Comments on: Japan’s Rakuten: Can The Biggest E-Commerce Site You Never Heard Of Become a Threat for Amazon Globally?

By: Asiajin » Amazon Japan’s Counterattacks To Rakuten Books

Asiajin » Amazon Japan’s Counterattacks To Rakuten Books — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:51:50 +0000

[...] Japan v.s. Japan’s local Rakuten battle was recently well covered on TechCrunch (by our buddy Serkan Toto, of course). Amazon is doing pretty good localization on [...]

By: Rakuten Ichiban « indigofan

Rakuten Ichiban « indigofan — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:30:28 +0000

[...] have an article about Rakuten. http://www.tech...ou-never-heard-... It’s mostly e-business guff, but there is a small section which is relevant to buying goods from [...]

By: Asiajin » First China, then the US: Japan’s No. 1 online shopping mall Rakuten (again) outlines plans to go global

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:15:01 +0000

[...] online shopping mall Rakuten, has never made a bis secret of his seeing Rakuten as a global brand (here is some detailed [...]

By: AliBaba.com on Global Expansion campaign… « Online Trends « Asia Online Marketing

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:15:07 +0000

[...] I believe Japan’s mega portal Rakuten is next, with a global expansion and is touted to take some market share from Amazon. Share and [...]

By: Bonus Material: The Godzilla of Japanese Online Shopping | Publishing Perspectives

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:58:37 +0000

[...] TECHCRUNCH: offers a case study of the battle for market share between the two behemoths. [...]

By: Amazon、日本で$119Mを課税される―さらにあちこちで税金トラブルあり

Amazon、日本で$119Mを課税される―さらにあちこちで税金トラブルあり — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:18:25 +0000

[...] 日本の税務当局は、この問題を2007年から追及していたが、いよいよ正式処分に踏み切った。Amazon Japanのサイトでユーザーが買い物をすると、法的にはアメリカのAmazonと売買契約を結んだことになる仕組みだ。Amazonは日本でアマゾンジャパンとアマゾンジャパン・ロジスティクスの2社を運営しているものの、すべての売上はアメリカで記帳され、納税される。（日本におけるAmazonの運営に関する背景情報についてこちら） [...]

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:47:51 +0000

Linkshare also manages the iTunes affiliate program.

LinkShare is TERRIBLE. It is frequently down. Affiliate payments are frequently backlogged. The site is just terrible.

Considering they manage the affiliate programs for some of the biggest names in retailing, they don’t seem very professional.

I wouldn’t use them to buy something.

By: patwon's me2DAY

patwon's me2DAY — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:47:09 +0000

마이크의 생각…

아마존재팬보다 잘 나가는 라쿠텐—> 천원에서 1억원까지 다양한 상품과 가격경쟁력에서 압도……

By: renaissance chambara alias Ged Carroll - Links of the day

renaissance chambara alias Ged Carroll - Links of the day — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:58:07 +0000

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By: Amazon Ordered To Pay Back $119 Million In Taxes In Japan. More Tax Trouble May Be Ahead. | Tecno Point

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:23:23 +0000

[...] even though Amazon operates two companies in Japan, Amazon Japan and Amazon Japan Logistics. (Click here for more background on Amazon’s position in [...]

By: links for 2009-07-06 « 個人的な雑記

links for 2009-07-06 « 個人的な雑記 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:04:30 +0000

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By: Julianne

Julianne — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:34:11 +0000

Amazon kicks butt for customer service. Nice blog…very interesting.

By: Subhankar Ray

Subhankar Ray — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:58:01 +0000

Rakuten owns linkshare that manages Wal-Mart’s affiliate programs.

By: Amazon Ordered To Pay Back $119 Million In Taxes In Japan. More Tax Trouble May Be Ahead.

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:41:31 +0000

[...] even though Amazon operates two companies in Japan, Amazon Japan and Amazon Japan Logistics. (Click here for more background on Amazon’s position in [...]

