How to Buy from Daiso Korea When You Live Overseas

1. Daiso Mall (다이소몰) is Daiso Korea's online shop, and it mainly ships within Korea, so overseas shoppers have two ways to order: buy on Daiso Mall and ship to a free Delivered Korea address, or buy from the Daiso Store on Delivered Korea.
2. Some Daiso items, such as sprays, products with built-in batteries, and blades, may be restricted for international shipping, so check before you order.
3. Daiso items are cheap, so the best way to save on shipping is to combine orders and repack them into one box instead of sending small parcels often.

If you've read What Is Daiso Korea? and now have a few things you'd like to add to a cart, you probably opened Daiso Mall next. And then you found out one thing. Daiso Mall mainly runs on domestic Korean shipping.

That doesn't mean you're out of luck. There are two ways to get Daiso products overseas. This post covers how they differ, which items can be tricky to ship, and how to keep shipping costs down, which matters a lot with Daiso.

How Can You Get Daiso Products Overseas?

You can get Daiso products overseas in two ways: order on Daiso Mall and ship to a free Delivered Korea address, or buy from the Daiso Store on Delivered Korea. Which one suits you depends mostly on whether you have a Korean phone number.

The first way is to order directly on Daiso Mall and enter your free Korean address from Delivered Korea as the delivery address. When you sign up with Delivered Korea, you get a Korean address. Daiso Mall sends your order there, and our warehouse forwards it abroad.

You'll need a Daiso Mall account for this. Daiso Mall has a separate sign-up type for foreigners, but you still have to verify your identity with a mobile phone or i-PIN during sign-up. If you have a Korean phone number, it's worth a try, and picking items yourself on Daiso Mall is half the fun.

The second way is to buy straight from the Daiso Store on Delivered Korea. You don't need a Korean phone number or a Korean payment method, and you can handle everything from ordering to international shipping in one place. If you got stuck at Daiso Mall sign-up, or Korean sites still feel unfamiliar, this is the easier route.

This table compares the two ways side by side. In short, Daiso Mall plus a Korean address suits people with a Korean number, and the Daiso Store suits anyone.

Which Daiso Items Can't Be Shipped Internationally?

Some Daiso items are restricted or hard to ship internationally, including sprays, battery-powered items, scented products, supplements, short-dated snacks, and glasses. Daiso sells everything, so a few things in your cart may not make it abroad. Items people buy without a thought in Korea can be limited by the destination country's rules or by air transport standards.

These are the ones that come up most often in Daiso carts:

1. Compressed-gas products like hair spray and deodorizing spray
2. Small appliances and lights with batteries inside
3. Scented items like candles and perfume
4. Vitamins and health supplements, which Daiso sells a lot of lately
5. Snacks with a short shelf life
6. Sunglasses and glasses, which need checking

We list these on our Prohibited Items page. A quick look before you fill your cart can save you from pulling items out later. The list can vary by destination country, so if something's unclear, ask customer support before you buy.

One more thing to know. If a restricted item reaches our warehouse, we'll contact you about how to handle it. If it needs to be sent back, the return cost is yours.

This table matches Delivered Korea's restricted categories to the kinds of Daiso products that fall under them.

How Do You Order from the Daiso Store?

Ordering from the Daiso Store on Delivered Korea works the same way as buying from any other store on Delivered Korea. Here's the flow:

1. Log in to your Delivered Korea account.
2. Add the items you want from the Daiso Store to your cart.
3. Pay for the items first.
4. When the items arrive at our warehouse, pay the international shipping fee and request shipping.

Payment is split in two because we calculate shipping after checking the actual weight and volume. You don't have to overpay for shipping up front, and items sitting in the warehouse can be bundled with other orders.

How Can You Save on Shipping for Daiso Orders?

The best way to save on shipping for Daiso orders is to gather items and send them in one box, not a few at a time. Daiso is different from other stores in one way. Each item is so cheap that shipping a few things alone can easily cost more than the items themselves.

Combined shipping works best. Even if you place several Daiso orders separately, we can hold them at the warehouse and send them in one box. Adding items from Olive Young or other stores cuts the cost further. You can see how combining works in How to Ship Weverse Shop Orders Internationally.

Popular Daiso storage boxes and household goods are often bulky. Repacking helps here. Removing unneeded packaging boxes lowers the volumetric weight, and the shipping fee drops with it.

Think about weight while you fill your cart, too. Stickers, puffs, and pouches are light and small, so adding more barely changes the shipping fee. Glass items or large storage boxes add up fast, even in small numbers. Before ordering, check a rough cost with the Delivered Korea shipping calculator.

This table lists each money-saving method and when it helps most. The main idea is to combine orders and keep boxes light and compact.

Why Ship Daiso Orders One Box at a Time?

Shipping Daiso orders one box per season works well because Daiso releases new products each season, and popular items sell out and come back. Many regulars add things to their cart whenever they spot something they like, then receive everything at once when enough has built up. A box for each new season. Hard not to look forward to that one.