Process
Four steps to an account.
Then a car a week, if you want one.
The halls in Japan don't admit overseas buyers — that's the whole reason we exist. Here is exactly what happens between signing up and a car arriving at your port.
Getting started
From here to your first bid.
No account fee, no deposit and nothing to commit to while we talk. You can stop at any of these four steps.
Start the formTell us about your business
A short form: who you are, what you import and where it's going. Five minutes, and you don't need documents in front of you to start it.
About five minutes
We verify and call you
We check the details and get in touch to confirm them — partly a formality, mostly so we can hear what you actually buy before we point you at 50,000 cars.
Usually the same working day
We set your account up
A walkthrough of the dashboard and the services you'll use, on your tier. You'll know where everything is before you start, and who to call when you don't.
One call, no homework
Start sourcing
Access goes live and the week's auctions are already waiting. Most people shortlist on day one and bid on their first car the same week.
Bid the same week
Before you start
Four things we'll ask for.
Your business
Company name and where you trade from. Sole traders are fine.
Proof of identity
A passport or national ID for the person on the account.
A destination
The port or country the cars are headed to.
A way to pay
Bank transfer today, billed monthly in yen. Cards are coming.
Once you're in
What a week actually looks like.
Japanese auctions run to a timetable, and it is not your timezone. The platform is built so none of that is your problem.
Before the hall opens
The week's lots land
Each venue publishes its running order ahead of sale day. Everything appears in your dashboard with the auction date and the deadline in JST and in your own clock.
Whenever suits you
You shortlist
Filter down to the cars you'd actually buy, bookmark them, and re-run the same search next week in one click. Nothing loads until you ask it to.
Before the deadline
You read the sheet
Grade, damage map and the inspector's note, translated. Ask for HD images of the interior, exterior and undercarriage if the sheet leaves a question open.
Before the car runs
You set the ceiling
Send us a price or a range. You can change your number any time until the car reaches the block — the ceiling is yours, the bidding is ours.
Sale day, JST
We bid in the hall
Our people are in the room. You see the result the moment the hammer falls, win or lose, with no chasing.
After the hammer
The car comes to you
Inspection, paperwork, transport, vanning and ocean freight — tracked through to your port. On the Exporter tier that whole leg is ours.
Start the form. The rest is a phone call.
Five minutes now, a call the same working day, and the week's auctions are open to you.