Nintendo agrees to implement measures to prevent fraudulent listings with Mercari, Yahoo! Auctions, Yahoo! Flea Market, and Rakuten Rakuma
Nintendo Co., Ltd. Press Release: May 27, 2025 - Efforts to prevent fraudulent listing of Nintendo products on flea market sites | Nintendo
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/2025/250527.html
Mercari and Nintendo agree to implement initiatives to promote the creation of a safe and secure trading environment | Mercari, Inc.
LINE Yahoo and Nintendo agree to cooperate in taking measures against fraudulent listings of products including the Nintendo Switch 2 | LINE Yahoo Corporation
https://www.lycorp.co.jp/en/news/release/017814/
On May 27, 2025, Nintendo issued an announcement titled 'Efforts to Prevent Fraudulent Listings of Nintendo Products on Flea Market Sites,' revealing that it will be working with three companies that operate Japan's leading flea market sites to implement measures to prevent fraudulent listings.
Nintendo has stated, 'Nintendo and the three service providers will take measures to combat fraudulent listings of Nintendo products, including Nintendo Switch 2, that violate each service provider's terms of use, including by having the service providers proactively remove listings and establishing a collaborative system that includes information sharing.'
Mercari issued a statement saying, 'The two companies have agreed to share information and implement various joint initiatives with the aim of creating an environment where Nintendo products, including the Nintendo Switch 2, can be traded more safely and securely on the Mercari marketplace.'
As specific initiatives, Nintendo will provide Mercari with information about specific new product releases, product information, product images, etc., and Mercari will issue warnings about specific new products based on information provided by Nintendo. Mercari will also strengthen and implement measures to remove listings that violate Mercari's terms of use for specific products that have been agreed upon in consultation with Nintendo.
LINE Yahoo stated, 'Due to the high popularity of Nintendo-related products, including the Nintendo Switch 2, there is a possibility that fraudulent listings may occur,' and announced that as measures to combat such behavior, it will warn users about complying with the terms of use and guidelines, remove listings for the products in question that violate the terms of use, and suspend the accounts of users who engage in fraudulent listings that violate the terms of use.
In addition, LINE Yahoo! has specifically named the 'Nintendo Switch 2 console' and announced that it will ban the listing of the product on Yahoo! Auctions and Yahoo! Flea Market from June 5, 2025. The end date of the listing ban has not yet been decided.
Products that may cause confusion in the trading environment as resale materials (prohibited products and periods for which listing is prohibited)
https://support.yahoo-net.jp/PccAuctions/s/article/H000014527
Nintendo is preparing to release the Nintendo Switch 2 on June 5, 2025, and has set strict application conditions for the lottery sale of the product, including '50 hours or more of playtime on Nintendo Switch software as of February 28, 2025' and 'having a cumulative membership period of at least one year with Nintendo Switch Online at the time of application and being a member at the time of application.' Some people see this as a measure to prevent resale.
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