Is it secure to place an order on JpopAsia?
Your Papyal or credit card payment is handled by PayPal. Paypal supports Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express. Your credit card information is not sent to us or seen by us. Paypal uses a 128-bit SSL encryption (the highest level commercially available).

What payment options are available?
We use Paypal, a global credit processing company owned by Ebay. You can pay with either a credit card or with your paypal account if you have one. Paypal will handle our credit card payments and you don't need a Paypal account if you don't have one.

Do I need a Paypal account to join?
No you don't. When you click to purchase, you are forwarded to the Paypal payment portal. If you have a Paypal account you can choose to log in at that screen. If you do not have a Paypal account, you can pay with a credit card without setting up a Paypal account by clicking the "continue" button at the bottom right hand side of the screen. Click here for an example.

I'm not old enough to have a credit card, how can I upgrade?
A number of our younger members discuss this with their parents. Show this site to your parents. If they see what you are buying and that transactions go through Paypal, they may allow you to use their credit card to have more fun in your life. You can also send us concealed cash in an envelope. You can find more information on the upgrading page.

How long does it take to upgrade my account?
That depends how much time you need on Payal to make your payment but it can be as fast as 20 seconds if you already have a Paypal account.

Is this fee, one time, monthly or yearly?
This depends on your plan. You can choose between 3, 6 or 12 months plan. The longer the plan the more you save!

Is a refund possible?
No we don't refund payments. We are a small team trying everyday to make this a better site for you. Please understand we have limited manpower and can't handle too much administrative and financial related work.

What happens after payment?
An overwhelming feeling of J-Pop happiness will suprise you! After a succesful payment at Paypal, you will be redirected to our site again and your account will be instantly upgraded to your chosen plan. It's easy as that.

Isn't that illegal to send cash over mail?
No, it's not illegal. Sending anything more than a small amount of cash via mail has never been a particularly good idea, primarily because if such a shipment is lost, stolen, or destroyed in transit, neither the sender nor the intended recipient may have any recourse to recover the funds. It's even less of a good idea now that more secure methods of sending funds from one location to another are available, such as money orders and wire transfers.

"Not a good idea" and "illegal" are not nearly the same thing, yet the notion that sending cash via U.S. mail is against the law has become a fairly common misbelief. It is against the law to send cash via the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for purposes that are inherently illegal, such as operating lotteries through the mail or evading taxes or laundering money, but there is no general prohibition on mailing cash from one place to another for legitimate purposes. (Otherwise, all those birthday cards with $1 and $5 bills tucked inside them we received over the years from our grandparents and other relatives were evidence of crimes.)

It's possible that the prohibition against chain letters involving the sending of money through the mail has been misconstrued as a general prohibition against sending cash via mail for any reason (to the extent that such an act is often claimed to be a felony), but the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section of the USPS's web site explicitly acknowledges that cash may be sent through the U.S. mailing system. Source