Is there a Japanese eBay?

[abakitba]

Meron po bang Japanese version nang eBay?
Is it in English also?
Thank you po'.

[Ayara]

Hi! Abakitbasan here is the link of ebay Japan but you will need japanese language support and a browser that support japanese to properly view the site. http://pages.ebay.com/jpbridge.html
Happy New Year!! :p

[MIKIMOTO]

Hi Abakitba...meron english ebay, meron akong account at marami na din akong nabili from computer, jewelry, clothes etc.
http://ebay.com

[puting tainga]

eBay Japan stopped its operation on March 31, 2002, Japan time, says the link Ayara mentioned.
However, you can still use US eBay, which can display Japanese language, if your computer is properly supported.

Hence the answer to abakitba's original question is: wala na.

[abakitba]

Thanks for your reply everyone.
Happy New Year.
May this one be more prosperous and productive.

[Paul]

I had an eBay Japan account for the short time they existed. eBay came into Japan too late. Yahoo entered the Japanese market earlier and already had a strong foothold on the Japanese online auction scene before eBay came. So they had to pack up and leave after a couple of years piggybacking on bidders (http://bidders.co.jp/)' service.

So if you want to do online auction here in Japan, you just have to learn the language and get a Yahoo! Auctions (http://auction.yahoo.co.jp/) account. I use Yahoo Auctions Japan and eBay (USA) a lot. IMHO, Japanese online auctioneers are a lot easier to deal and communicate with, i.e., if you speak the language and know the culture.