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HOW TO BUY FROM JAPAN?

Buy directly, buy thru middleman, or buy using forwarder company.

When you buy things online, from Japan, there are 2 types of online stores:

  1. Websites that ship to your address (not in Japan)

  2. Websites that only ship within Japan.

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In order to buy from websites that ship only within Japan. You need an agent to help you.

Basically, there are 3 kinds of agents.

  1. Forwarder (They combine and forward your parcels from Japan. You pay for your items using your credit card)

  2. Proxy/middleman located in Japan (Someone that you appointed to help you get your items from Japan. You pay to them)

  3. Proxy/middleman located outside Japan (most of the cases, you pay and communicate in your local currency and language)

MOST POPULAR FORWARDERS TO GET THINGS FROM JAPAN

TENSO

https://www.tenso.com/en

  • Consolidation Service (200yen basic fee plus 300yen/item)

  • Handling fee (commission) according to weight (50yen for 50g, 530yen for 0.5g, 1,020yen for 2kg, max 5,000yen)

  • Family Mart Pickup Service (only available at Taiwan)

BIG IN JAPAN

https://www.biginjap.com/en/content/16-forwarding-terms

  • Commission: 500 yen (+ 1000 yen if you choose repackaging) + international shipping fees + Paypal fees (3.7% of total amount + 40 yen).

BLACK SHIP

https://blackship.com/

JPN DEPOT

https://www.jpn-depot.com/

  • Commission  200yen handling fee + 100yen consolidating fee

  • You can order for proxy service too: 200 yen per store

  • Repack Option Fee: 500yen  Extra protection: 200yen

LEYIFAN

https://www.leyifan.com/en/fee.html

  • commission : 150yen (why is it so cheap? Can someone tell me?

FORWARDING SERVICE JAPAN

https://giftjapanese.com/price/

Commission 

  • 400yen for 1 parcel/month

  • 600yen for 2 parcels/month

  • 1500yen for 10parcels/month

BENLY EXPRESS

https://benlyexpress.com/en/cost/

(kindly email us, if you have any related info)

MY JAPAN ADDRESS

https://www.myjapanaddress.com/membership-plans-2/

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JAPAN MART

https://japamart.com/japan_forwarding_service.php

BRIDGE.JPN

https://www.bridge.jpn.com/services/pack-forward

  • Commission is about 400yen for 1kg, 1,400yen for 5kg, 1,900yen for 10kg

VPOST

https://vpost.com/sg/japan-merchants/

  • Singapore Post as the background

Free? For customers in Singapore?
(please send us an email if you have more info)

GOYOKIKIYA

https://www.goyokikiya.com/

  • Commission: 490yen for 1kg, 890yen for 2kg, 2,990yen for 10kg

  • Only support Japanese and Chinese langauge

  • Consolidation Fee: free

BAGGAGE FORWARD

https://www.baggageforward.co.jp/en/service/price.html

  • Commission: 680yen for 1kg, 960yen for 2kg, 2,960yen for 10kg. 

  • Consolidation Fee: 760yen (one time charge)

3 - HOW TO BUY?: List

PROXY IN JAPAN

3 - HOW TO BUY?: Text

POPULAR PROXIES/MIDDLEMEN IN JAPAN

NEOKYO

https://neokyo.com/en/fees

  • Commission for order: 250yen/item

  • Commission for shipment (packing fee): 500yen for the first 2kg + 150yen for each kg after that

  • Free storage up to 45 days (charging a weekly fee after that. 210yen to 1,400yen according to the size of your parcel)

FROM JAPAN

https://www.fromjapan.co.jp/en/

  • Commission: 300yen/item, Repacking fee: 1,500yen 

  • Photo service: 500yen / 3 photos

  • Tire Removal Fee: 16,000yen / 4 units

JAPAN GOODS FINDER

https://www.japangoodsfinder.com/rates/

  • Commission: minimum 2,000yen. 15% for order around 50,000yen order, 13% for order around 100,000yen

BUYEE

https://buyee.jp/help/yahoo/guide/fees?lang=en

  • Commission 300yen/ store

  • Consolidation Fee (500yen to 1,000yen)

  • The only proxy that integrate with MERCARI (only available for certain things)

ZENMARKET

https://zenmarket.jp/en/

  • Languages supported: English, Chinese, France, Spanish, Vietnam, Russian, Tamil etc.)

