September 2021 – 20.000 succesvolle orders
Oktober 2021 – Heroes Made In Asia in Gorinchem
December 2021 – Nieuwe website
December 2021 – Eindejaarsbingo
2022
Mei 2022 – Heroes Made In Asia in Gorinchem
Juni 2022 – AnimeCon in Rijswijk
Juli 2022 – Korean Culture Festival in Amsterdam
September 2022 – Korean Wave in Leiden
Oktober 2022 – Hallyu Wave in Antwerpen
November 2022 – Dutch Comic Con in Utrecht
Method
We source all our products from a regular supplier in South Korea, although we sometimes switch to other suppliers. From our office/warehouse in Arnhem we update the website, process orders, provide customer service and everything is packed and shipped. Every day we send all stock orders that have come in since the day before, and any pre-orders. DHL will pick this up at 3 pm; We deliver all orders with PostNL at the end of the day.
Every morning we put the new pre-orders that have become available online, also unknown groups, and promote this on our social media channels. We can also get a lot of merchandise and BT21, but we don’t always put this online. Are you looking for something? Feel free to ask us!
Weekly, or more often, we receive a new shipment from South Korea. We usually unbox these on Twitch, replenish inventory and put the pre-orders aside to be packed. What is left of this, we also put online as stock.