By: links for 2009-07-06 « A little Jack with that?

links for 2009-07-06 « A little Jack with that? — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:26:36 +0000

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By: Abhishek

Abhishek — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:38:24 +0000

Hi Puranjay,
If you looking for books, rediff books (books.rediff.com) is a good place to shop online. They have an extensive catalog and prices are very competitive. For most books, online prices are lesser than the bookstore prices. I have purchased several books and my experience has always been very good.
Rediff Shopping is a place to buy everything else, from electronics to apparels to music to anything else that you can think of. Another great place to shop online. Reliable and competitively priced!

By: TechCrashh

TechCrashh — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:16:41 +0000

Similar story with PCHome in Taiwan..
PCHome has alexa ranking below 1000
http://www.alex...o/pchome.com.tw

By: Sudheer

Sudheer — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:33:09 +0000

Right. India needs better payment gateway providers. Currently companies like CCAvenue are charging 7% of the transaction as fees to merchants which is ridiculous.

I wish PayPal or Google launches their payment gateway service in Indian currency soon.

By: Harish

Harish — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:24:04 +0000

COD is a good idea but frankly – these days in India most ATM cards issued by banks are actually debit cards that can be used to purchase stuff online. Most bus/train/flight tickets in India are being purchased online – these online travel sites are well-established brands now. Someone should tackle the e-commerce segment next – it’s time!

By: riffraff

riffraff — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:07:37 +0000

Tokyo Tax Bureau Imposes Taxes On Amazon.com Japan Operations- Asahi

Dow Jones – July 04, 2009: 08:11 PM ET

TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau told Amazon.com Inc.’s (AMZN) affiliated company Amazon.com International Sales to pay back taxes of $ 119 million, the Asahi Shimbun reported in its Sunday morning edition.

Amazon’s Japanese affiliates, called Amazon Japan and Amazon Japan Logistics, are responsible for sales and logistics operations in Japan while Japanese customers make contracts of purchasing products with Amazon’s affiliates in the U.S. Therefore those U.S. companies booked sales in the U.S. from their business in Japan.

But it seems that the tax bureau judged that an income report of several tens of billion yen should have been submitted in Japan because part of the company’s headquarters operations functioned in Japan for their business in the country, the newspaper reported.

Amazon Japan said that the taxation is inappropriate and the company is in talks with the authorities, the newspaper reported.

-By Yoshio Takahashi, Dow Jones Newswires; 81-3-5255-2932; Yoshio.Takahashi@ dowjones.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires
07-04-09 2011ET
Copyright (c) 2009 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
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By: riffraff

riffraff — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:06:55 +0000

Tokyo Tax Bureau Imposes Taxes On Amazon.com Japan Operations- Asahi

Dow Jones – July 04, 2009: 08:11 PM ET

Amazon Japan said that the taxation is inappropriate and the company is in talks with the authorities, the newspaper reported.

-By Yoshio Takahashi, Dow Jones Newswires; 81-3-5255-2932; Yoshio.Takahashi@ dowjones.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires
07-04-09 2011ET
Copyright (c) 2009 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

By: I Japan e-handlar man hos Rakuten | Nätkoll.se | Nyhetsbloggen om nätets affärer

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:03:37 +0000

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By: Sage Wohns

Sage Wohns — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:41:13 +0000

Totally right Serkan! Great article, thanks! Mikitani did buy the soccer etam a while ago, and he did change the colors to match the crimson motif he has for all of our products. Even the carpets at our tower are crimson, I think this originated from the Harvard school colors.

By: weblog by Yuta Watanabe » 楽天 vs. Amazon Japanに見る日本の状況

weblog by Yuta Watanabe » 楽天 vs. Amazon Japanに見る日本の状況 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:19:28 +0000

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By: Serkan Toto

Serkan Toto — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:05:36 +0000

You’re right, as the soccer team isn’t Rakuten-branded (a team called Vissel Kobe is owned by Crimson Group, which is Mikitani’s private property management company).