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Comment on selling to Japan: payment method by Yumiko

Yumiko — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:36:23 +0000

Also, I just found out that you can use JCB card - in addition to VISA, Master and Discover - via Paypal. Paypal site in Japanese language shows JCB. You don’t need to have a Paypal account to pay with your credit card. Paypal would probably be the easiest and fastest option for you. The drawback is that Paypal is not as widely used in Japan as in the US. I think it would help if you provide some information about Payal and explain how easy it is to use it.

Comment on selling to Japan: payment method by Michael

Michael — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:32:44 +0000

Thanks for the tips, I’ll look into those options. 8^)

Comment on selling to Japan: payment method by Yumiko

Yumiko — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 02:31:08 +0000

Hi Micharel; Thank you for your comment. Have you looked at X Cart? There are also some sites like this one that compares shopping carts. Hope it helps.

Comment on selling to Japan: payment method by Michael

Michael — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 08:12:03 +0000

Nakamura-san;

I’ve returned to your site from time to time over the past two years. It’s well-written and for us it’s timely stuff.

We’ve launched an e-commerce business in Japan. We’ve been hunting for credible and affordable provider of credit card clearance. The Japanese providers are prohibitively expensive for a start-up and the overseas ones either don’t handle JCB or don’t deal with firms based in Japan.

Can you recommend any service providers?

Thanks and keep up the writing! 8^)

Comment on About by Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:27:40 +0000

Yumiko,

What you have written about helped answer a lot of questions and hurdles I’m trying to cope with in setting up a B2C wine and spirits site catering to Japanese consumers and the foreign population residing in Japan. We’re based in Oregon and specialize in Oregon craft spirits and wine.

Finding web developers and graphic designers was the easy part. We also have Yamato handling the customs, delivery and acceptance of COD or bank transfers.

We’ve been struggling with finding the right ecommerce platform that accepts JCB or Nicos, just to name a couple, and is flexible to allow our developers to translate shopping cart page from English to Japanese.

I liked the Sig Zane site, and wondered if you knew what company provides the shopping cart feature. One thing I did note, is that Sig Zane prices were in US Dollar. Our site will be in Yen only.

Regards,

Patrick
sirianni@gmail.com