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Sweden
1 review
3 helpful votes
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These guys are awesome!
October 11, 2020

ZenMarket is the best shopping service from Japan I've ever came across. Their fee is the lowest and there's absolutely no hidden fees whatsoever. Shipping to the US is super quick! Waited for only 1 week and got my parcel with many cool stuff I ordered from Japan.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, YOU MUST TRY IT!

Date of experience: October 11, 2020
Japan
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Taking into consideration the massive affect Covid-19 is having on delivery times and packing, ZenMarket was upfront and hones about delays. The process was clear and flexible to buy the goods I needed.

Date of experience: October 12, 2020
Ohio
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I've saved so much on shipping using ZenMarket as my proxy. It's so simple and fun to add funds and browse all the shops. I really love it.

Date of experience: May 22, 2023
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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The entire process was confusing and complicated, you need their permission for everything you want to buy and it can take over 24 hours. So, obviously, I missed the opportunity to buy things I really wanted because it took too long. Then there's the 'shipping cost calculator", this thing is completely useless unless you can predict the size of the box, and you'll only know the size and weight of the box once you've purchased everything and can't go back anymore (because if you cancel you have to pay 10$ per item + whatever fees the original seller wants for shipping and stuff. I had 5 items, so if I wanted to cancel my order I would have to pay at least 50$ in fees.) I used the calculator based on the weight (the only info you have before paying for the items) and it said it would be about 30$ for shipping, a little pricey but okay... It ended up being 50$. I forgot to mention that they also make you pay for shipping within Japan, which is unacceptable because I know the website I used offered free shipping within Japan. So, my package was worth 55$, I paid 25$ in fees (ZenMarket) and 50$ in shipping (FedEx). Then, a month later, I get a letter from FedEx saying I have to pay 20$ in custom fees. So I spent a total of 150$ on a package worth 55$. Don't bother buying with ZenMarket, it's not worth it. Check eBay or Amazon Japan if you're desperate for a specific item.

Date of experience: November 23, 2021
New Jersey
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Bought a G-SHOCK watch from Japan through ZenMarket and I received the package without any problem.
But if you are planning to shop in the nearest future, be aware of some delays in their packing!
Except for the delay (well, COVID-19, can't say much), everything else went perfect and the service fees are also quite decent compared to other proxy services I've used before.

Date of experience: October 14, 2020
Canada
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Handling scam dispute
November 11, 2020

Recently used this site and I kinda want to post a really bad review of them. Your purchase is not safe with them, like really unsafe. Normally, if an item doesn't Deliver in a week, yahoo auction gives you 5 days to handle a refund. Unfortunately, Zenmarket doesn't care whether the item is delivered or not, so they don't request the refund.
I made a purchase on yahoo japan on Oct 20th, On the 30th I asked whether the item was shipped, and it wasn't. Maybe that's a good time to ask for a refund. But they had to tell me on November 10th that they got ghosted by the seller. So I'd be taking a 250$ loss and they can't help me.
TLDR: Use someone else that refunds you in case of non delivery, it's not impossible like they claim to be.
Probably will edit depending on results.

Date of experience: November 11, 2020
Spain
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Very Good Proxy
November 14, 2022

Hello everyone, this is a serious and good company and have a good line of Customer Service, if anytime you have a problem they will do their best to put you in your side.

Date of experience: November 14, 2022
Brazil
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I bought an artbook and figures that I wanted for a long time, everything went smoothly, they arrived in less than a month and without any problems!

Date of experience: May 21, 2023
New Zealand
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Zenmarket packed item and when received was damaged and only offered part compensation for their mistake dont use Zenmarket use Buyee instead.

Date of experience: December 27, 2023
Texas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Scam shipping prices
February 13, 2023

They scam you on shipping prices if you live in the USA. Extremely slow reply service, please use any other reshipping from Japan.

Date of experience: February 13, 2023
Sweden
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Good service
October 11, 2020

It's a good service, that makes the job done. Packing take some time, but I got my package, so I am happy!

Date of experience: October 11, 2020
Egypt
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Best quality zen market
October 10, 2021

Best proxy company. Good customer service and reasonable prices. The time of delivering the products is also very quick

Date of experience: October 10, 2021
New Jersey
2 reviews
10 helpful votes
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It takes weeks before you have your order ready to be shipped to you and they charge high fees
I will never use their service again

Date of experience: August 26, 2021
California
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Terrible company v
October 22, 2020

They keep adding fees in order to be send out it's packages. Many times they make mistakes. They are not Japanese.

Date of experience: October 22, 2020
Sweden
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Easy to use and reliable
October 16, 2020

Always reliable! Whole buying to shipping process was very efficient and smooth. Items are packaged with great care. Thank you zenmarket. :)

Date of experience: October 15, 2020
Michigan
1 review
3 helpful votes
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To make a long story short I ordered a limited edition lottery item priced at about 700usd for my birthday and it ended up being declared lost
Fine not the fault of zen market at all
The problem is how they are going about handling my refund
I called the shipping company to ask if zenmarket had taken the steps yet to open up a claim for my already declared lost package and they informed me that there was nothing generated on their end for my package and that I should urge the shipper to start the process so I could receive my refund as it's supposedly not too long of a process
So I did exactly what they told me
And when I did zenmarket gave me attitude about how I had been informed that nothing was generated yet and a date they supposedly started it but completely ignored that I asked for a case number or some sort of something showing the process has actually been started after being told directly from the shipping company that there was nothing generated for my tracking number

The package being lost is absolutely not their fault but I'm realizing that the customer service isn't that great

It's been months and that's a decent chunk of money to just loose especially for something that can't be purchased again I just want to know for sure I'll get my money back but at this point I'm feeling like they're just gonna string me along and hold the other small packages I have with them hostage
Especially after reading reviews of others with lost packages and experiencing the customer service attitude myself
100% not using this service again after this mostly because the customer service is leaving a bad taste in my mouth

I've used many different proxy's and never seen customer service anything like this
Just the lack of information and communication about the issue on their end in combination with attitude
I'll pass

Date of experience: July 26, 2022

Overview

ZenMarket has a rating of 2.1 stars from 58 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. ZenMarket ranks 528th among Marketplace sites.

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