Yoybuy Finds
As a big Chicago Bears fan living outside China, I've always wanted the special edition rugby jersey they sell on Chinese e-commerce sites. The usual official channels don’t offer it for international shipping, so I turned to using a shopping agent. That’s how I discovered Sugargoo, a well-known Chinese purchase-forwards-have-parcel (代购) platform which helps overseas buyers purchase and ship items from China. My goal was to buy an official Chicago Bears Rugby Jersey from an official team store on Tmall. It turned out to be a smooth and surprisingly fun process.
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There are older agents such as Superbuy and Wegobuy, but based on research I found that Sugargoo often offers competitive exchange rates, lower service fees, and frequent shipping discounts. Prices matter in the long run because purchases these days can consist of multiple items – over many hauls.
Sugargoo’s interface is quite international-user-friendly compared to navigating Tmall by myself. Probably the nicest feature was the way agents communicate with sellers on my behalf via live chat within China, without me needing to type Chinese. Any questions I had about product details or shipping speed were sorted by Sugargoo customer service. So signing up and storing money in my Sugargoo account via PayPal was safe and easy.
A friend suggested a useful short link: https://finds.cheap/, opens to a shared Google Sheet where people post product finds (this is popular within the rep & budget fashion community — sometimes called “finds sheets”). There I actually came across a seller in the sports category who supposedly had this Bears rugby jersey listed on his Tmall store. Altogether, the sheet had multiple sizes, photos, prices, and store reputation ratings for that seller.
Once I copied the correct Tmall product page link from the finds sheet, I pasted it in Sugargoo’s search/order bar and selected desired size and color in their order form. They also provided an option to add remarks to the seller (e.g. check for defects before shipping to warehouse). The unit price was ¥228 yuan (around $32 USD), adding a small service fee by agent around ¥5. No tax paid at this stage (tax comes if at all during import).
Sugargoo lets customers request free photos
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After approval, I could choose to ship using Sugargoo’s logistical partners — I picked SAL (Sea-Air combined) to keep shipping cost low. Due attention was placed by the agent nicely on packaging (remove shoe boxes etc) to keep parcel volume weight minimal. The package arrived within about 20 days to my address in the United States — was surprised to find zero China Post delays unlike old times. In summary, I paid ¥228 for the jersey (source: Tmall official store imported into finds.cheap sheet which member recommended); agent fee ¥5; domestic shipping to warehouse free from seller; international shipping about ¥110 as part of 3 kg haul with other small items. Quick breakdown
All this purchase made possible by combination of finds.cheap community sharing hidden seller info, and Sugargoo bridging overseas distance and checkout difficulties. You could grab local Chinese domestic sale items restricted to internal market, sometimes exclusive sports or trendy clothes without relying on big platform direct shipping that often unavailable. For future purchases, tips would be: store more money in your wallet during Sugargoo promotions (5% bonus cash), submit multiple domestic orders shopping further to fill up warehouse space taking advantage of “rehearsal shipping”, then send all at once in a tracked consolidated parcel for shipping discount stacking.
4. Final Impression and Suggestions on Using Sugargoo for Later Purchases