Mercari Bans Pokemon Card 30th CELEBRATION Listings While Yahoo Auctions Allows Them
Two of Japan's largest resale markets are applying different rules to the same release on the same day, so the secondary market for the 30th CELEBRATION product will form wherever listings are allowed to sit.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
Mercari and LY Corporation published their listing policies on September 15 for the Pokemon card 30th anniversary product Pokemon Card Game 30th CELEBRATION, released September 16. Mercari prohibits listings of related products for the time being from the release date, with monitoring, deletion and possible account restrictions. Yahoo! Auctions and Yahoo! Flea Market will not ban listings or restrict prices at release.
Mercari's ban starts on the release date and covers related products for the time being. The company says it will alert users, monitor and delete listings, and restrict accounts that repeatedly list inappropriately.
LY Corporation takes the other position. Yahoo! Auctions and Yahoo! Flea Market will not ban listings or set price restrictions at release. The company says future measures will be decided by product characteristics, supply conditions and market trends. ASCII.jp notes a 2023 memorandum between Mercari and The Pokemon Company behind Mercari's response.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.