Rakuma (Rakuten Rakuma)

Rakuten ran two flea-market apps for a while. It launched its own Rakuma in November 2014, then in September 2016 bought Fablic, the company behind Fril. On 26 February 2018 the two merged under the Rakuma name, but the new app was built on Fril's system, interface and domain, which is why Rakuma's website still lives at fril.jp.

From abroad, Rakuma works with a list of official proxy-buying partners, including Buyee, ZenMarket, FROM JAPAN, Neokyo and Sendico among some twenty-five. Their accounts carry an official mark on Rakuma. Haggling happens in the comments under a listing before the purchase starts: Rakuma has no separate discount button, and the seller changes the price if they agree.

Most people looking for a Rakuma scraper want one thing: to hear about new listings before anyone else. A BuyHub radar does that without code. Save a Rakuma search with your keywords in English, a price range, a condition, free shipping or words to exclude, and BuyHub checks Rakuma for new listings around the clock, then alerts you with the title translated and the price in your currency.

Rakuten Rakuma is a flea-market app in Japan where private individuals buy and sell second-hand goods from their phones. It started in 2012 as Fril, the country’s first app of its kind, and after being bought by Rakuten it has carried the Rakuma name since 2018. Because it is part of the Rakuten ecosystem, shoppers collect Rakuten Points on their purchases and can also pay with them, while official shops sell alongside private users. Fashion and accessories, where Fril began, remain its strongest area.

Beyond vintage fashion from Japanese and foreign labels, collectors will find retro consoles, video games, idol merchandise and cosplay outfits, and its stock only partly overlaps with Mercari’s. Listings are in Japanese, prices in yen and sellers ship within Japan, so buyers abroad usually go through a proxy buying service; Buyee, for one, has a section dedicated to Rakuma.