Cheapest service for each marketplace
| Where you buy | Cheapest | Total | The other four |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yahoo! Auctions | Doorzo | ¥16,300 | FROM JAPAN ¥16,500 · Buyee ¥16,500 · Neokyo ¥16,850 · ZenMarket ¥17,409 |
| Mercari Japan | Doorzo | ¥16,300 | FROM JAPAN ¥16,500 · Buyee ¥16,500 · Neokyo ¥16,850 · ZenMarket ¥17,409 |
| Rakuten Rakuma | Doorzo | ¥16,300 | FROM JAPAN ¥16,500 · Buyee ¥16,500 · Neokyo ¥16,850 · ZenMarket ¥17,098 |
| Amazon.co.jp | Doorzo | ¥16,300 | FROM JAPAN ¥16,500 · Buyee ¥16,500 · Neokyo ¥16,850 · ZenMarket ¥17,098 |
| Rakuten Ichiba | Doorzo | ¥16,300 | FROM JAPAN ¥16,500 · Buyee ¥16,500 · Neokyo ¥16,850 · ZenMarket ¥17,098 |
| a ZenMarket recommended store | Doorzo | ¥16,300 | FROM JAPAN ¥16,500 · Buyee ¥16,500 · Neokyo ¥16,850 · ZenMarket ¥16,891 |
| any Japanese online shop | Doorzo | ¥16,300 | FROM JAPAN ¥16,500 · Buyee ¥16,500 · Neokyo ¥16,850 · ZenMarket ¥17,098 |
The cheapest total is ¥16,300 from every marketplace on this list. Doorzo charges one flat service fee regardless of where it buys, so on a single-item order the marketplace changes nothing. It starts to matter once you order more than one item, or once a service that charges per order rather than per item becomes the cheapest — the table below shows where the ranking actually moves.
What happens when you buy more than one thing
Service fees are not charged on the same unit, so the ranking above is only the answer for a single item. Here is the same Yahoo! Auctions order at one item, at three separate items, and at three items bought from the same shop:
| Service | 1 item | 3 items | 3 from one shop |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doorzo | ¥300 | ¥600 | same |
| FROM JAPAN | ¥500 | ¥1,500 | same |
| Buyee | ¥500 | ¥1,500 | same |
| Neokyo | ¥350 | ¥1,050 | same |
| ZenMarket | ¥800 | ¥2,400 | same |
Doorzo stays cheapest at three items (¥16,600 in total). Buying several things at once also shares one parcel and one lot of postage between them, which usually matters more than the service fee does.
When the item costs more, or less
For an auction win, Doorzo stays cheapest from ¥3,000 all the way to ¥100,000. For a new item from a shop, Doorzo stays cheapest from ¥3,000 all the way to ¥100,000. On a ¥3,000 item the cost of getting it to United States is ¥6,200, 207% of the item; on a ¥100,000 item it is ¥6,300, or 6%.
| Item price | Cheapest from Yahoo! Auctions | Cheapest from Amazon.co.jp |
|---|---|---|
| ¥3,000 | Doorzo, ¥9,200 +duty | Doorzo, ¥9,200 +duty |
| ¥10,000 | Doorzo, ¥16,300 +duty | Doorzo, ¥16,300 +duty |
| ¥30,000 | Doorzo, ¥36,300 +duty | Doorzo, ¥36,300 +duty |
| ¥100,000 | Doorzo, ¥106,300 +duty | Doorzo, ¥106,300 +duty |
When the parcel is heavier
Doorzo stays cheapest from 500 g to 5 kg on a Yahoo! Auctions order. What grows is the gap to the most expensive option, from ¥1,059 to ¥1,465.
| Parcel | EMS postage | Cheapest | Total | Gap to dearest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 g | ¥3,900 | Doorzo | ¥14,900 | ¥1,059 |
| 1 kg | ¥5,300 | Doorzo | ¥16,300 | ¥1,109 |
| 2 kg | ¥7,900 | Doorzo | ¥18,900 | ¥1,204 |
| 5 kg | ¥15,100 | Doorzo | ¥26,100 | ¥1,465 |
What the cheapest total is made of
Doorzo's ¥16,300 on a Yahoo! Auctions order breaks down as proxy service fee ¥300, domestic shipping in japan ¥700, international shipping ¥5,300, on top of the ¥10,000 item itself, plus import charges that cannot be estimated in advance. The item is 61% of what you actually spend — the rest is the cost of getting it out of Japan and through customs.
| # | Service | Pay the proxy | Pay on delivery | Total | Tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doorzo | ¥16,300 | not estimated | ¥16,300 +duty ≈ US$103 |
On delivery |
| 2 | FROM JAPAN | ¥16,500 | not estimated | ¥16,500 +duty ≈ US$104 |
On delivery |
| 3 | Buyee | ¥16,500 | not estimated | ¥16,500 +duty ≈ US$104 |
On delivery |
| 4 | Neokyo | ¥16,850 | not estimated | ¥16,850 +duty ≈ US$107 |
On delivery |
| 5 | ZenMarket | ¥17,409 | not estimated | ¥17,409 +duty ≈ US$110 |
On delivery |
Local-currency figures are approximate, converted at the European Central Bank reference rate of 2026-10-01 (1 US$ = ¥158.0). Your card or the proxy will use its own rate on the day.
You may not need a proxy at all
The Amazon, Rakuten, recommended-shop and other-store rows above are places selling new, in-stock goods. For those a proxy is often unnecessary: some Japanese shops ship overseas themselves, and the proxy fees in that table — from ¥6,300 on this order, on top of the item price — disappear entirely.
This does not apply to Yahoo! Auctions, Mercari or Rakuma. Those listings are second-hand or one-off, and no direct shop stocks the same item.
CDJapan — CDs, Blu-ray and DVDs, books, games, figures and anime goods
Solaris Japan — new and pre-owned figures, video games and anime merchandise
Shipping availability and postage differ by store and by country. Check on the store's own site before ordering.
What we could not confirm
Doorzo: payment fee is not published; treated as ¥0