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Last updated: 2026-11-10 · Prices and fees checked: 2026-11-10 (see Sources at the bottom of each page)
Proxy Fees Compared: Buyee vs ZenMarket
The short answer: the two services price differently at the root. Buyee charges JPY 500 per order plus an optional plan. ZenMarket charges per item — JPY 800 for Mercari and auction bids, JPY 500 for most stores, JPY 300 for Recommended Stores — plus a deposit fee from 1%. So Buyee gets cheaper as an order grows; ZenMarket gets more expensive with every extra item in the basket. All figures below are from the two companies' official fee pages, checked 2026-11-10.
| Charge | Buyee | ZenMarket |
|---|---|---|
| Service fee | JPY 500 per order | JPY 300 / 500 / 800 per item by platform (Mercari & auctions: 800) |
| Payment / deposit fee | JPY 0 | From 1% (per its fees page summary; the exact rate depends on payment method — its payments FAQ lists 3.5% for the main route, so treat the per-method rate as unverified until deposit) |
| Plans / insurance | Lite JPY 0, Inspection JPY 300, Insured Delivery JPY 500, Standard JPY 500 (per order) | Shipping insurance for parcels under JPY 5,000,000 included in the service fee |
| Consolidation | Free | Free |
| Protective packing | JPY 1,500 per box (special packaging JPY 2,500) | Reinforcement JPY 1,000 per box |
| Photo service | JPY 300 per package (5 photos) | JPY 500 per item (3 photos) |
| Free storage | 30 days | 60 days |
| Storage after free period | JPY 100–300 per day by weight (per package) | JPY 50 per day per item; disposal after 90 days total |
| Domestic shipping (seller to warehouse) | At cost; Buyee states typically JPY 150–1,500, charged per order | Seller-set; sometimes free. No official range published — unverified |
| International shipping | Neither publishes a fixed price. Both state the exact fee is set after the parcel is packed, weighed and measured. Anyone quoting you an exact international shipping price in advance is guessing. | |
Worked example: one Mercari item at JPY 5,000
Service fees only (shipping excluded, because it cannot be known in advance):
- Buyee: JPY 500 (one order, Lite plan) — total fees JPY 500
- ZenMarket: JPY 800 (one Mercari item) plus deposit fee from 1% — total fees from JPY 800
Worked example: five standard-store items at JPY 2,000 each
- Buyee: JPY 500 for the order if all five are one order from one store. Separate orders are charged per order.
- ZenMarket: JPY 500 × 5 items = JPY 2,500, plus deposit fee from 1%.
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One honest warning about Buyee's own pages
Buyee's current FAQ and plan pages state JPY 500 per order, but one Buyee guide page still shows JPY 300 per order in its text. We use JPY 500 because the FAQ, the plan page and the cart fee page agree on it — but confirm the fee at checkout, because Buyee's own pages currently disagree with each other. (Checked 2026-11-10.)
Sources (checked 2026-11-10)
- Buyee fees FAQ: https://faq.buyee.jp/article/3?lang=en
- Buyee plans: https://buyee.jp/helpcenter/guide/plans?lang=en
- Buyee storage: https://buyee.jp/helpcenter/guide/storage?lang=en
- ZenMarket fees: https://zenmarket.jp/en/fees.aspx
- ZenMarket payments: https://zenmarket.jp/en/payment.aspx