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Real Time Bidding at Yahoo Japan Auction in English
Yahoo! Japan Auction, known as the largest online auction in Japan, has millions of hot items such as collectibles, toys, anime cels, video games, electronics, comics, J-POPs, DVDs and anything else.
However, it takes an awful lot of effort to find the item you are looking for due to the language burrier. Even if you can manage to reach the item you want, most of Japanese sellers will not deal with people out of Japan. However, there is nothing to worry about. That's what we are here for!! Japamart will solve all the problems. Our Search Engine and translate tool will assist you to find the item you want. We will contact the seller on your behalf and ship the item to you. All you have to do is just bid on the item in English using our automated system in real time. |
Before bidding on an item, please send us a deposit. A bidding limit equal to twice the amount deposited. You can bid on multiple items within your bidding limit. Please send us the deposit with Paypal or credit card through Paypal. If you want a refund, please let us know using the form of Mypage. We will refund the deposit to your Paypal account anytime. |
| Amount of your deposit |
Bidding Limit
(in US$) |
Exchange rate |
Bidding Limit
(in Yen) |
| $125.00 |
$250.00 |
1$=110yen |
27,500yen |
We can accept Paypal and credit card through Paypal. At this time, we cannot accept any other payment methods. |
Commission
We don't charge a base fee. So the commission for using Japamart service is simply calculated based on the table below. We take our fees only when you win an auction. Even if you don't win, we will not charge you any fees. |
Closing price |
Commission |
| -2500yen |
$5.00 |
| 2501-5000yen |
$8.00 |
| 5001-10000yen |
$10.00 |
| 10001yen- |
$10.00+$1.00 per 1000yen up |
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Shipping within Japan
Actual postal charge from seller to our office.
Bank fee
A flat $2.00 fee per auction. But we will combine the bank fee if you win the multiple items from the same seller.
Shipping to your home
Actual postal charge to your home. Please refer to the shipping information.
Transaction fee
5% of the total. |
Other fees
Following fees are not usual. We will charge these fees only when necessary.
YHJ system fee
Some sellers will charge a 3% of the price as seller commission.
Sales Tax
Some business sellers will charge a 5% of the price as sales tax.
Storage fee
If you leave your item for more than 10 days without shipping request, a $1.00 storage fee will be imposed per day on each item. If 30 days have passed without a shipping request, the item will become the property of Japamart and resold to recover our expenses.
Please note: Large items occupy a lot of space. Please make a shipping request within 3 days or a $1.00 storage fee will be imposed per day on each item.
Large items
Late payment fee
You will have 10 days to pay for the items after we send you the invoice. If we cannot confirm the payment on time, you will be charged $10.00 fee. And then, $10.00 fee will be imposed each additional 10 days period. If 40 days have passed without payment, we will deduct all of the payment from your deposit. Additionally, the item will become the property of Japamart and resold to recover our expenses.
Handling fee
Surcharge for heavy, large or breakable items that need a special packing than normal. Especially car parts requires special shipment.
Internal bid fee
A $2.00 fee per 1000yen difference between the closing price and the second Japamart member's bid price. Please refer to Internal bid fee page. |
Example1 |
| Anime cels : 1500yen (Closing price) |
| Commission |
$5.00 |
| Shipping within Japan |
Varies ($1.50~) |
| Handling |
None |
| Bank fee |
$2.00 |
| Shipping to your home |
Varies |
| Transaction fee |
5% |
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Example2 |
| Video game : 11200yen (Closing price) |
| Commission |
$12.00 |
| Shipping within Japan |
Varies ($1.50~) |
| Handling |
None |
| Bank fee |
$2.00 |
| Shipping to your home |
Varies |
| Transaction fee |
5% |
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Example3 |
1.DVD : 3800yen from seller A
2.Card : 2500yen from seller A |
| Commission 1 |
$8.00 |
| Commission 2 |
$5.00 |
| Shipping within Japan |
Varies ($1.50~) |
| Handling |
None |
| Bank fee |
$2.00 |
| Bank fee 2 |
$0.00(same seller) |
| Shipping to your home |
Varies |
| Transaction fee |
5% |
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1.Very large or heavy items (Please read Large items & Car parts page)
2.Foods and drinks
3.Plants
4.Aerosol cans,air spray
5.Guns (Model Guns)
6.Drugs
7.Alchohol,cigarettes
8.Chemicals
9.Real estate
10.Intangible items
11.Items under the Washington Convention
12.Other illegal items |
Scam and Customer's responsibility |
Most of the Japanese sellers are conscientious and faithful. However, there are some auction frauds on YHJ auction. Please always check the seller's feedback and read a description carefully using translate tool before you bid on an item.
We do our best to help you get an item, contact a seller, make a payment and ship an item to you safely. However, we are not liable for the damage of the item, improper representation and any other fraudulent activities. So please place a bid with self-responsibility.
If the sellers have low feedback or some negative feedback, we do not recommend you deal with them. Even if you haplessly become a victim of a fraud, you are responsible for all of the payment.
Please also check the auction tips. |
If you are concerned about the item, we can ask a question to a seller on your behalf. However, we cannot respond to your question if there isn't much time left before the end. |
When bidding on an item, a system error might rarely happen. Most of the cases will apply to any of the conditions below.
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Items in the prohibited category |
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Our automated system may refuse to bid on the item in some prohibited categories. Please read "Not handled item" section. If you don't think the item belong to a prohibited item, please request us for a manual bid. |
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Expensive items |
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Please request us a manual bid if the bid amount is 50,000 yen or more. |
| 3. |
When you don't have enough deposit. |
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Please send us enough deposit before you bid on the item. |
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When a seller does not have 5 or more positive feedback. |
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We cannot bid on an item from the seller without 5 or more positive feedback to avoid the auction frauds. |
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Dutch auctions |
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We cannot bid on the auction where several identical items are sold simultaneously
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| 6. |
Adult items |
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If we have not confirmed your date of birth, you cannot bid on adult items. |
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When your bid price is higher than 100x current price. |
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Yahoo! Japan auction does not allow the bidding price as 100 times as the current price. Please bid again for the price less than 100x current price. |
The error does not necessarily fit in these cases. If you encounter a system error, please use the manual bid service. We will comprehensively evaluate your item whether we can handle or not. Then, we will bid on the auction on your behalf if we can. |
Once you bid on an item, we cannot accept retraction of bids under any circumstances. |
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