Konbini
Konbini (convenience store) payments allow Japanese consumers to make purchases online and pay with cash at convenience stores. They enable e-commerce transactions in a culture where cash is one of the most trusted and secure payment methods.
Konbini payments are popular for cash payments in Japan and are available at over 50,000 nearby Lawson, FamilyMart, Ministop, and Seicomart convenience stores.
Properties
The properties of the Konbini payment method are shown in the following table:
Payment type | OTC | ||
Acquirer | AlipaySG | Acquiring region | SG/AU/HK |
Payment flow | Redirect | Checkout Payment | ✔️ |
Buyer country/region | Japan | Auto Debit | ❌ |
Fund deducted | Real-time | Refund | ❌ |
Processing currency | JPY | Partial refund | ❌ |
Minimum payment amount | 1 JPY | Chargeback | ❌ |
Maximum payment amount | 300,000 JPY | ||
User experience
The following screenshots show the journey of paying with Konbini in different scenarios:
Payment with Ant page
By default, buyers are redirected to the Ant page for information collection during each transaction.
Figure 1. Payment process with Konbini (Ant page)
Payment without Ant page
You can also choose the payment method without the Ant page. In this scenario, during the first-time payment, buyers complete the required information on the merchant page and can save the information for future payments.
First-time payment
Buyers are redirected to the merchant page for the information collection.
Figure 2. Payment process with Konbini (the first-time payment)
Future payments
Future payments apply to buyers who save their information in the first-time payment. This allows them to skip the step of collecting their information again to make quick payments.
Figure 3. Payment process with Konbini (future payments)