Shopping@Japan Service - Pricing
Total Price =
➀ Total Spending
+ ② Service Fee
+ ③ Shipping
+ ④ Bank charges
+ ⑤ PayPal Fee
Please use our Cost Calculator for a quick estimation
➀ Total Spending
- This is the amount you will incur as if you are buying in Japan locally. It
- Currency: Shop / seller's local currency, e.g. Yen
- includes:
- Product price of the shop / bidding price in auctions
- Japan sales tax (currently is 8%)
- Shipping & handling charge from seller
- Any other charges that may incur
② Service Fee
20% 10% on Item Price (Minimum charge: 650yen 300yen per item)
- Currency: Shop / seller's local currency, e.g. Yen
③ Shipping & Handling Charge
- Shipping charge from our Japan office to your home
- Currency: Invoice currency, e.g. USD
- Amount: Please refer to our Cost Calculator for estimation.
④ Bank Charges
- This is the fee for reimbursing our costs to convert/transfer the payment we received from you to the payment to the shop/seller. This will cover costs like currency conversion, our bank charges for making payment locally (e.g. transfer payment to Japan local bank).
- Currency: Shop / seller's local currency, e.g. Yen
- Amount: 5.5% of total payment to seller, with minimum of 500yen or equivalent
⑤ PayPal Fee
- Currently we only accept PayPal as payment. This will reimburse the charges imposed to us by PayPal.
- Currency: Invoice currency, e.g. USD
- Amount: 5% of the invoice amount
Illustration:
Please use our Cost Calculator for estimation.
Price details:
Price of item you want = 10,000yen
Shipping charge from the seller = 200yen
8% Japan sales tax = 800yen
Shipping charge from our Japan office to you = US$20
Calculation:
➀ Total Spending = 10,000yen + 200yen +800yen = 11,000yen
② Service charge: 10% on (A) = 1,100yen
③ Shipping charges = US$20
Invoice Total = ➀11,000yen + ②1,100yen + ③US$20 + ④Bank charges + ⑤PayPal Charges
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