How to Proxy Order Pokemon Cards from Japan! Including the Pokemon Center Japan! Step-By-Step

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Enjoy my SECRET SAUCE of how to order Pokemon Cards internationally!!! This has been really fun for me to learn and grow my collection with over the past year or so of proxy ordering and I don't mind giving out my "secret sauce" because heck... it's no secret! It just requires a bit more brain work to properly search. Although exact MSRP isn't always possible, I'd say we get much closer with this process. And yes you can score MSRP pricing from the Pokemon Center! (sometimes...)
This is a longer one so grab some popcorn and come chill. Trust me, I already cut out maybe an hours worth of time of me just rambling so this is the "short version". haha I realized after that this was a TON of information to unpack. Hopefully down the road I can tackle this topic again with a bit more strategy and organization behind it. As I mention in the video too, this is a topic well covered by other KZfaqrs out there but few mention how to order directly from the Pokemon Center using one of these Proxy services or walk you through it step by step with screen share. Speaking of, there are many trusted proxy services out there, but in my video and based on my experience, I will be covering how to order cards (or anything really!) using Buyee.jp. (No Im not paid or sponsored in any way by Buyee)
➨ Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:59 How does Buyee Work?
2:39 How to Search
11:16 How to Purchase
14:37 Consolidate Packages
21:52 Ordering from Amazon JP
22:54 Ordering from Pokemon Center JP
26:26 Enjoy!
Take Your Tools:
Buyee: buyee.jp/?lang=en
Bulbapedia (For Pokemon-named translations!): bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wi...
A decent Yen to USD calculator: www.xe.com/currencyconverter/...
If you guys have any further questions (Im sure I missed so much still!) feel free to comment below or if you'd like a faster response, DM me on instagram.
Instagram: @HoloPonyta
Did you get a killer deal through proxy ordering? Stuck or need help? More questions? Please reach out! Thanks everyone. Be kind!

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@Nicotcht Жыл бұрын

Most useful Pokémon video EVER! Thanks for sharing! And amazing job on the channel 🎉

@charliebucket53 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking to the time to walk me through step-by-step because I would have never been able to figure this out by myself!!

@HoloPonyta Жыл бұрын

Awesome to hear, glad it helped! You are so welcome!

@somesteak6100 Жыл бұрын

Wow extremely valuable information in this video. Thank you so very much!

@flyingpiggyTM016 2 жыл бұрын

thank you SOOO MUCH!!!!!! greatly apperciate your video alot that explains everything in detail.

@HoloPonyta 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear it helped you! :) Happy hunting!

@rand0mGT 4 ай бұрын

You deserve more subs! So here’s to you!

@AbdoRyudamon Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video, very informative.

@rickyzamora870 2 жыл бұрын

Just found your channel. Love your vids. Definitely have not slept on Japanese cards. I think they're usually prettier than the English ones.

@HoloPonyta 2 жыл бұрын

Aw thank you so much! Yes Japanese cards > English! :P

@sanjaya7303 9 ай бұрын

omg golden information thank you so much!

@HoloPonyta 9 ай бұрын

You're so welcome!

@michael00001111 2 жыл бұрын

The suggestion to make a sheet with translations was great. IDK why I haven't thought of that!

@HoloPonyta 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! :D

@alejandrotavera9664 2 жыл бұрын

So helpful, thank you!!

@HoloPonyta 2 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear it was helpful! :)

@Goodsgameshop 5 ай бұрын

This is a cool video really helpful thank you

@pokekatrader3720 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Just bid on my first booster box of Time Gazer.

@HoloPonyta Жыл бұрын

Hey that's awesome! Best of luck!

@teddyquach3741 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info

@robertthecollector2229 2 жыл бұрын

yo ^^ great video thx for the information :D

@HoloPonyta 2 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah! You're welcome hope it helped :)

@lordbuckethead2022 2 жыл бұрын

how do you not 50,000 subcribers i love you!!!

@HoloPonyta 2 жыл бұрын

haha thank you!

@coreylovescards Жыл бұрын

Great video 🎉

@michaelperea1630 2 жыл бұрын

Hey!!! I love the video! Is there any way to share a google drive link to your personal translation document!!! I would love this!

@anniejefferson7329 7 ай бұрын

Sweet nice job

@sonny5359 Жыл бұрын

Life saver 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@Cartoonjoker15 10 ай бұрын

What do you mean by, the more you buy the more the shipping cost gets split?

@steffotron Жыл бұрын

Is it safer to let buyee take a photo when the order arrived at the warehouse or wait and check myself if everythings fine. And if something is missing when the stuff arrived from japan, do I get my money back because I had the standard insurance for 500 yen or how does that work?

@pokehood6437 2 жыл бұрын

Wow a lot of great information and very helpful! I also tried too many times to order from the pokemon center japan using a proxy service but still got rejected lol but your method using buyee seems way easier and it works, so thanks! Also quick question, what do you use for your overlays on the video?

@HoloPonyta 2 жыл бұрын

Aw so great to hear, glad it helped you! Yeah Im not sure why my orders got randomly rejected. :/ Oh well... It seems to work occasionally. As far as overlays, I record in OBS with 2 video sources and then just added a webcam frame image I designed in Adobe Illustrator. Pretty simple! Thanks for the comment!

