Overseas Purchasing Has Become A Very Prosperous Branch Of China's E-Commerce Market.

How hot is it in France? How much is it in France? There is no need to do market research. If you have enough WeChat friends, you can see that many friends have quietly become "purchasing agents".

And, "you never know which friend of yours will be the next purchase."

Purchasing has turned a behavior into a profession.

You sigh, "tears" to pull them black, but also had to feel the lethality of this industry.

This industry has already bought the verb to become a noun. Do you buy it? I heard this inquiry, "my heart almost collapsed."

Before the "professional" people begin to speak, the reporters first talk about their personal experience "warm field".

In France, purchasing is the standard sideline of many Chinese students.

Overseas purchasing is not complicated.

First, the domestic consumers entrusted the relatives and friends who had the opportunity to run the foreign docks to pick up the rare commodities.

Slowly, there is a "buying and purchasing group" that can serve unfamiliar customers.

Thanks to the development of Internet economy, overseas purchasing has become a very prosperous branch of China's e-commerce market.

However, what is the development prospect of the industry entering the "grey area"? What are the unknown stories of people engaged in purchasing agents? Recently, the European Times interviewed some friends and related people who were purchasing friends, so that they could talk about the sour sweet, bitter and spicy buying, and the future of this industry.

Not long ago, a friend in Hongkong commissioned me to buy a "star money" handbag because I needed it urgently.

I heard a laugh and asked what a bag was based on my "relationship network". When I asked for a circle in France, I realized that I had overestimated my so-called connections and could not buy it at all. I was unconvinced and had used all my friends in Europe and finally found it.

The price of the bag is more than 60 thousand yuan, and the price quoted by "buying on the market" is 120 thousand! I was completely shocked.

Immediately after contacting a friend, the friend hesitated for less than half an hour, then asked "purchasing agent", the answer was, has already launched.

Another time to help another friend in China buy a mid-range brand.

The price is more than 500 euros.

Friends are wage earners and ask if I can refund tax.

So I found a tour guide friend and tried to get a refund of more than 50 euros.

I was just in time for dinner, and I invited the friend to have a meal, which cost 60 euros.

Looking at the invoice, I smiled bitterly. It can not be mentioned with domestic friends.

The two experience of being bought on the market has let me know that "purchasing" does have a lot of profit margin. Although I bought the "star money" is a special case, it does exist. Some purchases only make watches and name bags. The second things I have experienced also illustrate that buying as a purchasing agent is actually a lot of sad and helpless things.

Purchasing is an individual effort, sometimes queuing up for half an hour.

German media said in October 29th that Ambassador Shi Mingde, a Chinese ambassador to Germany, had expressed widespread concern about "some students who do not study well in Germany and buy daily milk powder as purchasing agents".

The "overseas student purchasing" group, which is in the "grey area", has once again become the focus of public opinion.

Anne, a purchasing agent, told reporters that the time for foreign students was relatively abundant. Many of them were girls living in Paris after 80 or 90 years. They themselves are keen on shopping and are familiar with all kinds of brands.

Shopping is much easier than buying hundreds of European restaurants every month.

Sun Li (below is a pseudonym) usually purchase some cosmetics, ornaments and so on.

"At first, I bought it as a gift for my friend, but later I found it was a good market, so I started buying it."

Now she mainly relies on friends circle to publish purchasing information, mainly to help acquaintances and friends to buy.

She often takes the money earned through purchase to send her a trip, and she also buys things for her parents in the country.

Learning in Paris

Li Chao, a management professional, tries to take purchasing as a career path.

He is mainly buying the new brand, classic brand and luxury tide brand of the first-line brand, and he wants to stay in Paris as a professional luxury buyer.

At this stage, he spends most of his time learning languages and buying in his spare time.

Some of the buyers who have purchased from him for a long time can help them with their clothes, choose accessories and so on.

He has been buying overseas for over a year.

It not only meets his daily expenses, but also helps him with his studies and majors.

Because he is related to his profession, he can learn more about the culture of luxury brands when he buys on behalf of others. He also knows more about some materials and fabrics.

Continuous is a novice.

She said that the profit on behalf of the purchase is still pparent, and the general purchase fee is 10% to 15% of the purchase price of the purchasing products.

The purchase of luxury bags is the most profitable. After the Prada package plus the purchase fee, it will be 3000 yuan cheaper than the domestic one. If it is a discount package, the difference between the luxury package and the domestic price is even greater.

If you are lucky, a few customers will buy a price of about 100000 Hermes bag, which can earn tens of thousands of dollars per month, and the cost of living in one month will be solved.

However, the most sought after products in China are consumer products such as skin care products, which earn relatively little profit, and earn tens of thousands of yuan to thousands of yuan each.

Tasting the sweetness of purchasing overseas, we continue to develop our own purchasing business.

Because she had been studying in Britain for two years, she had many friends in England.

So she worked with friends to buy British luxury brands, milk powder and health products.

European city is indeed a paradise for buyers, including Paris, according to the head of China's Department of the Department of market.

In addition to new shopping and convenient shopping, there are also famous brand outlets in the outskirts of the city, plus two discount times a year, many brands can sell as low as seventy percent off, so it is not too much to buy famous brands in Chinese cabbage in Europe.

Because of the huge price difference, luxury goods returned by direct mail are likely to be cheaper than the domestic market even if the buyers are subject to customs duties when they pick up the goods. The buyers earn 10% of the profits.

If it is "human flesh clearance" method, the profit is even more substantial.

Therefore, in France, it is not surprising that luxury goods are purchased as a "standard sideline" for Chinese students.