Low with the SP Pearl stingray at his facility. Photos: ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star
A BREEDER of exotic freshwater stingrays, some worth up to RM100,000 each, has discovered huge market potential after taking his business online.
Low Kheng Keat, 37, who operates his farm in a rural area in Sungai Bakap, Penang, said in the past, he supplied only to aquarium shops.
When the movement control order was implemented last year, aquarium shops stopped ordering and Low resorted to selling his stingrays online instead.
He posted photos of each stingray on the web and conducted live video conversations with potential customers so that they could inspect the specimens up close.