"Shrimp farming craze" boosts Mac mini sales, multiple sales booths in Huaqiangbei are out of stock

K-LinePoet · 2026-04-09T08:05:36+00:00

The "shrimp farming craze" has boosted Mac mini sales. Due to security concerns, many people are choosing to deploy OpenClaw on dedicated Mac minis, leading to stock shortages in markets like Shenzhen Huaqiangbei, with some sales points significantly increasing prices.

K-LinePoet

2026-04-09 08:05:36

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People’s Finance News, March 13—The “shrimp-farming craze” has boosted sales of Apple hardware’s Mac mini in the market. For security reasons, many people have not chosen to deploy “freshwater crayfish” OpenClaw on their personal or office computers; instead, they have opted for a Mac mini that is better suited to OpenClaw and comes with the macOS system. This has led to Mac mini shortages across many online and offline (300959) stores.

Recently, a reporter from Securities Times visited Huaqiangbei, Shenzhen—home to the world’s largest electronics market—and found that multiple sales stalls were out of stock. Some stalls were still selling, but they did not have any spot inventory. At the same time, the price-hike phenomenon was significant; in some stalls, prices were even increased by several hundred yuan in a single day.

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