Service fee by marketplace
| Buying from | Fee |
|---|---|
| Yahoo! Auctions | ¥350 per item |
| Mercari Japan | ¥350 per item |
| Rakuten Rakuma | ¥350 per item |
| Amazon.co.jp | ¥350 per item |
| Rakuten Ichiba | ¥350 per item |
| a ZenMarket recommended store | ¥350 per item |
| any Japanese online shop | ¥350 per item |
Other charges
- Payment / deposit fee: not published
- Packing / consolidation: ¥500 up to 2000g, then ¥150 per extra kg
- Free storage: 45 days
- Export clearance fee: not published
When Neokyo is actually the cheapest
Fee tables do not answer that on their own, so here is the same set of orders priced through all five services, showing where Neokyo lands:
| Order | Neokyo | Total | Beaten by |
|---|---|---|---|
| one ¥10,000 item, 1kg, to the United States | 4th | ¥16,850 | Doorzo ¥16,300 |
| three separate items from one shop | 4th | ¥17,550 | Buyee ¥16,500 |
| a heavy 3kg parcel | 4th | ¥22,000 | Doorzo ¥21,300 |
| an expensive ¥100,000 item | 4th | ¥106,850 | Doorzo ¥106,300 |
| a light 200g order to Taiwan | 4th | ¥13,573 | Doorzo ¥13,023 |
Neokyo does not come out cheapest on any of these five, which does not make it a bad choice (what it bundles in for the money is covered above). If price is the only thing you care about, though, the comparison pages below will show you which service to use instead.
Neokyo in each of the 9 destinations
On the same ¥10,000, 1 kg Mercari order, Neokyo is the cheapest (or joint cheapest) of the five for 0 destinations out of 9. The postage is the same whichever service you use, so the differences below come from fees and from how each service handles tax.
| Ship to | Neokyo | Rank | Cheapest instead |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | ¥16,850 | 4th | Doorzo, ¥550 less |
| Canada | ¥15,950 | 4th | Doorzo, ¥550 less |
| United Kingdom | ¥18,830 | 4th | Doorzo, ¥550 less |
| Australia | ¥16,950 | 2nd | Doorzo, ¥110 less |
| Germany | ¥18,686 | 4th | Doorzo, ¥550 less |
| France | ¥18,830 | 4th | Doorzo, ¥550 less |
| Singapore | ¥15,884 | 4th | Doorzo, ¥550 less |
| Taiwan | ¥14,360 | 4th | Doorzo, ¥550 less |
| Hong Kong | ¥14,700 | 4th | Doorzo, ¥550 less |
As the item gets more expensive
Neokyo's own charges stay at ¥850 whatever the item costs, because none of them is a percentage of the price. The table uses the same 1 kg Mercari order to the United Kingdom at four prices; "own charges" excludes the postage and the tax, which do not depend on the service.
| Item price | Neokyo's own charges | Total | Against the cheapest |
|---|---|---|---|
| ¥3,000 | ¥850 | ¥10,430 | +¥650 vs Doorzo |
| ¥10,000 | ¥850 | ¥18,830 | +¥550 vs Doorzo |
| ¥50,000 | ¥850 | ¥66,830 | +¥550 vs Doorzo |
| ¥100,000 | ¥850 | ¥126,830 | +¥550 vs Doorzo |
Storage, and what happens if you leave things too long
Neokyo stores a purchase free for 45 days from the moment it reaches their warehouse. After that it is charged weekly by parcel size, from ¥210 to ¥1,400 a week. 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.
Optional services you may end up paying for
- Opening a sealed parcel to add or remove something: ¥1,000 plus packing.
Import tax collected up front
- AU: GST 10%
- US: DDP 13.4%
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.