What a time to be part of the BTS ARMY! It feels like not a day goes by when fans aren’t blessed with another new announcement to celebrate. Through the years, BTS has been positioning themselves as the most internationally-accessible artists ever. They’ve long had a reputation for being able to connect with international fans through their exceptional social media presence, but they took things a step further in June 2019 when they launched a brand-new fan community called Weverse as an alternative to Daum fancafé (which many international fans had a hard time accessing because of it only being available in Korean). BTS’ fanclub on Weverse is a second, paid tier where fans can gain access to even more exclusive content and real-life BTS perks. So, here’s how to join BTS’ Global Official Fanclub so you don’t miss out on all the amazing ARMY perks that come with it.
What You Need
First thing you should know is that you’ll need a few things in order to gain access to BTS’ ARMY Fanclub:
"Are there different packages?" you ask. Yes, beginning September 2020, Weverse began offering two different types of memberships in order to give fans with different budgets more purchasing options.
Types of Memberships
ARMY Membership
The basic package is the ARMY membership, which costs about $22. Upon registering for this membership fanclub, ARMYs will get the following perks:
- A mobile membership card (Physical cards are available for purchase as part of the membership kit)
- The opportunity to purchase special membership-only BTS goods
- Benefits for purchasing BTS content on Weverse (Early release, members-only price, etc.)
- The opportunity to pre-book BTS concerts and participate in raffles
- The opportunity to apply for attending music shows featuring BTS
- View members-exclusive image, video, and sound content on BTS Weverse
- The opportunity to apply for or participate in online and offline special BTS events
- The opportunity to purchase a Membership Kit (One purchase during the membership period)
If you’re wondering about the Membership Kit, it’s an optional product that can be purchased separately from the basic ARMY Membership, but more on that later.
ARMY Membership: Merch Pack
The Merch Pack includes all the basic benefits from the ARMY Membership, as well as other perks that are only available to those who buy this pumped-up package. As you can expect, the Merch Pack is a little pricey (it’s $150), so fans will want to consider if it’s something they really want to splurge on. To help ARMYs decide, here are all the benefits that come with it:
- A mobile membership card (Physical cards are available for purchase as part of the membership kit)
- The opportunity to purchase special membership-only BTS goods
- Benefits for purchasing BTS content on Weverse (early release, members-only price, etc.)
- The opportunity to pre-book BTS concerts, and participate in raffles
- The opportunity to apply for attending music shows featuring BTS
- View members-exclusive image, video, and sound content on BTS Weverse
- The opportunity to apply for or participate in online and offline special BTS events
- The opportunity to purchase a Membership Kit (one purchase during the membership period)
- Four Merch Boxes (you only have to pay shipping and handling)
The four Merch Boxes will be sent out at different times of the year for those who purchase the Merch Pack membership.
BTS’ first merch box came with an outbox, ARMY blanket, a fabric poster, and a photo.
The second merch box dropped in February 2021 and it was a cute, purple picnic set that included an outbox, a picnic basket set that includes dishware, a photo card, and a tattoo sticker.
Fans can find out when the other Merch Boxes will become available under the “Membership” tab on Weverse.
Membership Kit
So much BTS goodness, right? But that’s not all! Regardless of whether fans choose the basic ARMY Membership or Merch Pack, they can purchase the ARMY Membership Kit for even more content.
For example, in 2019, the Membership Kit (called ARMY ZIP) had a superhero theme, but in 2020, it will center around a fairy tale instead. Brace yourselves, ARMY, because the package will come with the following products:
- Book Lamp
- Membership Card
- ARMY Zip
- Book Marker
- Photo Cards
- Pouch
- User Guide
The Membership Kit will be delivered to fans in the quarter after they signed up for the membership.
Special Membership Renewal Gift
The perks don’t stop there. Fans who renew their membership rather than starting it for the first time get even more surprises.
In 2020, if an ARMY membership holder renewed their membership from 60 days prior to 30 days after the expiration date, they got a digital thank you message written in a BTS member’s handwriting on an unreleased group photo as a renewal gift. Fans will get it once the renewal membership purchase has been confirmed. (The renewal gift is subject to change from year to year).
So, here’s how you can join and take advantage of all these ARMY perks.
How To Register For Membership On The Weverse Shop
The registration process starts on the Weverse Shop. All you have to do to start is log in to BTS’ artist store on the Weverse Shop app (using the same user ID as the one you use on Weverse) and click on the "Membership" tab.
After that, you’ll be asked to enter in all the personal info and registration details necessary to enroll in the ARMY Fanclub. Just make sure that you register with your legal name that matches the name on your legal ID (to take advantage of those real-life perks mentioned earlier).
Only Korean credit cards are accepted on the Weverse Shop, so select PayPal for your payment option and then check out, and then the app will easily connect to your PayPal account to complete the purchase.
And voila! You’re done!
How To View Membership Content On Weverse
Once you purchase membership to the ARMY Fanclub, you will immediately gain access to all it has to offer digitally. So, to access that content, all you have to do is log in to the Weverse app, where you’ll see a brand-new tab in the top-right for ARMY Fanclub members only.
After clicking on that tab, you’ll see all the exclusive content that’s already been uploaded for ARMY Fanclub members, as well as all future exclusive content.
Now, go register and enjoy all the new ARMY Fanclub has to offer!
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