02/03/2026
I cannot tell you how proud I am to be writing this as we celebrate 5 years of Getthosemons being in business. We’ve gone through a pandemic, getting married, having two kids (my future workers haha), and I’m now proud to say I get to concentrate on Getthosemons full-time. It’s full credit to you for putting your trust in us every single set.
Getthosemons started out from my love of Digimon and Pokémon and my curiosity to design a website/store that I could have fun with and make look cool. There was never any intention for it to turn into what I’m so thankful it has become. I just wanted a place to put up beautiful card art with market pricing so Kiwis had somewhere to go to see what their Digimon cards were worth. Through complete obsession, a month or two later I was looking at a site that actually looked ready to sell Digimon singles.
I’ll never forget the feeling of going live with the store, heading out for my afternoon walk, and getting our first order. Someone actually saw something worth buying from me!? It couldn’t have been more than a $20 order, but I was so stoked to get back home, pack it, and do my best.
Fast forward to today and I still get that same feeling. I see the same names shopping with us now as I did back in 2021, and it makes me incredibly proud and honoured to be on the receiving end of that support.
If you haven’t already noticed, I’ve been a one-man band since day dot — managing everything from packing, restocking, and communications to marketing and accounting… the list goes on — all while working a full-time job to keep the lights on. I never really realised it until recently, but Getthosemons is what kept me going in that job for as long as I did. I’d genuinely found a sense of achievement here that I’d never found in my career.
Recently I was able to make the scary call to go full-time with Getthosemons — and we’re not looking back. All systems go. I want to keep getting more singles up on the store for you and reach an even bigger audience to provide our service to.
Thank you again, from the bottom of my heart, for being part of the ride ❤️
As a small token of my appreciation, we've got a sale going that hopefully has a little something for everyone!
- Raymond
𝗚𝗢 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗘: https://getthosemons.co.nz/collections/5-year-birthday-sale