A pre-payment checklist should stop preventable mistakes
The most expensive proxy mistakes happen before international shipping: wrong variant, wrong size, missing accessory, untested device, misunderstood auction lot or seller-paid shipping that was assumed rather than confirmed. A checklist is valuable because it creates a deliberate stop before the proxy action becomes binding.
The pre-purchase checklist should stop expensive ambiguity
Confirm item identity, source seller/store, condition evidence, variant/size, Japan domestic delivery, purchase limit, prohibited-item risk and the maximum amount you authorize. If one field changes value materially and the listing does not answer it, mark it unknown instead of filling it in from assumption.
The pre-shipment checklist is different
After warehouse receipt, verify received quantity, request any needed photos, choose consolidation, confirm packing priorities, compare eligible carriers and review the customs description/value. The decision has moved from “what am I buying?” to “how should this verified item leave Japan?”
What the interface should make explicit
For buyer checklist, the service should show which facts come from the Japanese source, which amounts are estimates, which stage is waiting on a seller or warehouse, and what action the buyer can still change. On Japan Proxy Buyer Checklist, that separation tells the buyer whether the unresolved issue is source evidence, money, timing or the physical shipment, instead of hiding all four behind one generic status.
Pre-purchase checklist example
For a used camera: verify exact model and mount, seller, functional-test wording, optics notes, included battery/charger, source price, Japan domestic delivery and your maximum delivered-value ceiling. A “good condition” badge is not a substitute for those fields.
Pre-shipment checklist example
At warehouse receipt: confirm quantity and obvious identity, request any available photo service you need, decide whether the battery can travel with the selected method, set packing priorities, choose consolidation, compare eligible carriers and review the customs description/value before dispatch.