How Tiger Balm started

This article is independent and not affiliated with Tiger Balm. Trademarks belong to their respective owners. We are not an authorized dealer.

This is a short, independent history of Tiger Balm. It is not a catalog, and Singapore Buying Agent does not speak for the brand.

Aw Chu Kin ran an apothecary in Rangoon. After he died, his sons Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par kept working the family ointment. The Tiger Balm trademark dates to 1909. Boon Haw moved the Eng Aun Tong business to Singapore in 1926 and built a factory on Neil Road. Haw Par Villa, also called Tiger Balm Gardens, went up in Pasir Panjang in 1937. Haw Par Brothers International listed in 1969. This is company history, not a treatment guide.

What we actually do

You place the request on the order form. You type the Singapore shelf price in SGD. Staff open the live page, check that the seller delivers inside Singapore, and look for size, plug type, or bundle changes. We then write item lines and the service fee on your order page in USD. You approve that record before we pay the seller. We do not receive random parcels. Goods come to our warehouse in Singapore only after that purchase. Questions and substitutions stay in order comments so the approval has a timestamp.

Service fee and the two payments

The service fee is published on pricing. We apply it when we write your order page. You see item totals and the service fee in USD before the first payment. International shipping is not guessed on this page. After the goods are at our warehouse, we weigh them and write a second USD total. Estimates, not final bills, sit on the shipping calculator. Enter the price you saw in SGD. We convert the working total to USD.

Combine sellers, then ship once

A phone from one Singapore shop and shirts from another do not need two international labels. Ask us to hold pieces at the warehouse. We combine them when the products and the paperwork allow it. Fragile tins and heavy chairs may still need their own cartons. Service fee rules stay on pricing. Rough weight bands are on the shipping calculator. Final shipping is the weighed parcel, written in USD. The shelf figure you typed stays in SGD until we convert the working total.

Details that save a rejected order

Tell us if the item is a gift, if it must stay sealed, or if you need a photo of a panel before export. Singapore appliances are about 230 volts and use a Type G plug, the three-pin shape. That plug matches Britain and some Gulf sockets, and it does not match a US, EU, or Australian wall. Summer heat and cabin air are hard on chocolate, lipstick, and some creams. Mention heat if the goods will sit before the second payment. We buy only the item you approved, matched to the listing that day.

From the workshop story to a real purchase

History explains why shoppers look for Tiger Balm in Singapore. It does not reserve stock. When you want a current piece, send the Singapore product link or a boutique note. We check domestic availability, write USD item lines and the service fee, and ship after you approve both payment stages. See pricing and the shipping calculator. Enter the shelf figure in SGD.

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