Ugh J-Bore, why do japanese webshops suck so bad? I registered a Tenso account and wanted to ship some stuff over here, but the shops I want to order from only accept bank transfer or cash-on-delivery for payment and not credit cards, not even Paypal 
Wonder if this is because of some super exorbitant service fee for credit cards or something, so small stores can't use it unless they are Rakuten affiliated or whatever. DAMN. Really wanted to order two DVD:s
Because they don't care?
Japanese domestic commerce, for some reason, only cares about Japan. There are a number of really easy ways to pay for stuff in Japan. Cash-on-delivery is one, direct bank transfer at an ATM is a snap, and paying for something at a convenience store is frequently even easier, as the cashier walks customers through each step, so they don't even have to navigate ATM or point-of-purchase machine menus. Things can operate this way because very few people are trying to scam/rob sellers in Japan.
In contrast, buyers and sellers in the west seem to start from a position of mutual distrust. We never know if the seller is going to ship what we've paid for, and sellers don't know if the buyer is going to try to snooker them. In the USA in particular, look at how much eBay and Amazon ZShops have had to continuously revise their policies to deal with the rapidly evolving marketplace shenanigans.
Another big thing to be aware of is that selling to a foreign country citizen means that the seller is subject to that country's laws. So if there's a consumer protection plan in, say, France which states a consumer has 30 days to declare they don't like the goods, and all costs must be refunded, including shipping -- well, that would be a major loss proposition for any Japanese company, so why bother opening up that venue?
