Shopping Services (JP)

A list of shopping services that you can use to order from Japanese webshops or auctions
Updated: September 14, 2012

Japanese auctions commonly used for searching: MBok, Yahoo!Japan
Please be warned that there are always risks with sellers and buyers in this auction. You should always check the feedback of the sellers for all of the items that you plan to bid on.

For ease of navigation, use Google Chrome as your browser, as it has a translate toolbar already included and you can translate the auctions with ease if you have no understanding on how to read Japanese.

Company / Larger Scale Agents
FromJapan
Office location: Tokyo
Commission fee: 5% of everything (auction price, domestic shipping, international shipping, bank fees)
Method of order: order form on website
Method of deposit: Credit Card only (Y!J), PayPal (Mbok)
Method of payment: Credit Card (Visa, MasterCard, JCB), FJ points (1 pt = 1 yen), and PayPal
Method of shipping: FedEx, EMS, Airmail, SAL, Surface Mail, Small Packet (Airmail, SAL, or Surface Mail)
Auctions covered: Y!J, Mbok

Japonica Market
Office location: Tokyo
Commission fee: 10% for items valued at 15001 yen+
Method of order: email using order form
Method of deposit: PayPal only (invoiced)
Method of payment: PayPal only (invoiced)
Method of shipping: EMS
Auctions covered: Y!J, Mbok

Noppin/Crescent Shop
Office location: Fukuoka
Commission fee: Minimum charge of 500 yen, 12.5% for 4000 yen+ items, 5000 yen + 7.5% of remaining value for items 40,000 yen+ items
Method of order: Order form
Method of deposit: PayPal
Method of payment: PayPal (no echeck), Credit Card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Diners, JCB), MoneyBookers
Method of shipping: EMS, Airmail, SAL, Surface Mail, FedEx
Auctions covered: Y!J, Mbok

Personal Agent, LJ
N/A

In-store SS
Tokyo (and surrounding)
Yunni Sweet Like Candy
http://ichigochoco.livejournal.com/
Fees: 10% of item + Paypal fees + 1000 yen travel fee
Best reached via: Facebook
Language: Spanish, English
Frequency of visit to Closet Child Harajuku/Shinjuku: Not available anymore.

m_miu (for the duration of October 1, 2012 - August 2013)
http://m-miu.livejournal.com/17625.html / Giveaway (http://www.mirukuma.com/2012/09/giveaway.html)
Fees: see the terms here - http://m-miu.livejournal.com/17625.html
Best reached via: E-mail
Language: English
Notes: I've used her SS service before, and she's definitely one of the better in-store SS I've used. Communicative and polite.

Muuh
http://muuaccesorios.blogspot.com/2012/01/shopping-service-in-tokyo-japan.html
Fees: 10% of item + fixed transportation fee (300 yen) + PayPal fees
Language: Spanish, English
Frequency of visit to Closet Child Harajuku/Shinjuku: As there are orders in the area

Sendai
Chibi Tenshi
http://chibi_tenshi.livejournal.com

Fees: 5% of item (10% for Baby/AatP/AP reservations) + train fare per trip (400 yen for most stores, 600 yen for SWIMMER/AxesFemme) + PayPal fees

Language: English

** NOTE ** I'm always looking to expand and keep this section updated as much as I can, so if you have a favourite agent/service that you like to use, please don't hesitate to comment and add to this list!

Thanks to SkyScraperOpera @ Twitter for the note on FromJapan's deposit via PayPal.