Net Protections, Inc. (Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Shin Shibata; hereinafter "Net Protections") has begun offering B2C Payment “NP Atobarai” for Jupiter Shop Channel (Location: Koto-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Kenji Shinmori; (Jupiter Shop Channel) from August 1. The deal sees Net Protections’ buy now pay later payment service available for both online orders and telephone orders, being the first time to introduce the service for telephone orders from a TV shopping company that runs specialty channel.
Why Jupiter Shop Channel Offers NP Atobarai As Payment Option?
NP Atobarai can be used for a wide variety of items on Jupiter Shop Channel. Furthermore, Net Protections' business experience, knowledge and reputation of reliability ensure customer convenience and achieve customer satisfaction.
About NP Atobarai
"NP Atobarai" is Japan's leading post-payment service. With a simplified payment process, no credit card information is required, this enables customers to complete the payment after the arrival of goods. NP Atobarai has transactions exceeding 340 billion JPY with over 15.8 million unique users, used by more than 70,000 merchants, making it the most experienced and trusted in Japan Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) industry.1 out of 7 Japanese chose NP Atobarai as payment method(※1). Customers find the payment method to be easy and safe to use, especially with unfamiliar sites. Businesses that use NP Atobarai service have seen a 20% increase in sales(※2) without additional risk.
For further information regarding NP Atobarai：https://www.netprotections.com/(Japanese Only)
※1) Based on “Preliminary counts of population of Japan” by Statistics Bureau of Japan (As of Apr.1, 2021) which estimated the number of individuals aged 15 years and older amounted to 110.48 million people in Japan and the number of NP Atobarai's annual unique users (15.8 million). ※2) Source: Company information.
Jupiter Shop Channel
Jupiter Shop Channel is Japan's No1 television shopping channel, broadcasting 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The channel introduces more than 500 items a week, offering fresh and high-quality products.
For further information regarding Jupiter Shop Channel：https://www.shopch.jp/sp/JscTop.do(Japanese Only)
Net Protections, Inc.
Net Protections, Inc. is a pioneer company in Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) services in Japan and is leading the market with the largest market share (※3). In 2002, Net Protections launched its first service, NP Atobarai, a BNPL that guarantees risk-free transactions for businesses and provides a deferred payment for customers in Japan for the first time. In FY2020, NP Atobarai’s annual transaction volume has hit the growth rate of 116% compared to the previous fiscal year. NP Atobarai is used by numerous enterprises with over 15.8 million unique users in Japan (※4) and has processed more than 280 million transactions to date. In 2011, Net Protections released NP Kakebarai, a BNPL service for BtoB. NP Kakebarai has grown 127% yearly and played a role as the dominant BtoB payment service in Japan. In 2017, Net Protections launched atone, BtoC BNPL service with membership benefits that offers better shopping experience. In 2018, Net Protections released AFTEE, BtoC BNPL service in Taiwan. Net Protections has accumulated transaction data and knowledge since its first service launched, which has enabled it to build a sophisticated credit screening system and solid operation skills. Net Protections always pursues creating a society where everyone can do business safely and easily.
・Company Name：Net Protections, Inc.
・Representative：Shin Shibata, CEO
・Website：https://corp.netprotections.com/
・Business Outline：BtoC e-commerce Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) service, NP Atobarai
BtoB BNPL service, NP Kakebarai
BtoC BNPL service, NP Atobarai air for individual day-to-day operations
BtoC BNPL service with membership benefits, atone
BtoC BNPL service in Taiwan, AFTEE
Point reward program, NP Point Club
・Founded：January, 2000
・Capital：JPY 100 million
・Headquarter：SUMITOMO FUDOSAN KOJIMACHI FIRST BILDING 5F,
Kojimachi 4-2-6, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083 Japan
※3）Surveyed Japan's top 300 companies in the “75th EC and mail order sales ranking” published in Tsuhan Shimbun as of Jan. 7, 2021. Based on the portion of merchants outsourcing BNPL operations that use NP Atobarai as of Mar. 1, 2020. ※4）Source: Company information.The number of annual unique users: the number of users based on the matching of names and phone numbers during a fiscal year (Apr.1, 2020 to Mar.31, 2021)
Overview of Jupiter Shop Channel Co., Ltd.
Started as Japan's first television shopping channel in November 1996, Jupiter Shop Channel is now available to be watched by 30.17 million households across Japan through cable TV and satellite broadcasting (as of March 2021). Jupiter Shop Channel introduces a great variety of highly qualified merchandise, including clothes and fashion, beauty, home goods, as well as groceries, 24 hours a day. The company also handles in-house order fulfillment and logistics to offer better shopping experience for customers. With Jupiter Shop Channel, the audience gets exciting and realistic feeling of shopping experience via live broadcasting.
・Trading Name：Jupiter Shop Channel Co., Ltd.
・Representative：Kenji Shinmori, President and CEO
・Website：https://www.shopchannel.co.jp/
・Main Business：Direct marketing focused on Jupiter Shop Channel operations of mail-order sales
through media including cable TV and satellite broadcasting, Internet, and catalogs
・Founded：November 1996
・Capital：4.4 billion JPY
・Location：〒135-0016 7-2-18 Toyo, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-0016
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Direct any inquiries from media regarding this release to::
Representative：Miyoshi / Iizuka / Tsuchiya
TEL：03-5572-6062
Email：netprotections@vectorinc.co.jp
Direct any inquiries from businesses and individuals regarding this release to::
Representative：Net Protections PR Dpt.
TEL：03-4588-6843
Email：pr@netprotections.co.jp