@Taypha1914 6 ай бұрын

23:20 , 24:00 - what you said about not being able to use a Buyee address, is this still the case?

@mahavailo333maha2 9 ай бұрын

Can you advise a good seller from buyee? I don’t wanna get scammed

@matiasignaciolillo7214 Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your video!! I have a question, when you buy single cards. do you pay the fee for each one? from what I understood if you buy different cards but from the same seller only one fee applies. When buying several items from the same seller, does Buyee automatically apply only one fee?

@HoloPonyta Жыл бұрын

Great question! If you buy on Yahoo Japan or Mercari JP, yes the $5 buyee fee applies to each purchase which is frustrating. I've found the best way to buy bulk single cards Is on Rakuten. There are sellers on there with massive catalogs that organize their cards by [Rank A] or [Rank B] by condition. I always buy my singles there and buy 20-100+ cards and there's only 1 $5 fee attached. Hope that helps!

@matiasignaciolillo7214 Жыл бұрын

@@HoloPonyta helps a lot! thank you so much! how does it work? Buyee automatically discounts the fee when you add the product to the cart? or do you need to do something else

@shinymewtwo1367 Жыл бұрын

@@matiasignaciolillo7214 i also want to know did you ever find out?

@redhawg Жыл бұрын

What if on an auction i'm trying to bid but it says "You cannot bid on this auction because the seller has a low rating."? Is there something I need to change in settings to allow me to bid?

@HoloPonyta Жыл бұрын

Oh I see that occasionally too. No, nothing you can do. Buyee has basically prohibited interactions with that seller for some reason. I just skip those. Maybe you can reach out to Buyee if you feel it's unfair.

@xavravy 2 жыл бұрын

hey im thinking of getting 5 booster boxes from Pokémon center and mercari but im worried about the shipping costs and dont know if it will double the cost just for shipping and end up paying $800 instead of the original $300. any advice would be helpful

@HoloPonyta 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent question! Mercari and Pokemon Center both should be free domestic shipping which is the good part. For point of reference, I once purchased 10 vmax climax booster boxes off mercari and shipped it home with other booster boxes creating a pretty large box (58 × 45 × 38 cm & 7,110g) which cost me $120 to ship home. My guess for 5 booster boxes would be around the $50-60 area *crossing fingers*. Unfortunately it's hard to tell until Buyee package consolidates and gives the final weight/dims. Overall, that should give you a rough idea though! :) Best of luck!

@xavravy 2 жыл бұрын

@@HoloPonyta thanks so much

@self1sch 2 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to preorder with buyee? I wanna get the extras for the scarlet+violet game from the Pokemon Store but I'm not sure if you can only order stuff that is in store. Does anybody know?

@HoloPonyta 2 жыл бұрын

I can answer! The best way I know of to pre-order anything from the PC JP, is to sign up for an account with Tenso. Buyee recently does not support PC JP purchases, especially not pre-orders now. I've been able to pre-order by purchasing with my PC JP account and plugging in my Tenso address once set up. Look up a video about how to type in the address properly though as it was tricky! I sent a test order first too to make sure it worked. Good luck!

@self1sch Жыл бұрын

@@HoloPonyta Awesome, thank you! I'll give it a try :)

@charliebucket53 Жыл бұрын

By the way, the whole idea of going through this process is because it is way cheaper to buy Japanese cards directly from Japan correct? For example, is using Ebay from a 100% positive rated seller with a high review count a bad idea because of pricing? Or because of possible scams? Or both? Just curious what your thoughts were and whether you have ever used American websites for buying Japanese cards?

@HoloPonyta Жыл бұрын

Oh good question! I should’ve addressed this. Actually ordering from ebay in the US has much more seller/buyer protection in my opinion but it’s more expensive to buy Japanese Pokémon products/cards on eBay in the US (usually). Especially when you want to buy many things in “bulk”, eBay isn’t the cheapest. So I’ve been importing with Buyee to save on cost despite having a lower amount of buyer protection. (I’ve opened 5+ claims with Buyee for example on purchases and all 5 have been denied a refund for various reasons where eBay probably would’ve refunded me.) Hope that helps and makes sense!

@charliebucket53 Жыл бұрын

@@HoloPonyta Oh gotcha. So I guess it's a decision between pricing and security. I will keep this in mind. Thanks again!!!

@TheMrjoehughes 2 жыл бұрын

Hi thank you for this, Is there anything I should be careful about with scams etc ? Do PayPal refund you if you do get scammed ? Ie ; sent the wrong item or damaged stuff ? Btw Your cat is really cute just laying there chilling / napping 😊

@HoloPonyta 2 жыл бұрын

hehe thanks, yeah my cat loves that spot! Definitely always be careful about scams. Ive learned the hard way: "if it's too good to be true, it probably is". A few times I have asked Buyee for a refund for an order and they've never backed me up once. They'll say I should've read the translated description more carefully or once I claimed a different card arrived than was pictured and they denied it. You can ask paypal to refund you but they will take it from Buyee and from there they wont let you purchase or bid until your debt is settled kind of thing. Hope this helps!

@TheMrjoehughes 2 жыл бұрын

@@HoloPonyta hey Holo, Thanks for the information it has helped a lot, ✌️ 😊