{"id":21447,"date":"2024-07-18T15:50:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T06:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.fromjapan.co.jp\/en\/?p=21447"},"modified":"2024-07-18T15:50:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T06:50:39","slug":"mercari-vs-ebay-when-purchasing-japanese-items-mercari-is-the-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fromjapan.co.jp\/en\/anime\/mercari-vs-ebay-when-purchasing-japanese-items-mercari-is-the-answer.html","title":{"rendered":"Mercari vs Ebay: When purchasing Japanese items, Mercari is the answer!"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are familiar with flea markets and Japanese platforms you might have heard about <\/span>Mercari<\/i><\/b><\/a>, however if you don\u2019t know yet about this service, don\u2019t worry:<\/span>\u00a0in this article you will find all the information you need to know<\/b><\/span>!<\/span><\/p>\n

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What is Mercari?<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Mercari was launched on February, 1st 2013, and growth at the point to now be <\/span>one of the largest online marketplace platform in Japan<\/b><\/span>!<\/span><\/p>\n

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In only 11 years<\/span><\/i>, this service has become one of the favorite service for Japanese people with a wide selection of items categories!<\/span><\/p>\n

With over<\/span> 20 million users per month<\/b><\/span> and over <\/span>3 billion of items listed<\/b><\/span>, we believe that you will be able to find any items, including rare Japanese items, you are looking for!<\/span><\/p>\n

There is more<\/b>! The success and the rapid growth of Mercari was so impressive that Merc<\/span>ari launched the flea market app “Mercari” and in order to become a “global marketplace,” Mercari also released the US version in September 2014.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We all agree that their success is beyond dispute, and by now you might wonder what makes Mercari one of the most favorite platform for Japanese users.<\/span><\/p>\n

But let\u2019s see in detail how Mercari works: Mercari is a platform where you can purchase items listed by private or stores.\u00a0<\/span>The listed items have a fixed price, while on eBay the option are \u201cBuy it now\u201d or \u201cbidding\u201d system.\u00a0<\/span>Due to low fees charged to the sellers, Mercari is the platform mostly chosen and where you will be able to find more competitive prices.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mercari listing page<\/b><\/h1>\n

While famous in Japan, Mercari platform might be unknown to most foreigners, especially considering the fact that the platform is in Japanese.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mercari listing page have 4 main sections that you will need to check carefully:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Seller<\/b><\/span>: Items can be sold by both private seller and Mercari official stores: for the second case you will be able to check this on the top of the page as for the above picture.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Item name<\/b><\/span>: where is possible to check the item name\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Item price & shipping fee<\/b><\/span>:\u00a0 where is possible to check the item price and the shipping fees. Shipping fee can be on buyer or seller expense, the same information can be found also on the <\/span>\u5546\u54c1\u306e\u60c5\u5831<\/strong> (\u201c<\/span>item information<\/span><\/i>\u201d sec<\/span>tion in the listing page) please see the below for the available shipping option:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n