Hi,

I have a question about “Buy it now” auctions from Yahoo Japan.

1. If I buy 2 items from Yahoo using the “buy it now” option, will this be seen as an shop order?
Since it’s not an actual “auction”, cause I buy it right away.

2. My next question is, do I have to pay the commission fee of $10 once for the 2 items or do I have to pay 2x$10=$20?

3. And is there a difference with the commission fee if I buy the 2 items from one and the same seller or 1 item from seller A and the other item from seller B?

Thanks.

Hi there,

Using the buy-it-now still counts as an auction, and it is subject to the kuboTEN auction commission rate (7%/10%).

If the buy-it-now items are from the same seller and you purchase them within a few hours of eachother, we will only charge the $10 fee once.  If the buy-it-now items are from different sellers or are from the same seller but with more than 24 hours time between purchases, then the $10 fee will be charged for each item.

Thanks for the questions!  We’ll be updating our FAQ with this buy-it-now information soon.

kuboCRAIG - 08 December 2008 11:40 AM

If the buy-it-now items are from the same seller and you purchase them within a few hours of eachother, we will only charge the $10 fee once.  If the buy-it-now items are from different sellers or are from the same seller but with more than 24 hours time between purchases, then the $10 fee will be charged for each item.

Thanks for the questions!  We’ll be updating our FAQ with this buy-it-now information soon.

What is the final ruling on this?  I notice it never made it into the FAQ.  I’ve been posting about my experiences with KuboTEN on some of the sports card trading forums I use, but my general advice is that the service isn’t cost effective when ordering single cards (which are usually under 1000 yen) as the fees would more than double the cost of the item.

But if we were able to order perhaps a dozen fixed price individual cards from the same seller and were only charged the one $10 fee per seller, that might change how readily people might use KuboTEN.

Thanks!

Jason

Hi Jason,

The ruling as stated above is our current policy—that the $10 fee is charged only once as long as auctions end within 24 hours of eachother from first auction to last.

When our new system is implemented, we will likely be changing the policy to something like 1000 yen for the first auction then 100 yen for subsequent auctions basic fee.  This is not yet set in stone, but is probably the way we will be going.

kuboCRAIG - 15 December 2009 03:26 PM

Hi Jason,

The ruling as stated above is our current policy—that the $10 fee is charged only once as long as auctions end within 24 hours of eachother from first auction to last.

Ok, that greatly how I recommend the site and makes a much better case for being able to order multiple single cards from the same seller.  Thanks for the confirmation, I shall continue to sing your praises!

Jason

if the items are from the same seller but are still won by bidding and all other requirements are satisfied is it only one 1000 yen fee charged?

jp554731 - 30 January 2010 03:46 PM

if the items are from the same seller but are still won by bidding and all other requirements are satisfied is it only one 1000 yen fee charged?

Yes, that is correct—if bidding on multiple items from the same seller ending within about a 24 hour period the $10 basic fee is charged only once.