Yahoo! Japan and eBay announced a new partnership, starting Sekaimon a new auction portal for Japanese auction users to purchase goods from eBay in Japanese.
eBay, once failed to enter the Japanese market by it’s competitor Yahoo! Japan, now partners with its former enemy to access to Japanese auction market and users. Although Yahoo! Auction failed in the North America, Yahoo! Japan Auction (called, “yafuoku”) continues to grow its user base, becoming the top among other competitors, Rakuten Auction and DeNA (bidders).
With the annoucement of the partnership, Sekaimon launched to provide eBay goods in Japanese to Yahoo! Japan Auction users.
