Choose a guide by the decision in front of you
The pages below are organized by buyer decision rather than by a flat list of SEO keywords. Start with the stage or risk you need to resolve, then move to marketplace or category detail only when it changes the purchase.
New to proxy buying
How to use a guide during an order
Open the guide that matches the decision you are making now, then keep the source URL and assumptions beside the purchase. If the order moves from search to warehouse receipt, switch to the shipping/consolidation guidance instead of treating the first article as a complete answer for every stage.
Editorial scope
Marketplace and category guides explain durable decision rules. Fee and US-import pages carry review dates and primary-source links because those facts can change. Service-specific fees, payment methods and warehouse policies should be taken from Proxy Japan’s current checkout and policy pages; the guides focus on buying decisions that remain useful across individual orders.
Recommended reading paths
For a first US order, start with How to Buy from Japan, then Japan Proxy Fees, Warehouse Consolidation and the USA customs guide. For Mercari, jump directly to the seller checklist and search tips. For Yahoo Auctions, read the maximum-bid guide before the bidding workflow so the budget rule exists before the countdown becomes emotionally important.
Keep guides connected to source actions
Each guide should link to the marketplace, category or buyer-stage page that follows naturally. Avoid dead-end SEO articles: a search guide should lead to a listing workflow, a warehouse guide should lead to shipping choices, and a comparison should lead to the service criteria the buyer can actually test.