Riding the 'daigou' boom Down Under

Chinese in Australia work as shopping agents for China buyers

Ms Molder Sayrao, who moved from China to Australia to study, began working as a daigou after family and friends asked her to send goods back home. AuMake executive chairman Keong Chan says the average parcel sent to China includes goods worth about — Shoppers in a store in central Sydney run by AuMake, a firm that supplies to daigou. Its stores stock items such as health and skincare products, infant
formula and Australian wool products. ST PHOTOS: JONATHAN PEARLMAN

Jonathan Pearlman

For The Straits Times

Updated

Published

Mar 03, 2018, 05:00 AM

When she moved from China to Australia to study four years ago, Ms Molder Sayrao quickly learnt that her friends, family and former colleagues back home in Xinjiang all had the same favour to ask: Could she buy products to send home?

Mostly, this involved locally made milk formula for babies and skincare products.

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