Cloudnine

We run Amazon Japan and Shopify Japan operations for overseas DTC brands. Native Japanese team, based in Hyogo. We've been doing this for US, UK, and EU sellers since 2020.

Here's the pattern we see most often. A brand translates its listings into Japanese and assumes Japanese buyers will find them. They don't. The keyword research was done in English. The translation itself is fine. But Japanese shoppers search differently from US shoppers, and listings that read like translations rarely convert. Borrow a TACoS target from a US playbook on top of that, and the first six months just burn cash.

So we start with Japanese keyword research, then write the listings around what people actually search for. Ads, customer support, monthly reports, all in Japanese, all async. We reply within 12 hours JST.

Beyond Japan, we also build and migrate stores for any market: Liquid and theme work, WooCommerce/Magento/Framer-to-Shopify rebuilds, and conversion fixes for stores that pull traffic but not sales.

The AI-native part is literal. We built our own stack and run it daily: a shared brain that holds context across every client and tool, and a real-time Japanese-English interpreter we use on live client calls. It means faster work with nothing dropped between sessions. We use AI where it earns its place and leave it out where it would dent the quality.

How we work:

Pilot. $1,200 for 4 weeks. Listing audit, Japanese keyword research, and one brand set up. You keep the deliverables.

Retainer. From $3,500/month. Ongoing Amazon JP or Shopify JP operations. $800 per brand onboarding when you add more.

If you're launching in Japan, or you're already live but conversions don't add up, send your top 3 ASINs or your Shopify URL. We'll send back a written gap analysis within 24 hours. No call required.