Guide to Buying from Japanese Online Shopping Sites and Retail Stores

Buying stuffs from Japan : Why Now ?

Buying from Japan and Shipping Outside Japan

The reason is simply because of the currency. You can profit from JPY that keeps losing value against major currencies. JPY lost value -40% against USD in the last two years and -20% in the last 6 months. Have Japanese Stuffs around you been discounted at the same level ? The answer is no for many countries. You can easily check on ebay.com in the same way as I did, for Japan related items in several categories including Beauty Health, Cosmetics, Fashion Clothing, Camera, Electronics, Anime Figures, Sanrio Hello Kitty categories (*Exchange rate at time of writing, as of January 2015)


What to buy in Japan ? 

To find Hot items in Japan: Take a look at Best Selling items on Major Online Shopping sites such as Amazon Japan, Rakuten. Also a quick look at Online Auction site like Rakuten Auction, Mbok should give an overview of what's hot in Japan. Otherwise expand your search with a large List of Major Shops in Japan covering Major Online Shopping sites and Stores in Japan. 

Best Sellers on Amazon Japan 
> Time Sale on Amazon Japan 
> Hot Deal on Rakuten 
> Best Sellers on Yahoo Japan Shopping 
> Hot Items on Yahoo Auction 
> Hot Items on Rakuten Auction

Typical Issues when Buying stuffs from Japan 

Many shops do not ship outside Japan and may accept cash payment only or other payment method not available from outside Japan. Also some items are not easy to find from overseas, and Limited Items are exclusively sold in Japan. And you may not get the best deal if you cannot choose among all of online shopping sites or retail stores available in Japan.


Buy from Japanese Personal Shopper Webuy 

Personal Shopper Webuy provides following services :

  • Buy at Any Online Shopping site or Retail Store in Japan (Amazon.co.jp, Rakuten.co.jp etc)
  • Buy Limited Items Available Only in Stores in Japan
  • Buy Rare Items at Online Auction site (Yahoo Auction, Rakuten Auction, Mbok etc)
  • Buy Tickets for Live Concerts, Sports, Theaters (Jpop Live, Sumo, Kabuki etchttp://www.webuyjapan.com/link#Categoriestop #351c75; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Subscribe to Japanese Magazines
  • Store Purchased Items and Combine them to save on Shipping Cost

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About Personal Shopper Webuy

Personal Shopper Webuy is the No 1 Japanese Personal Shopper for its Service and its Price. Webuy provides Full Support at every step for shopping, from finding the right shop, finding the right item, shipping with the best carrier that fits your needs, tracking your package until you receive the item. Webuy also provides Free of Charge Storage service for one calendar month upon your request to consolidate items into lighter package for shipping.

  • Commission is 8% of price of Items* with No Minimum Charge
  • FREE Storage of Items for One Month
  • Get access to Unlimited Number of Online Shopping sites and Retail Stores in Japan
  • Tips & Advices, Suggestion of Items, Quotes on Total Cost are always FREE

* Commission: Additional fee for Actual Visits to Retail Stores. Storage of Items is free for One Month for Purchased Items with webuy only, additional fee after one month. 

Total Cost of Shopping
・Total Cost of Shopping : Price of Item(s) + Shipping Fee + Our Commission ( 8% of the Purchase Price of Item ) with No Minimum Fee.
・Commission of Webuy is 8% Only and No Minimum Fee.


Example of Shopping
If you buy an Item for JPY10000 (app $88.50), the commission of Webuy will be JPY800 Only (app $8.85). So you pay the price of item + shipping fee + JPY800 Only.



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