Country for PR: Japan
Contributor: Kyodo News JBN
Monday, February 17 2020 - 16:00
AsiaNet
tenso, inc. Starts Full Korean-language Support for Industry's Largest Proxy Purchasing Service "Buyee" Delivering Items from Japan
TOKYO, Feb. 17, 2020 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/--

-High-fashion Brand Items and Anime Goods: Highest-ranked Items Now Available 
in Korean-

tenso, inc. (hereinafter "tenso"), a subsidiary of BEENOS Inc. and operator of 
cross-border EC proxy purchasing business Buyee ( https://buyee.jp/?lang=ko ), 
has added Korean as a supported language. This will allow South Korean 
residents to enjoy overseas shopping in their native language.

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South Korea is one of the world's largest Internet users in the world. With a 
smartphone penetration rate of around 88%, it is a country with the highest 
smartphone ownership in the world. As a result, the number of registered Buyee 
members in South Korea increased in 2019 by 165% over the previous year.

With the expansion of the market, Buyee has started full support for the Korean 
language and has been reborn as a proxy purchasing site that makes it easier 
for South Korean customers to purchase Japanese products.

Features of the newly evolved Buyee:
Users can easily purchase items distributed in Japan using Korean.
-Users can get items that are hard to get in their home country, such as rare 
 items and items not for sale in South Korea.
-Users no longer have to travel to Japan to shop and can easily purchase items,
 including commodities, high-fashion brand items, anime goods, etc. on Buyee.
-Users can search, bid and purchase items in Korean through Buyee.
-Buyee, which has the largest number of shopping partners in Japan, allows users
 to shop from multiple shopping sites at once.

Trustworthy support from native speaking staff
-Buyee has a customer support division with native speaking staff that users can
 consult with at ease and with comfort if they have any questions or concerns.

Shopping support and promotions tailored to South Korean customers
-Distribution of information specially for South Korea and limited promotions
 are now possible. In addition, Buyee plans to optimize delivery methods
 according to South Korean customs.

Ranking of items purchased from South Korea
1: High-fashion brands (Christian Dior)
2: Anime figures (Gundam)
3: Anime goods (Love Live!)

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About tenso, inc.
tenso helps Japanese domestic EC sites increase their international sales 
channels by operating "tenso.com" (package-forwarding business) and "Buyee" 
(proxy purchasing business). "tenso.com" takes care of international shipping 
operations and multilingual customer support for the EC sites, and "Buyee" 
translates and does proxy purchasing in addition to the services of 
"tenso.com." tenso partners with approximately 2,200 websites and have shipped 
to 100 countries and regions. tenso has received high levels of customer 
satisfaction feedback through their variety of shipping and payment methods as 
well as their ability to consolidate packages from multiple stores before 
shipping internationally. tenso currently has two million users (as of January 
2020).

Company profile
(1) Company name: tenso, inc.
(2) Representative: President and CEO Shota Naoi
(3) Location: Gotenyama Trust Tower 6F, 4-7-35 Kita-shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku,
    Tokyo, Japan
(4) Founded: July 2008
(5) Capital: 100 Million JPY

*tenso, inc. is a subsidiary of BEENOS Inc. (TSE First Section: 3328)


Source: tenso, inc.
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