DaiGou is a business where you help someone to make purchases when they cannot buy the item locally. Rich China parents are one of the largest buyers from people who are going overseas. They can be overseas students, tour agents, people who travel overseas frequently etc.
Online DaiGou
In Singapore, EZBuy was one the pioneer online platform which took advantage of this daigou business which allow Singaporean to break the language barrier assisting them to purchase from TaoBao and Taiwan/Korean online shop. Besides that, they are also the DaiGou for USA Amazon for Singaporean who wish to purchase goods that need to be sent here as they do it using their registered US address and then re-ship it to your Singapore address.
Individual DaiGou
In Singapore, people who are in this daigou business are usually women as they are one who like to purchase the latest branded item like Prada or Cosmetics. Most of these daigou women use Facebook or Instagram to show case their daigou products. Facebook allow them to easily share the news to other women and that is the power of social media.
Conclusion
The market for daigou will always be there as it is a business based on trust. The individuals are usually known to you and buyers believe that they will get the genuine product as compare to online purchase which can be fake. There are women who have grown their daigou business and their profits allowed them to fly regularly to Europe to purchase the branded item. Recently, a woman was arrested at Changi Airport for not declaring branded items purchase from Paris worth more than $11k for GST payment, now you how big this daigou business is right.
