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Online Service (Auctions)
Lunarcat bids on Japanese auctions for you and ships worldwide.
Supported Websites
- Mercari
- Yahoo Auctions
- And whatever valid auction website that is requested
How to Participate
Pay for the order from Mypage.
*Customers over Luna Basic IV tier have the option to bid first and pay later.
Increase the maximum bid if necessary.
Unique Aspects
Mercari auctions, with gradual bidding
Few services handle Mercari auctions.
Those that do simply place your maximum bid instantly.
Instead, we increase the bid gradually to save some money.
Bid first, pay later (Beta)
Bid without paying upfront.
Paying for an expensive item you may or may not win makes no sense.
This option is currently available to Luna Basic IV and above.
Bid increase without a deposit
You can raise your maximum bid without a deposit.
Courtesy system
It’s sad when an auction is lost by a small amount.
We may bid a little more than your maximum bid.
Of course, the extra cost will be absorbed on our side.
Fees
Supported payment methods are PayPal, including credit and debit cards, and Wise. Everything is charged in JPY.
The auction fee is calculated by comparing the following values and charging whichever is the highest:
Per auction listing
¥600
Percentage
~15%
*You are only charged for listings that are won. Lost auctions will be fully refunded.
To estimate the whole cost from purchase to import, use our simulator.
Bidding Logic
Yahoo Auctions
We will place your maximum bid and leave the rest to Yahoo’s automatic bidding.
Yahoo will raise the bid by the smallest amount to win, up to the maximum bid.
Starting bid: ¥1,000.
We place your maximum bid of ¥10,000. The system sets our bid to ¥1,000.
A competitor bids ¥5,000. The system raises our bid to ¥5,500.
Mercari
We will bid manually near the end of the auction.
Bids will start at 50% of your maximum bid, then raised in whatever increments we deem as appropriate.
Bidding instructions
We will not follow instructions that conflict with our bidding logic.
Supported Item Categories
All standard items supported by other proxy services can be won.
You may also use us to win and ship many items that no other services allow.
Some items need paperwork to be shipped or pass customs.
Examples
These items need paperwork for export/import and will incur our service charges.
See Special Categories.
- Animal products: CITES
- Antiques and Swords: Certificate for Export of Antiques
- Food (US only): FDA Prior Notice
- Glasses and sunglasses (US only): Drop Ball Certificate
- Lighters: Sanitary certificate
- Plants: Phytosanitary Certificate
- Watches (US only): Watch Worksheet
- Any other product that can be shipped with a permit or proper documentation
Flammable items can be shipped only domestically.
We will only bid on these items if you will be shipping domestically or picking up from our office.
Examples
- Perfumes and fragrances
- Flammable cosmetics
- Alcohol-based stationary
- Lithium-ion / lithium-metal batteries by themselves (can be shipped overseas if contained inside a device).
Some items cannot be purchased.
- Class 1/2/3 medical products (第1類・第2類・第3類医薬品).