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[โ€“] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 19 points 14 hours ago (6 children)

Thatโ€™s a big-ass shop.

When I lived in Japan it was easy to kill my Amazon account because of a little site called Rakuten. Basically, Japanese Amazon.

Now I live in the EU, and Rakuten sellers do not ship outside of Japan. Thereโ€™s suppose to be a global shipment service, but itโ€™s limited, shipping costs are high, and I cannot get them to confirm my address either way. So Iโ€™m having to rely on Amazon again until I can find a like marketplace website that is based in Europe.

[โ€“] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 15 points 14 hours ago

Thatโ€™s a big-ass shop.

Well, it doesn't have to be huge, since I don't need the whole of amazons inventory on a weekly basis.

[โ€“] IratePirate@feddit.org 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

until I can find a like marketplace website that is based in Europe.

Have you tried Galaxus yet? It's been my go-to since culling my Amazon account in early 2025.

[โ€“] Humanius@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

Europe does have alternative webshops, but they are generally not Europe-wide. So I can't tell you what webshops to use without knowing where in Europe you live.

The Netherlands has Bol.com, for instance, and Germany has Otto from what I understand.

[โ€“] jeffep@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Glad to inform you that these days many Rakuten Sellers just use it as a second front-end. Logistics are handled by Amazon, often the package is Amazon wrapped. Not all, but based on my sample around 2/3.

[โ€“] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

In the last couple of years I started getting those. But not that frequently.

You canโ€™t know for sure until you buy something. Some sellers say your order โ€œmayโ€ be fulfilled by Amazon.

[โ€“] jeffep@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Nice, maybe I'm just buying the wrong things. I also saw this notice sometimes and then just picked a different seller, but some don't write it there

[โ€“] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago

Huh, I have a Rakuten Kobo reader. I knew the Rakuten part was Japanese, but I didn't realise they sold other stuff. The Kobo reader is based in the Netherlands I think. Good product and it's weaned me off Kindle.

[โ€“] timestatic@feddit.org 2 points 14 hours ago

I mostly buy on Otto now and on the site of sellers directly. Check the bigger ones for your country that are actually european. They might not be as popular but I have gotten around pretty well tbh