HOW TO IMPORT VEHICLES FROM AUCTION?
Import your dream car from Japan with the highest trust and cost transparency from easy cars Japan. We can help you find high-quality used vehicles from 100+ auction sites across Japan. Our auction agent fee is very reasonable, transparent, and unbeatable. There is no hidden cost. Not only passenger vehicles, but we also can help you buy earth machinery, industrial machinery, and boat jet ski, etc., please read the steps written below carefully and contact us if you have any questions, concerns, or any further clarification.
Your money is 100% safe with us.
Your valuable money is 100% safe with us. Typically we request our customer to pay 10% of advance payment for factory order or auction bid vehicle. This is a must company regulation requirement for us to identify that the customer is genuine and seriously consider of purchase a vehicle. In case if the customer decides to cancel the order after advance payment we will try our best to cancel the order and refund the full amount but in some cases, there may be some cost we request the customer to pay like a re-auction fee, etc.,
THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN IMPORT
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Find the vehicle duty, rule & regulation of import vehicle.
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Check whether it is worth to export than purchase from locally.
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Find the trusted exporter who has experience exporting vehicles to your country.
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Get a detailed quote with the lead time of the shipping to your country.
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Make sure that there is no hidden cost.
How to Import Used Vehicle from the Auction
Find a car on auction
The buyer finds a car on auction stock by subscribing to the paid service of the NINJA portal. The subscription fee is refunded upon purchase of the vehicle before expiration.
Buyer open LC or TT balance
Easy Cars sends bidding confirmation to the customer, takes vehicles from the auction house to the shipping yard, arranges a pro forma invoice to open LC, or requests that the customer pay the balance.
Buyer set the bid amount
The customer sends a request for a preliminary bid before the live auction starts. Easy Cars can be provided with historical bidding data that can be used to decide the bidding price.
Easy Cars ship the car
Easy Cars sends photos of the vehicle in the port yard and works with the shipping company to get space for RORO or load the vehicle into a container and vanning for container shipping.
Buyer pay the advance
The buyer pays the deposit of 100,000 yen, or 10% of the bidding price, or 1,000,000 yen. Whichever is low. Your money is 100% safe, and a full refund is arranged on request before a successful bid.
Buyer receive documents
Easy Cars sends documents after the vehicle departs from the port. LC is suspended and documents are in PDF format, but the original document can be couriered if it’s a local regulation requirement.
Easy cars start bidding
Easy Cars bid on the car at the auction for an agreed price. Bidding is done online, and sometimes the final bid may be slightly over the buyer’s requested bidding price due to an internet delay.
Buyer clear car from port
The customer receives all documents before the vehicle reaches the port. The customer needs to work with a local clearing agent to clear the vehicle from local customs after paying tax.
Buyer pay the advance
Buyer pay the down payment to Easy Cars (10% of the CIF Price)
Buyer open LC or TT balance
Customer open LC or pay balance payment after receiving chassis no
Buyer receive documents
Easy Cars prepare documents and courier to the customer
Buyer set the bid amount
Customer set preliminary bid 1 hr before the live auction.
Easy cars start bidding
Easy cars bid the car from the auction for an agreed price.
Easy Cars ship the car to customer
Easy Cars send photos of the vehicle to the customer and ship the vehicle
Buyer clear car from port
Customer collects the documents and clears the vehicle from the custom
Buyer set the bid amount
Customer set preliminary bid 1 hr before the live auction.
Buyer pay the advance
Buyer pay the down payment to Easy Cars (10% of the CIF Price)
Easy cars start bidding
Easy cars bid the car from the auction for an agreed price.
Buyer open LC or TT balance
Customer open LC or pay balance payment after receiving chassis no
Easy Cars ship the car
Easy Cars send photos of the vehicle to the customer and ship the vehicle
Buyer receive documents
Easy Cars prepare documents and courier to the customer
Buyer clear car from port
Customer collects the documents and clears the vehicle from the custom
What is your Professional Service Charge of 65,000 yen* includes?
- Collaboration Support using Viber, Whatsapp, Skype, Facebook, etc.,
- Translation of auction sheet to the English language
- Pre-bidding inspection and advice.
- Support on inspection report details
- One Price vehicle purchase or Bidding vehicle from the auctions houses across Japan
- Vehicle delivery arrangement to the port for export
- Provide Pictures, Videos of vehicles and provide simple reports of a vehicle
- Storage of vehicle at the port for 60 days. Condition applies in some ports.
- Vehicle de-registration
- Vessel / Ship Booking
- Translation of the export certificate
- Arrange local courier documents of the vehicle
- Check availability of vehicles with domestic used vehicle dealerships and negotiation
*In addition to the based price, an additional 4% will be charged for vehicles more than 1,000,000yen.
