It's a bit general, but considering the amount of Hetalia fans who use FromJapan, I thought it would be relevant to post up information on the new commission price introduced to FromJapan shopping's service as it will affect quite a few members. So I hope this is okay! Please tell me if I should delete/move this elsewhere.
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I'm sure they charged something to profit, but they had the whole 'No commission fee' per item thing before. They probably charged something for a box fee, but not per item.
I'm hoping the fandom will come back to life to with S5, but I highly doubt it will get back to where it used to be. Even the APH fandom on Tumblr is starting to die. Tumblr may seem much more active especially in comparison to livejournal, but I'm a really old fan and I've been on LJ/Tumblr/various sites so I've noticed the decrease all around. For example, Tumblr used to be much much much more active and whilst it is still active nowadays, it has suffered a large drop also.
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Oh yeah that must have been it then. Sad I never got around to using them.
Ahh it's probably because I stay away from most of fandom that I don't see it. Plus since I'm into the fairly popular side of it probably seems less. It's sad to hear nonetheless. :( I know it won't return to how it was, but I'd be happy with just the level it was when I entered it. A lot of people did move to other fandoms though.
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I just got an email from them! The new fees won't be in until the 26th so if you want anything before then, better to start ordering/paying before they start adding in the fees "orz
Ahh, yeah. That would make sense. I'm in the general fandom and in the indie APH Tumblr RPing crowd, so I've been noticing the decrease in activity level all around :c (so many RPers have left or are not as active anymore. We used to get 100+ notifications on new posts every few minutes during peak hour last year, now it's more like 100+ every half hour or so). Same here, fingers crossed and hope that season 5 will work its magic;;
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Maybe I should grab everything I've been looking at after all.
.__. But yeah I've asked this same question before, back when they banned Tora.
There's nowhere. And if there is, nobody's willing to share.
I think the only other option, really, is getting a friend that lives there.
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I don't know, sighs. There's a few more items I'd like to get but FJ is making this pricey and difficult;;
(At least I've already shipped and have bought some others items before they made this announcement. Thank god I went on a spending splurge, some of those items would be hard to find now/be more expensive at a later date :c)
Is that so....?
... sighs;;
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the commission's going to be the most noticeable on things 1000 yen and under, so stuff like the three new Hetalia items, or any 10~300 yen items on YJ are going to be completely unreasonable afterwards. ;n; Now's when to get them.
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Do you have any ideas on how this'll effect group orders/auctions?
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It's going to be hell for buying things without making them into GAs, etc. ;__;
It's buying multiple items from YJ that's going to be terrible-- say, card/coaster singles. It'll still be 200 yen per auction won, and not being a store means no 800 yen cap. D:
Flat fee does make sense, though. Every other service has one-- usually 500 yen, but then increases after say 4,000 worth of goods. It was the lack of a minimum that made them the perfect place for small purchases. ;n;
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I am suddenly really, really happy I don't really have to deal with YJ to much anymore. Getting stuff from that is expensive enough without adding in a 200 yen fee per auction won.
Really? I have only ever done stuff though YJ so I didn't know they were normally so high.
Also do you mind if I ask you an AmiAmi question real quick?
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Y-yeaaah. I guess the people who are going to suffer the most are those who are behind on things.
:'D Being nearly up to date, I'll only have to deal with it when exclusive items pop up, like Birz extras or offline-only events.
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I hope this won't prevent people from doing group order or box splits on here. People who host them are such a blessing, seriously.
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Actually, it's more likely to encourage group ordering, as it's the only way around the added cost. At least, I can say for myself that, with the exception of anything I can order before the 26th, I'm probably going to run a group order every time a new item comes out now.
D: Yep, they're still the cheapest. It's just depressing that the cheapest service is now more expensive. 200 won't be bad if ordering one cheap item or multiple expensive items, but since it stacks even with the same seller, it's terrible if you're looking for multiple cheap items. ;n;
I thought Crescent/Noppin was only 500 yen, though? Unless you're including the bank fees. But. In that case, FJ still has a 186~315 yen bank fee, as well... .__.
But there's services out there that start their commission at $50, too, so. XD I guess there's that to compare to. At least we're not stuck with them.
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Since it's "per seller/store", it's obviously in place for webshops, then individual sellers on places like rakuten, mbok, amazon...
But. What if by some miracle there's also a "per seller/store" limit on YJ?
;w; They're sometimes not 100% understandable, so what if they really did mean to have that and missed it?
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