Buyee: what you actually pay
Checked against Buyee's own fee pages on 2026-08-07.
Service fee by marketplace
| Buying from | Fee |
|---|---|
| Yahoo! Auctions | ¥500 per purchase |
| Mercari Japan | ¥500 per purchase |
| Rakuten Rakuma | ¥500 per purchase |
| Amazon.co.jp | ¥500 per order |
| Rakuten Ichiba | ¥500 per order |
| a ZenMarket recommended store | ¥500 per order |
| any Japanese online shop | ¥500 per order |
Other charges
- Payment / deposit fee: none
- Packing / consolidation: included
- Free storage: 30 days
- Export clearance fee: ¥2,800 above ¥200,000
When Buyee is actually the cheapest
Fee tables do not answer that on their own, so here is the same set of orders priced through all four services, showing where Buyee lands:
| Order | Buyee | Total | Beaten by |
|---|---|---|---|
| one ¥10,000 item, 1kg, to the United States | 2nd | ¥16,500 | FROM JAPAN ¥16,500 |
| three separate items from one shop | 1st | ¥16,500 | — |
| a heavy 3kg parcel | 2nd | ¥21,500 | FROM JAPAN ¥21,500 |
| an expensive ¥100,000 item | 2nd | ¥106,500 | FROM JAPAN ¥106,500 |
| a light 200g order to Taiwan | 2nd | ¥13,223 | FROM JAPAN ¥13,223 |
Buyee wins 1 of the five: three separate items from one shop. It loses the others, which is the whole reason this site calculates rather than recommends a single service.
Storage, and what happens if you leave things too long
Buyee stores a purchase free for 30 days from the moment it reaches their warehouse, and will hold it for at most 90 days in total. After that it is charged daily by weight, from ¥100 a day for a parcel under 10kg. This matters more than it sounds: the free window is what lets you win several auctions over a few weeks and ship them together in one box, which saves far more in postage than the storage costs. Leave it past the limit and the item is disposed of, with no compensation.
Optional services you may end up paying for
- Heavy-duty packing: ¥1,500 per parcel, optional.
Import tax collected up front
Where tax is collected up front you pay nothing extra when the parcel arrives, and you usually avoid the courier's own customs handling charge.