“My shopping experience with Buyee has been great, although a little bit pricey.
You can bid without a previous deposit in Yahoo! Auctions, which is quite good! But most of the time, you have to pay a 500 Yen fee per item bought + shipping from the sellers to the warehouse in Japan, then international shipping again.
That being said, everything I've bought has been bought by the Buyee team flawlessly and the fact that they have occasional %off coupons for international shipping or coupons for free fees makes Buyee a great service if you want to buy safely from Mercari, Rakuten and others! Just keep in mind the fees haha.
4/5, great service for rare Japanese items and more!”
“Buyee has been an excellent service for buying hard to find items on mercari. I’ve used other proxy service before, and Buyee has a very simple and straightforward method/platform for costumers to use and feel comfortable with. My review with be solely for Mercari purchases.
Pros:
-Excellent customer service. They usually respond in less than 24 hours.
-Simple platform to use and navigate to help find items
- Multiple shopping options (currently limited due to Covid-19)
- amazing promotions that customers would surely take advantage of.
Cons- (sadly this is the biggest one for me) there is usually a small delay from the moment you choose to purchase and the moment Buyee actually makes the purchase. Because of this, I sometime have lost hard to find items since I could not buy it on the spot.
- some sellers on mercari require communication for prices, but currently Buyee does not offer this service. They did provide an email that they are working on this and may offer it in the future.
Overall, I have greatly enjoyed using Buyee and will continue doing so in the future.”
“Buyee gives you the opportunity to buy things from sites like Yahoo Auctions Japan and mercari. On these sites you can find rare items for more then half the price of the same products on eBay. So, even if the shipping and fees can make your purchase expensive, most of the time it will cost less then on eBay! My collection of rare trading cards has grown a lot thanks trough them!”
“I like Buyee, because it allows me to buy what I want Even though. I'm abroad. I can buy without problems. Parcel delivered directly to my home every time Especially, I like to find Idol products, my favorite web is Mercari. There are products for me to enjoy. Easy to use, convenient, quick, even in the covit-19 range. I received the products as scheduled. And has many promotions for shoppers, such as those who are overseas will really like the shipping discount. I really like it. Impress me and like to use this website forever.”
“Buyee has helped increase my collection greatly! When I first started using their service it was during a promotion with no mercari fees which made items way less expensive to purchase! Although now without the coupon it makes things harder to buy and the heavy consolidation fee, I still enjoy their service and plan to keep using Buyee in the future.”
“Q: How was your shopping experience on Buyee's Mercari store?
A: It was perfect. I can find rare item unavailable else where.
Q: What did you buy on Mercari?
A: CDs
Q: What do you think about promotions on Buyee?
A: Very user friendly and help saving.”
“BUYEE.com let you choose, buy, and bid from several Japanese-based shopping and auction websites, i.e. Yahoo! JAPAN Auction, Yahoo! JAPAN Shopping, Mercari, Rakuten, and ZOZOTOWN. Its service is not as flexible as Ebay.com, especially, shipping service and shipping cost estimation, however, some of items on Yahoo! JAPAN Auction are difficult to find on Ebay at a friendly cost.
Please note that buyer or bidder need to pay for a minimum service fee of 500 JPY plus optional fee for package investigation service and insurance (300+200 JPY). Additionally, for most of Yahoo! JAPAN Auction, local shipping cost from seller to warehouse and oversea shipping cost, will be charged at buyer; this fee cannot be accurately predetermined thought. Some of sellers would offer to handle local shipping cost.
Package consolidation service is supposed to decreased overall shipping cost for combined 2 or more items but please keep in mind that shipping charge cannot be accurately predetermined. Thus, sometimes, shipping charge for separated shipping might be lowered than consolidated shipping since additional 500 JPY will be charged for each consolidated item.
Customer service is professional, kind, and helpful. Responding period is not so long and acceptable.
In summary, BUYEE is a practical way to select and buy items you are looking for from Japan without much shipping restrictions.”
“shipping and service fee is quite cheap compared to other online shops which ships from japan . as most of the websites which i want to shop at doesn't ship to my country , i always go to buyee as it is very convenient and easy . could find many rare japanese idol merchandises which made me satisfied”
“Way to expensive, compared to other sites. I only use buyee to browse, but I use ZenMarket, definitely friendlier and cheaper :)
The buyee fee is too high, same goes for the package consolidation which is free in other sites, poor options of shipping and expensive compared to other sites, bad chat support and email response.
Lost one package and never ever they refund me, and it was more than 10000-20000 yen”
“Got to buy something I've been wanting for decades at an affordable price! Shipping fee can get pricey but the coupons for discounts are a great treat. Some of the BEST customer service ever. Great service to use!”
“Buyee is all round a pretty good forwarder from Japan - they buy items quickly (especially through Mercari) and the fact that a deposit is not initially required to bid is a huge bonus.
If you ship anything fragile I would recommend using the optional fragile packaging service as stuff will be generally otherwise be sent in the packaging they received it in originally. Overall a solid option to get Japanese auction items in from overseas!”
“quick response time with customer service, respectable prices and fees. My package was sent quickly after requesting consolidation and shipping and refunds when applicable were also sent promptly!”
“Buyee, the best sourcing platform for items from Japan
I used Buyee for the longest time to get items in Japan. For most time, I am very satisfied with the service. Most of the times, I would buy high value items and with this, all the other costs seems very reasonable especially with the care they take in repacking and sending. In less expensive items, then the service do seem a bit high. The only thing I feel that Buyee could improve or help or do more are when I buy big works of art that are framed. It would have been nice if they can remove the work from the frame and sent them rolled in a tube rather than send the whole thing as is , as the costs were prohibitive. Having said that, I do understand that it is a big ask.”
