Now Everyone Can Buy At Yahoo! Japan Autions!

Few weeks ago i was so obsessed with a toy figure that was a limited release by a japan web store. So i go round and round and under a nice chance, i was introduced to Buyee by the popular japan middleman Yokatta Shopping Service after they failed to get me my item.( Seriously those guys and cool! They rather help me than protect their business )

So what is Buyee?
In short they are a middleman company that provide a web platform(english) for people outside Japan buying at Yahoo!Japan Auctions. They help you to bid, pay, and deal with the seller at Yahoo!Japan Auctions. And everything is done automated, with email notification. For more information you can see JusthungryReview

How it works?
First, you'll need the usual sign-up, filling in shipping address, and setting up payment method. And then you're good to go!
Then, just type and search the item,
or go to Yahoo!JapanAution, find the item you want, copy the url, and paste it back at Buyee's search column. It will then bring you directly to that item.
After that it'll be like normal auctions,place bid, wait for win, pays, and ship.

I strongly advice you to read through ALL the user guide HERE , before you proceed with anything

How To Pay?
You do not pay directly to the seller at japan, instead, Buyee help you pay them, and you pay to Buyee. They provide
-Paypal (Recommended)
-VISA
-MasterCard
-JCB

Reason why i choose Paypal is because all the transactions will have no additional charges (Some creditcard might have charges for foreign country bill), One time only authorization(when you first set up payment method Buyee will valid your paypal account), slightly lower conversion rate than local creditcard, no headache when bidding(i will explain in below)

How They Ship
EMS, or UPS
Combined shipping is also provided. Below is my Bidding history length
11/8 - Bid won, directly made payment
13/8 - Seller at Japan receive payment
20/8 - Parcel arrive at Buyee's warehouse. Made shipping payment
23/8 - Parcel arrive at my desk!

So it took me around 2 weeks to get my parcel. Acceptable timing

Things To Know That Will Make You PAIN
F̶o̶r̶ ̶b̶i̶d̶d̶i̶n̶g̶,̶ ̶e̶v̶e̶r̶y̶ ̶b̶i̶d̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶r̶g̶e̶.̶ ̶F̶o̶e̶ ̶e̶x̶a̶m̶p̶l̶e̶
-̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶b̶i̶d̶ ̶a̶n̶ ̶i̶t̶e̶m̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶1̶0̶0̶ ̶y̶e̶n̶.̶ ̶1̶0̶0̶ ̶y̶e̶n̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶b̶i̶l̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶d̶i̶r̶e̶c̶t̶l̶y̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶p̶a̶y̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶a̶c̶c̶o̶u̶n̶t̶
-̶a̶n̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶p̶e̶r̶s̶o̶n̶ ̶s̶u̶r̶p̶a̶s̶s̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶b̶i̶d̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶1̶2̶0̶ ̶y̶e̶n̶.̶ ̶Y̶o̶u̶ ̶b̶i̶d̶ ̶a̶g̶a̶i̶n̶ ̶1̶5̶0̶ ̶y̶e̶n̶.̶ ̶1̶5̶0̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶b̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶a̶g̶a̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶p̶a̶y̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶a̶c̶c̶o̶u̶n̶t̶
-̶a̶n̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶p̶e̶r̶s̶o̶n̶ ̶b̶i̶d̶ ̶h̶i̶g̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶n̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶,̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶b̶i̶d̶ ̶a̶n̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶2̶0̶0̶ ̶y̶e̶n̶.̶
t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶m̶a̶k̶e̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶a̶c̶c̶o̶u̶n̶t̶ ̶b̶e̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶b̶i̶l̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶1̶0̶0̶+̶1̶5̶0̶+̶2̶0̶0̶ ̶y̶e̶n̶!̶!̶ ̶A̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶r̶g̶e̶s̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶ ̶o̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶r̶e̶l̶e̶a̶s̶e̶d̶ ̶a̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶n̶e̶x̶t̶ ̶d̶a̶y̶.̶ ̶B̶u̶y̶e̶e̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶ ̶o̶p̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶"̶B̶i̶d̶ ̶u̶n̶t̶i̶l̶ ̶w̶i̶n̶"̶,̶
w̶h̶i̶c̶h̶ ̶m̶o̶s̶t̶ ̶l̶i̶k̶e̶l̶y̶ ̶m̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶c̶r̶e̶d̶i̶t̶ ̶c̶a̶r̶d̶'̶s̶ ̶l̶i̶m̶i̶t̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶[̶c̶o̶l̶o̶r̶=̶r̶e̶d̶]̶[̶s̶i̶z̶e̶=̶7̶]̶B̶u̶r̶s̶t̶[̶/̶s̶i̶z̶e̶]̶[̶/̶c̶o̶l̶o̶r̶]̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶a̶ ̶d̶a̶y̶.̶ ̶T̶h̶a̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶w̶h̶y̶ ̶i̶ ̶c̶h̶o̶o̶s̶e̶ ̶p̶a̶y̶p̶a̶l̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶p̶a̶y̶a̶p̶l̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶o̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶b̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶m̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶f̶i̶n̶a̶l̶ ̶a̶m̶o̶u̶n̶t̶ ̶a̶t̶ ̶m̶o̶n̶t̶h̶ ̶e̶n̶d̶.̶
Thanks mohk for updating. Now only the final cost will be billed after successful bid win

For every successful win auctions, Buyee will charge a
-200Yen Payment Fee (Help You To Pay To Seller)
-10% Of Your Item as Service Fee (Lets say you won a 4560Yen item, they will charge you 456Yen)

As for shipping
-shipping fees from seller to Buyee's warehouse will be bare by you (Normally 400-600 yen, depends on the seller's location)
-International shipping(To Asia) fees Minimum 1100Yen for item below 500g, rate increase as weight increase

When doing Package Consolidation,
-Grouping two packages together: 500 yen
-Grouping more than three packages together: 1000 yen

So i advice everyone to use their Simple Estimation Tool to calculate the gross of the total cost!

What Is Good About Buyee In My Opinion
-Fast reply in email. Almost in same day reply will be given from support. Bad thing is your question will not be handled personally, you might see different people follow up with your questions

-Able to adjust the declared value. Before you pay the shipping fees. You can edit the declaration that is going to show at the parcel
You can change
-Declared Item Type
-Declared Item Description
-Declared Value
So it gives you the ability to change the value of the parcel, which might help to escape custom tax.

So i am saying this might be nice for finding special item that is lelong at yahoo japan autions, but due to the heavy shipping fees,
it might not suitable for buying and resale

Final Disclaimer: I Am Not Promoting Buyee.jp, nor do i agree buyee.jp is the best way to buy from Japan. I am simply sharing my story here CHEERS!

This post has been edited by PhantomLance: Mar 2 2015, 04:57 PM

Alright! Thanks For Updating!!

CC : Depends on the rate of your bank and the rate on the posting date.
PP: Fixed with its own rate when purchased