Author: Wale
Jumia, Konga or My Own Online Store – Which is the Best to Sell my Imported Goods Quickly
Sell your imported goods One of the questions I receive from people just starting out in the importation business is “How do I sell my imported goods really quick?” … and it’s a really good question. Which is the best online platform to sell off my goods – Jumia, Konga or my own online store? I will try to answer this question in this post by looking at the advantages and disadvantages of each pla...
Readers Question: How do I Increase my Profit Importing from China
Hello Wale, I must really confess, you are doing a very good job here. I enjoy reading your blog and I always find your articles helpful. I mostly sell dummy flowers and dummy flowers compositions which I source from the local market (Idumota market precisely) which is actually doing well. But looking at the prices on Alibaba, I see there’s a big opportunity for making massive profit importing the...
The Complete Guide to Sourcing Products on Alibaba and shipping down to Nigeria| Part 2 – How to Buy Products + The 6 Golden Rules
This is the part 2 of the sourcing products on Alibaba series. In part 1, I ran through the fundamentals of Alibaba. I explained what it is and how to use it. In this part, I will explain how to actually find products from Alibaba. What you will learn in Part 2: The 6 golden unwritten rules of using Alibaba How to use Alibaba.com to search for products How to Speak Chinese. Hey wait! I’m not actua...
The Complete Guide to Sourcing Products on Alibaba and ship down to Nigeria| Part 1 – The Fundamentals
This is a complete guide to sourcing products on Alibaba, the world most popular e-commerce site and shipping down to Nigeria without any issue. This post is a mini-series, created to give you a very deep understanding of how Alibaba works and how you as an importer can source products directly from the manufacturers in countries like China, Vietnam, Turkey etc. The general belief is, Alibaba is o...
Buying from Wholesalers in China: 5 Important Things Importers Must Know
Today, we are going to learn 5 important things importers must know when buying goods from wholesalers in China. When doing importation business on a small or medium scale, you relate more with wholesalers than manufacturers. There is one single major reason for this, manufacturers usually require a large Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ) which definitely would be out of reach for small or medium impor...
My Personal Brand Website Revealed And Upcoming Live Seminar Notification
Unlike every other businesses where people hide what is working for them because they are scared of competition, the importation business is a different thing entirely. The market is so robust to the extent that we cannot have too many importers for particular goods. The major difference would usually be the amount of capital an individual invests in his or her business. What this implies is that,...
New Konga Commission Rate – How To Wiggle Your Way Round It
New Konga Commission Rate Selling on Konga remains one of the surest ways to sell off your imported goods fast, but that comes at a price. For every item sold on the platform, Konga has a certain sum of amount they collect from you which is known as the commission rate. The commission rate used to be very low but of recent there was a hike in the rate which a lot of people has been complaining abo...
Importation Business: Beyond Selling Your Goods on Konga and Jumia in Nigeria
Importation Business I owe you all an apology… Mainly because I have kept you in the dark for so long, but that is about to change now. I have been terribly busy with other phases of my life, so busy to the extent that, even though I check the site almost every day, I have been unable to write a valuable post on the importation business. Nevertheless, all that is about to change. In today’s post, ...
10 Fast Selling Products on Konga You can Easily Import from China
10 Fast Selling Products on Konga Since I stared this blog, I’ve received countless messages through Facebook, WhatsApp, Text Messages, Calls and even on my Blog from people who want to learn how to start and run a successful importation business in Nigeria, but have no idea which product to get started with. Some want to import fashion items, but they don’t know which product in particular, Mobil...
5 Items You Can Buy Cheaply and Sell Fast in Nigeria
Buying goods with huge profit margin is a good business idea, but the best way to make steady income from importation business is to buy cheap items that is affordable to common citizen and valuable to everybody, even if the profit margin is not up to 100%, selling them fast and ordering for more would cover up for the profit, compared to having an item with huge profit in stock with nobody to buy...
How To Increase Your Konga and Jumia Sales with Product Bundling
Increase Your Konga and Jumia Sales Konga and Jumia are the two most popular platforms to sell your imported goods quickly in Nigeria. Today, I’ll be talking about a simple yet highly effective tactic increase your Konga and Jumia sales. This is simply known as product bundling. So, what is product bundling? Product sampling is basically taking a product you sell and offering it along with a...
6 Innovative Products You Can Import Now From China and Sell Fast In Nigeria
Import From China Buying goods cheaply from China and selling for huge profit here in Nigeria has proven to be a money maker. These days, almost everyone(Including the Grandma) seems to be involved in the business. who doesn’t want an easy and almost stress-free way to make money. Then, as the mini importation business becomes more and more popular in Nigeria, there exists this problem of ev...
