Thousands of people in the Chinese community are buying up Australian products and selling them to friends and family back home. Dubbed daigou, they are the Australian exporters youve never heard of.
Sherry Jia is an 18-year-old business student whose part-time pursuit is shopping. Not for herself - but a growing list of customers in China.
The Sydney resident is a daigou - which translates to buying on behalf of, advertising on Chinese social media app WeChat Australian products like vitamins, baby milk powder, and over the counter tablets.
She started off buying things for her family back in China and from there, the venture grew from word-of-mouth recommendations.
They heard that Australian products are better than Chinese products and they want me to buy stuff for them, Ms Jia told SBS World News.
So I started buying stuff and sending them to China. My family introduced me to other members. They just keep sending my WeChat to other people as well, so the business is getting bigger and bigger.
Sherry sends $2000 worth of products to China every week - and she doesnt even require a set up at home.
