Winning in Japanese E-Commerce
Go beyond having a listing, and drive sales for your brand in Japan
Japan is the 3rd largest E-Commerce market in the world with an anticipated value of US$104,639m in 2020. The market’s largest segment is Food & Personal Care with a projected market volume of US$25,765m in 2020. Travel had been the fastest growing segment until Covid-19.
Companies using E-Commerce channels to reach Japanese consumers or businesses must consider local E-Commerce platforms, payment methods, shipping logistics, and customer service expectations including returns and after-sales service.
Kindred supports brands to standout and convert sales with target audiences in Japan, whether through D2C Brand Website or 3rd Party Retail (Amazon Japan, Rakuten Shopping) & Social E-Commerce (Facebook, Instagram) platforms.
D2C & 3rd Party Stores
We'll take a strategic approach in identifying the E-commerce solution that's right for your business in Japan. We can build a new website or adapt an existing brand website for D2C E-Commerce, as well as identify the 3rd Party Platforms which will best support your brand strategy and logistics capabilities in Japan.
Amazon + Rakuten + Yahoo!
It's not just about getting listed, we'll optimise content and leverage promotional tactics to improve your brand's visibility on leading E-Commerce retailers Amazon Japan, Rakuten Shopping, Yahoo! Shopping. We'll help your brand cut-through in Japan's crowded marketplaces!
Japanese Online Travel Agents
With a large hotel client list, we are travel industry experts. We'll optimise content and leverage promotional tactics to improve your brand's visibility and revenue generation through high and low demand periods across global and local OTA's including Rakuten Travel, Ikyu & Jalan.
Setup & Operation
Our multilingual Japanese team will support your business in submitting the relevant documentation to register your account in Japan. We can also lead the contents development for your brand's D2C website or 3rd Party website pages and drive performance through continued management and paid advertising.
Conversion Optimisation
Increase your leads, bookings or sales with Japanese audiences through relevant landing pages on your brand website and optimised content on other platforms . We'll apply best practice UX / UI to deliver compelling content and CTA to encourage conversion, removing friction which leads to higher bounce rates and poor ROI.
Cross-Border
Payments
Cross-border spending accounts for 18 percent of total e-commerce in Japan, with China, the U.S. and Australia ranked as the top three overseas shopping destinations. We'll help you setup payment options for Japan's most commonly used payment providers for credit and debit cards.
Book your Free
30-min Strategy Session
We’d love to chat about how Kindred can help accelerate your business growth. We’re offering a 30-min Strategy session FREE for 5 businesses each month (worth $800), where we’ll help you identify the key jobs to get done in achieving your goals. Discover why Kindred can scale your business faster.