{"id":156243,"date":"2020-06-05T05:00:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T11:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/?p=156243"},"modified":"2020-06-05T01:54:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T07:54:32","slug":"rakuten-global-market-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2020\/06\/rakuten-global-market-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Rakuten Global Market To Close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After 10 years of service, Rakuten Global Market, the company&#8217;s cross-border marketplace service, has shut down as of June 1st, 2020, and the ability to browse the site has been stopped. This decision comes as the Japanese electric retailer and online retail company tries to focus their resources on strengthening their local offerings with their own platforms and flagship store partners in Taiwan, Mainland China, and other markets.<\/p>\n<p>So what does this mean for raw denim heads and heritage fashion enthusiasts? Well, in the West, it has always been difficult to source some products from small and often obscure or niche Japanese brands. If they didn&#8217;t have their own website or didn&#8217;t offer international shipping, you basically had 3 options. Get someone in Japan to buy items for you, known as proxying, visit Japan yourself, or use Rakuten&#8217;s Global Market.\u00a0 We aren&#8217;t quite sure what the coming days, weeks, and months will bring for Rakuten, or whether an alternative platform is in the works.<\/p><div class=\"related_posts evergreen_funnels\"><h3>Like this? Read these:<\/h3><div class=\"flex space-x-4\"><div class=\"related_post w-1\/2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2022\/08\/eric-kvatek-creates-hippe-baseball-teams-latest-kapital-kountry-shoot\/\"><img width=\"360\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/eric-kvatek-creates-hippie-baseball-teams-for-latest-kapital-kountry-shoot-360x225.jpg\" class=\"left wp-post-image\" alt=\"Eric-Kvatek-Creates-&#039;Hippie-Baseball&#039;-Teams-For-Latest-Kapital-Kountry-Shoot\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img width=\"360\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/eric-kvatek-creates-hippie-baseball-teams-for-latest-kapital-kountry-shoot-360x225.jpg\" class=\"left wp-post-image\" alt=\"Eric-Kvatek-Creates-&#039;Hippie-Baseball&#039;-Teams-For-Latest-Kapital-Kountry-Shoot\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><h4>Eric Kvatek Creates &#8216;Hippie Baseball&#8217; Teams For Latest Kapital Kountry Shoot<\/h4><\/a><\/div><div class=\"related_post w-1\/2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2022\/05\/redcast-heritage-welcomes-sugar-cane-ranks\/\"><img width=\"360\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/redcast-heritage-welcomes-sugar-cane-to-its-ranks-360x225.jpg\" class=\"left wp-post-image\" alt=\"Redcast-Heritage-Welcomes-Sugar-Cane-To-Its-Ranks\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img width=\"360\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/redcast-heritage-welcomes-sugar-cane-to-its-ranks-360x225.jpg\" class=\"left wp-post-image\" alt=\"Redcast-Heritage-Welcomes-Sugar-Cane-To-Its-Ranks\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><h4>Redcast Heritage Welcomes Sugar Cane To Its Ranks<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>What we do know is Rakuten Ichiba, one of the biggest shopping sites in Japan and the company&#8217;s first platform, and Rakuten Global Express, the companies international delivery service, in addition to multiple country-specific official marketplaces including the US and France, will remain active.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 10 years of service, Rakuten Global Market, the company&#8217;s cross-border marketplace service, has shut down as of June 1st,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":156263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4938],"tags":[266],"acf":{"published_feed_date":"2020-06-05 05:00:46"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.8 (Yoast SEO v21.8) - 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