- Business
- Aucfan Co., Ltd. provides e-commerce support solutions, including inventory management tools, merchandise distribution platforms, and incubation services for technology startups, primarily targeting small and medium-sized enterprises, sole proprietors, side-business owners, and influencers in Japan with expanding operations in China. Founded in June 2007 and headquartered at Sumitomo Fudosan Osaki Twin Bldg East 7F, 5-1-18 Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0001, Japan, the company operates through three main segments: Inventory Management Solution, offering aucfan.com for market price quotations on online shopping and auctions using over 70 billion data points, aucfan Pro Plus for professional data analysis and global e-commerce comparisons, aucfan Robo as an intuitive RPA tool for back-office automation, TATEMPO GUIDE for multi-store management and inventory synchronization, Amazon listing tools, and a side-business support school; Merchandise Distribution Platform, encompassing NETSEA as one of Japan's largest B2B wholesale purchasing platforms with around 500,000 buyer companies and annual distribution value of about 10 billion yen, OSR Net and Osaka Senba Wholesale Marketing for offline trade fairs, and related services; and Incubation, delivering advisory support in business strategy, sales, marketing, and management for AI, data, fintech, and sharing economy ventures in Japan and overseas. Recent developments include the January 2025 launch of AP LAB, an OEM private brand of Chinese products sourced from Yiwu Market and Alibaba 1688 aiming for annual sales of 10 billion yen through data-driven development and expanded categories, the introduction of live commerce service NETSEA MallLive on TikTok Shop in June 2025 with growing sales from in-house streamers and partnerships like Vector Inc. for product supply, the October 2025 opening of a new four-times-larger logistics center in Niiza City, Saitama Prefecture capable of handling 10 billion yen in annual distribution, the June 2025 relaunch and expansion of Osaka Yiwu Market, a collaboration with ViewEC Japan Co., Ltd. for Taiwanese products on NETSEA, and the rollout of a new fashion brand KACHIKA under D2X Commerce initiatives to concentrate resources on direct-to-business and consumer models from China.