Additional Cost Related to Export
- Successful Bidding Fee – 19,000 yen
- Transport vehicle from auction house to Port – 7,000 yen to 50,000 yen
- Customs & Forwarding Charge at Japan Port – 23,000 yen
- Ocean Freight: This varies the size of the vehicle. The quote can be provided on request.
We also have a fixed package “Bidding & Shipping price” depending on vehicle type.
We can guarantee that our bid and ship prices are the lowest in the market today. If you find a lower price than us, please contact us we will match the fee and give you a further one-time discount to show our gratitude for bringing a higher fee to our notice. The lowest fee doesn’t mean low-quality service. We promise is our trusted service to our customers.
Frequently Asked Questions About Japan Car Auction
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Please always make sure you receive an order confirmation from our sales representative before sending money. Pay only to our company bank account. Do not make any payment to a personal bank account for whatever reason. Your money is 100% secure with Easy Cars. If you have any doubt, please use PayPal or Escrow which comes with the seller and buyer protection.
We always make sure that both parties benefit from the relationship. We want our customers to be happy, so they not only come back for more of our services but also tell their friends and relationships to do business with you. This is the true success of our business.
Vehicle final price: 3,000,000 yen.
Auction House Bidding Fee: 19,000 yen.
Vehicle transport from auction house to Yokohama port: 10,000 yen.
Easy Cars Service fee: 145,000 yen. [65,000 yen + 4% x 2,000,000]
Total FOB Cost to Yokohama Port: 3,1740,000 yen.
**In addition to the based price, an additional 4% will be charged for vehicles more than 1,000,000yen.
Please note that ocean shipping is not included above price. Ocean shipping depends on RORO or Container shipping.
FOB (Free On Board): Term of sale under which the price invoiced or quoted by a seller includes all charges up to placing the goods on board a ship at the port of departure specified by the buyer. Also called collect freight, freight collect, or freight forward
CIF (Cost, Insurance & Freight): Term of sale signifying that the price invoiced or quoted by a seller includes insurance and all other charges up to the named port of destination. In comparison, carriage and insurance paid to (CIP) terms include insurance and all charges up to a named place in the country of destination (usually the buyer’s warehouse). See also cost and freight (C&F, or CFR). The difference between CIF and CFR is insurance during the transportation
The major difference between CIF and FOB is the transportation costs and insurance during it.
When you give us vehicle model year and mileage, we send you sold prices of similar vehicles in the auction for last few weeks or months.
Typically, buyers are leaving advance payment and keep trying to increase the bidding fee within the budget.
After confirmation of the payment or upon receiving the LC, Easy Cars Japan will start your car shipment process. Easy Cars in Japan will dispatch the required documents through courier services. For non-LC buyers, the document will be dispatched only after payment received to our bank. The following documents are includes. We can provide the other documents on a request basis if any required.
- Export Certificate
- Bill of Lading
- Final Invoice (Proforma Invoice)
- Shipping / Marine Insurance (if required)
- Any other special documents (if required)
- Inspection Certificate from Japan Auto Appraisal Institute (JAAI) / Japan Vehicle Inspection Association (JEVIC) and other inspections (if required)
Plus you have an opportunity to pick the best cars from the several thousands of vehicle fleet from auction houses. That’s why it is great deal to many individual importers.
The brand new vehicle from the dealers are registered in Japan. Exporter has to de register the vehicle before it
ship to you. Because of this regulation the brand new cars we export are already been registered in Japan but never used.
We always make sure that both parties benefit from the relationship. We want our customers to be happy so they not only come back for more of our services but also tell their friends and relationships to do business with you. This is the true success of our business.
Some Highlights Of Japan Car Auction Services
Bidding Auction
The bidding auction price of the vehicle start low and going up when bidders bid the vehicle. We request customers to pay us JPY 100,000 as down payment and let us know your preliminary bids until 1 hour before start live auction. We bid until preliminary bids and then give up in case of price go over your bid. If none else places the bid – you are the winner. Congratulations! Cancellation not allowed. There will be a re-auction charge applied in case of cancellation.
Fixed Price Auction
Prices of the vehicle are pre-setup by the seller. The vehicle can be purchased for the displayed price. Price cannot be negotiated. There will be a penalty charge for the cancellation. We request customers to pay JPY 100,000 as advanced payment before Easy Cars purchase vehicle from the fixed price auction.This advance payment is 100% refundable before sucessfull bid. In case customer want to cancel, we re-auction vehicle and refund advance payment after deduct re-auction fee.
Your money is 100% secure
Your money is 100% secure with us. We are company registered under Japanese law and value world famous honest Japanese business-standard. We are customer oriented company in the business for several years. Together, our customers have saved a fortune by business with Easy Cars avoiding unwanted charges due to high charge agents, hidden fees, and broken promises.