Hi @Meme – It’s easy. Go to http://www.amazon.co.jp/ and on the very right of thepage there is a button that says “In English.” Click that, then go to http://amzn.to/hHe7jy and click the button that says you are a new customer.
The process of creating an account will be in English for you. So will checkout. But not the item pages, because they are in Japanese for Japanese speakers.
The thing you need to know is that shipping is quite expensive. Amazon JP only does express shipping, so all orders begin at $50 USD shipping and then each item increases the amount. However, if you order a lot of items, the price of shipping *per item* goes down. I don’t place orders of less than 20 items, so shipping per item is about $5 which is acceptable to me.
This is true when people oversease get items shipped from the US, or US buys from Europe – shipping is just very expensive. It’s not a special penalty for you.
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could someone please tell me how to make an account on the japanese amazon?
Hi @Meme – It’s easy. Go to http://www.amazon.co.jp/ and on the very right of thepage there is a button that says “In English.” Click that, then go to http://amzn.to/hHe7jy and click the button that says you are a new customer.
The process of creating an account will be in English for you. So will checkout. But not the item pages, because they are in Japanese for Japanese speakers.
The thing you need to know is that shipping is quite expensive. Amazon JP only does express shipping, so all orders begin at $50 USD shipping and then each item increases the amount. However, if you order a lot of items, the price of shipping *per item* goes down. I don’t place orders of less than 20 items, so shipping per item is about $5 which is acceptable to me.
This is true when people oversease get items shipped from the US, or US buys from Europe – shipping is just very expensive. It’s not a special penalty for you.
Thank you very much for the help!
Thanks for the heads up Erica! Done and done!
@Sheldor – Well done!
@Meme – You’re welcome. :)