What is the easiest way for gaijin to buy manga on Amazon.co.jp?

[areallybigcat]

Amazon.co.jp doesn't allow usage of international credit/debit cards; and Amazon in general doesn't support paypal (which I would use if this were bookwalker). I assume that international people in this community who want to support the creator do somehow manage to make purchases on the JP site, but idk the mechanism that is used as I am a newbie to this.

 

[Manko-sensei]

Some countries have restrictions but yes, they are picky with the payment method. In case you don't have a valid credit card, you can always buy pre-paid cards and use them there, what I don't know is if you can use a pre-paid card from a different currency or country on a different Amazon subdomain. Worst case you can always use Bookwalker or CDJapan for instance.

 

[DavidianMillerian]

does the snail even read manga?

 

[undeed]

Amazon.co.jp doesn't allow usage of international credit/debit cards

I don't think that's true,
My credit/debit card is not made in Japan or from a Japanese Bank.
from what I understand, only the billing address has to be a Japanese address

now I can't confirm this.... but... if you're just going to buy digital manga... you could....
put a random Japanese address

 

[tobias5678]

I don't think that's true,
My credit/debit card is not made in Japan or from a Japanese Bank.
from what I understand, only the billing address has to be a Japanese address

now I can't confirm this.... but... if you're just going to buy digital manga... you could....
put a random Japanese address

I thought you would suggest m-----🪨

 

[Piime]

Amazon.co.jp doesn't allow usage of international credit/debit cards

They absolutely do for physical goods. Maybe not for e-books but that is a rights issue and not a payment issue.