Buy from Japan, shipped to Germany
Most Japanese stores won't ship to Germany — and most won't take a foreign card either. Paste the links and we'll buy each item for you, check it can enter Germany, pack everything into one box in Japan, and send it to your door.
Free to sign up. Nothing is charged until you approve your cart.
- No Japanese address or card needed
- Import rules checked before you pay
- Many stores, one box
- We pay the store in yen, you pay in your currency
Shipping your box to Germany
via Japan Post EMS
Shipping only, billed after we weigh your finished box. Your items and the service fee are paid when you order.
Personal shopper, not a forwarder
Looking for a forwarding service?
A forwarder gives you a Japanese address and forwards whatever turns up. You still have to complete the purchase yourself — and a Japanese checkout rejecting a foreign card is where most people get stuck. We do the buying instead.
A forwarding service
- You register for a Japanese address
- You check out on the Japanese store yourself
- Your card has to be accepted by that store
- Nobody checks the item before it ships
- A rejected payment is your problem to solve
ShipMate Shop for Me
- No address to register — we buy per order
- You paste a link; we complete the purchase
- We pay the store in yen, you pay us
- Every item checked against the import rules for Germany first
- Anything we can't buy is dropped before you pay — or refunded in full
How it works
From a browser tab to your door in Germany
Tell us it's going to Germany
Every check that follows is specific to Germany — what can enter, what can't, and what it costs to get there.
Paste your links
Up to 20 product links from Japanese online stores, all at once. Add a size or colour note where an item needs one.
We price and check each item
Each page is read for its real price and checked against the import rules for Germany. You see the verdict on every link before you commit to anything.
Pay for the items — we go shopping
Items plus the 10% service fee. We buy everything in yen, receive it all at our warehouse in Japan, and pack it into one box.
Pay shipping, receive your box in Germany
We weigh the finished box and email you the shipping cost. Pay once and it ships with tracking to your door.
Pricing
Items now. Shipping after we weigh.
Two charges, and you see the first one in full before you commit to anything.
Your items
Store price
No markup on the goods. What the shop's page says is what we pay, and what you pay.
Service fee
10%
Of your item total only. Minimum ¥500, capped at ¥18,000 however large the order. It covers the buying, the receiving, and packing everything into one box.
Shipping
After weighing
Each store's delivery to our warehouse, international shipping to Germany priced from the finished box, and a service fee on those two. Billed once, when the box is ready.
A worked example
An order from 3 stores, shipped to Germany.
- Items from 3 stores
- ¥12,000
- Service fee (10%)
- ¥1,200
- Charged when you order
- ¥13,200
- Domestic delivery × 3 stores
- Billed later
- International shipping (2kg box)
- ¥10,440
- New customers start with a ¥50,000 cart limit; it lifts as you order.
- Anything we can't buy or ship is refunded in full, including its share of the service fee.
Customs & duty
Customs and duty when your box reaches Germany
The honest version, so nothing about the final bill is a surprise.
Germany collects duty on delivery
Import duty and taxes on your parcel are set by Germany, not by us, and are normally collected by the carrier when it's delivered. They aren't included in the prices on this page.
No surprises about what can enter
What we do control is eligibility: every item is checked against the import rules for Germany before you pay, so nothing prohibited or restricted ends up in your box.
Declared honestly, every time
Your parcel is declared at its real contents and value. We won't under-declare an order — it's the customer who carries the risk when a parcel is seized.
What you can buy
Any Japanese online store. Yes, any.
There’s no whitelist to check against. If a Japanese site has a product page, paste the link. Here’s what people order most.
- Model kits & figures
- Trading cards & games
- Stationery & fountain pens
- Skincare & beauty
- Fashion & streetwear
- Snacks, tea & pantry
- Books, manga & music
- Electronics & gadgets
Works: every store with a product page
For example
- amazon.co.jp
- rakuten.co.jp
- uniqlo.com
- muji.com
- biccamera.com
- …and any other Japanese online store
The only exceptions: auction and person-to-person marketplaces
- Mercari
- Yahoo Auctions
We can’t guarantee the item, the seller or the timing on Mercari, Yahoo Auctions and sites like them, so those are out. That’s the whole list. Paste anything else — an unsupported link is flagged the moment you add it, never after you’ve paid.
Questions
Buying from Japan for delivery to Germany
Already in Japan with the things you want to send?
If you're in Japan and already have the items, you don't need us to shop for you — drop the parcel at any of 24,000+ post offices with a QR code and we'll ship it to Germany.
Ready to shop Japan from Germany?
Sign up, pick Germany as your destination, and paste your first link. You'll see prices and shipping rules before you pay a yen.
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