Settled: the US ended duty-free entry for parcels under $800 from every country on 2025-08-29 — budget duty on every shipment now. Unsettled: the exact rate, caught between a 2025 15% framework deal, a 10% surcharge set to sunset 2026-07-24, and a proposed ~12.5% replacement — check official/checkout sources, not a fixed number.
Buyee charges a flat ¥500 per order; ZenMarket, Neokyo and Doorzo charge flat per-item fees (¥350–¥800); JapanRabbit scales its cut with order value (9.9% down to 1.2%). No service wins every basket — match the fee model to how you shop, not a single headline number.
AmiAmi and HLJ both ship internationally and don't charge pre-orders until they're ready to ship — the real split is cancellation deadlines (HLJ tightened its cutoff on 2025-10-01) and shipping-method breadth.
A proxy buys from Japanese shops/auctions for you, receives items at a Japanese address, and ships abroad. Total cost = item + service fee + domestic shipping + international shipping (+ your country's import charges).
