WhoGoBuy.com: Website Where Nigerians Can Buy and Sell

Delinka, thanks for the information, but you know it's not like we wouldn't have done all the necessary research on what potential competitors or otherwise are offering into the market. I was just trying to humour you. The main point is that if the 20 banks do not give interswitch the backing/support it really needs to get off the ground, the whole idea will be another whitewash. There are a lot of fine details I will not go into here, but first contact and experience with interswitch was unbelievable and it still is and until they can get the philosophy of the whole epayment space right, the whole thing will just collapse under the complaints of the masses.

You see, a service like interswitch needs to be very thorough, open and transparent to the people in order that trust is attained at the highest levels. They need to feed the market with weekly if not daily updates of the progress they are making along the lines of the services they are offering. It is only then that the public will be confident enough to take up "DEBIT CARDS" that are plugged straight into their bank accounts.

You see I've heard a lot of people say that they use the debit cards, that they work, etc etc. YES the debit card works, that's not the point.

The point is whether the customer acquisition rate justifies their business model in the short term, bottomline how many transactions have they processed to date and does it justify the business model, and what are the projections. Let them go public with their successes and difficulties.

I have seen VISA's history in figures from their humble beginnings ( I'm also proud to have seen the introduction of the service into the UK market so many years ago, when Barclays Bank (UK) was the only bank brave enough to take up the service then with  the product Barclays VISA) and it makes very interesting reading and they need to adopt a very tight and friendly marketing strategy that will win the consumers confidence. They also need to take into consideration the literacy levels of the nation as a whole. How many customers in Nigeria are bankable and what percentage of those will take up debit cards and if they do take up the debit cards where can they use them, will the current Nigerian infrastructure permit the widespread usage?


There are so many issues the banks need to address before any payment "switching" service like interswitch can make the desired progress. And also focus is very important, you cannot be a jack of all in the name of trying to prevent other PSP's from joining the payment space. No

You will actually be doing yourself a great disservice. So, Kudos to the consortium of banks that put it together, they definitely have something good going, but it stands the risk of collapsing under it's own weight if the right stratgey is not adopted ASAP. You need to get the service delivery right first, reduce the number of complaints, speed up the card issuing process and many more that I will not go into here.

Thanks


NETICASH

Hey Guys,judging from the pace at which WhoGoBuy has been growing and it's acceptance by a large bulk of Nigerians as a vritual market place where goods can be easily located,it is safe to say the brains behind the site represents the Nigerian mind.And isn't it sweet that i can get the cheapest things on the site and not have to worry about on line payments which hasn't still left a mark on the Nigeria mentality?
kudos to WhoGoBuy,i wish them the best and more sucesses to their efforts to give Nigerians a safe,business friendly forum.

Yes, it seems to have been growing.  Do they now have a revenue model?

i tried to go there but the page just showed me was 'service unavailable'

Whogobuy is not an idea that will last because the very essence of ecommerce is missing.

Interswitch never had a serious plan to succeed in the first place.

Before Nigerians can enjoy the real benefits of online payments both the online payment gateway provider and the online merchant must have a very clear understanding of what it takes to start and complete an online transaction in a safe, secure and convenient manner.

There is really no point in stating the obvious, these people know the facts as regards their business processes.

As a single individual I setup an online portal where Nigerians can do virtually anything that makes sense to them. Everything was coded from scratch and I only do this at my spare time and here we have companies doing all the talking without any actions.

Heard about it june last year. Was quite difficult accessing the site though

Its gd though

Yes oh we thank God.We are going global

i like competition. It is for the good of the customer. I just hope these sites have physical addresses and thre are human faces to them.it.

   una deh try

   i hate to click so many times before i see waitin i want buy

  una don visit ebay? see how easy e b

make una try display allmost everything on d first page (the items, description and even the price) to make search easy.

up 9ger! make una keep it up!!

http://www.google.com.ng/search?q=buying+and+selling+portals+in+nigeria&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

see all operators in nigeria now

Good developments