  • Commission: 300yen/ item

  • Payment: Support international bank transfer (recommended for deposit transfer more than 100,000yen) Support Bitcoin, Litecoin and Ethereum payment too (via CoinGate payment gateway)

BUY FROM JAPAN BY JAJAPANSERVICE

https://jajapanservice.wixsite.com/buyfromjapan

  • Commission: 10% from total cost

  • Able to negotiate up to 10% discount for seller in MERCARI

  • Good reviews on Facebook

JAPONICA MARKET

https://www.japonicamarket.com/smart-home.html

  • Commission: 500 yen for items below 2500yen, 600yen for items below 5000yen etc.

  • Lower Commission if buy more (5% for order below 30,000yen, 4% for order below 50,000yen etc)

  • PayPal fee 3.2%+40 JPY

BIG IN JAPAN

https://www.biginjap.com/en/content/14-proxy

  • Commission:  500 yen basic commission + 15% of the total price (up to 20,000 yen order ) or 10% of the total price (20,001 yen and above)

  • They provide forwarding service too

GOODY JAPAN

https://www.goody-japan.com/

  • Commission: minimum 500yen, 7% for order above 10,000yen, maximum 5,000yen

  • 100yen bank transfer fee (fixed), No Paypal charge 

  • 200yen to negotiate the price at MERCARI.

WHITE RABBIT JAPAN

https://www.whiterabbitjapan.com/

  • Commission: minimum 9usd. 1usd/ item + 1.2~10% of the items price 

  • For Fril/Yahoo Auction/Mercari, it is 5usd/ item for item fee

  • Free consolidation, free repacking, accept pre orders. 10usd to split package.

FORWARDING SERVICE JAPAN

https://giftjapanese.com/price/

  •  JPY400 for Plan A (1 parcel/month)  Consolidation/Photo/Invoice removal : JPY500 each

  • Commission for Online store proxy: (Item cost + shipping fee) x 10%, *Minimum service fee is JPY1,000.

  • Commission for Physical store: (Item cost) x 30%, *Minimum service fee is JPY3,000.

WEBUY (Service stopped)

https://www.webuyjapan.com/page/6

  • Commission 8%, *no minimum fee

  • JPY2,000yen/hour for physical store visit

  • Free photo verification for each item

SAMURAI BUYER (Service stopped)

https://samuraibuyer.com/en/guide/faq.html

  • If the Item Price is under 5000 yen, Service Fee: 500 yen.

  • If the Item Price is over 5000 yen, Service Fee: 9% of the Item Price.

  • Also provide forwarder service

DEJAPAN

https://www.dejapan.com/en/

  • Commission (handling fee): 200yen for Pay Pay Flea Market, 500yen for MERCARI

  • Consolation fee 100yen/ item

  • Has limited access to some of the major stores (Bic Camera, Marui, Rakuten, Yadobashi Camera etc.) 

TREASURE JAPAN

https://treasure-japan.com/fees.html

  • Commission: minimum 700yen (5%~10%) plus handling fee (200yen to 600yen)

  • Packing fee 50 to 200yen 

  • can not help purchasing adult products 

REMAMBO 

https://www.remambo.jp/help/ourcommission.html

  • Commission: 500yen (200yen for VIP) per order, plus 200yen for Mercari. 

  • Repack fee: 500yen

  • Inspection fee: 500yen 

NOPPIN

https://noppin.com/helps/our_price?tag=1

  • Commission: 500yen plus 5%

  • Tire removal fee: 2000yen

  • ​TireRemoval & Dispose： 2,000 JPY per tire

JAUCE 

https://www.jauce.com/japan_auction_detail#howtouse

  • Commission: 400yen plus 8% 

  • Off-site store commission: 1000yen plus 8%

BUY SMART JAPAN (Service stopped)

https://www.buysmartjapan.com/ja/helps/fees

  • Commission: 15% 

  • Need to register as a (free) member before use

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