Morning Fresh is a dish washer that most of us can relate with especially we the womenfolk. As a matter of fact, todays middle-aged Nigerians grew up with. It was a major entrant that redefined the traditional method of dish-washing (the soap and sponge era).

Subsequently, Mama Lemon came into the market and had a hard time breaking into the market. The company adopted different measures including but not limited to price cuts, promotions, rebates and market storms.

Fast forward to the present day, you will find out that there now exists several other dish washers in the market which may even be better in quality than the well known brands like the aforementioned ones but because they do not have the distributive network and the finances to back an expansion they remain as small as they are only growing in small increments.

Our job will be to objectively appraise the market and decide on what products that we can adopt and promote to our advantage.

The intention is to have an M.O.U with the producers such that whatever is produced is sold to us and we then push it along our established and secure distributive network.

I hope this gives us a clearer picture of what the future will look like with focus and hard work. I refuse to divulge beyond this for very obvious reasons.

Karin001:
Our job will be to objectively appraise the market and decide on what products that we can adopt and promote to our advantage.

The intention is to have an M.O.U with the producers such that whatever is produced is sold to us and we then push it along our established and secure distributive network.

I hope this gives us a clearer picture of what the future will look like with focus and hard work. I refuse to divulge beyond this for very obvious reasons.

Great

Hello @OP. I am interested as well. I wish to cover Ilesa/osogbo/ife and environs.

My email is olusoladedeji@gmail.com

Karin001:
I have started compiling a spreadsheet of people who have indicated interest so far on the body of the thread with their preferred locations and contact details. All the underlisted people should please send me an email (karinebinne@gmail.com) stating their full names, email addresses, phone/whatsapp numbers and locations(not specific address but just the area in the preferred town e.g Anantigha, Calabar, CRS or Trans Ekulu, Enugu or Sabon Gari, Kano.

Meanwhile please note the following monikers who constitute the first phase of candidates;

1. Emmyaite - Uyo

2. Much30 - Awka

3. Jonaboy - Kaduna

4. Africanman85 - Umuahia

5. Imustexcel - Sokoto

6. Bigdan3550 - Makurdi

7. Biggal - Port Harcourt (Abuloma)

8. Ebukasoso - Asaba

9. Yoyostic - Lokoja

10. WonderIyke - Port Harcourt Rumuola/Rumuokuta

11. Homoviator - Ilorin

12. Chinzzy - Lagos (Please specify preferred location in Lagos)

13.Gentle Silver - Abakaliki

14. Samogbo1 - Ebonyi (Please specify your preferred town)

15. Hobat4cash - Uyo

16. Thanks4idias - Ibadan

17. Ebukasoso - Asaba

18. Mumels - Ilorin

19. Sauchy - Lagos (Satellite Town)

I'm interested. In Abuja, I will also be promoting a brand for any body who may want to be a distributor of the brand.

Thak you for the good work and selfless service to change humanity positively. May God reward you aboundantly.

Karin001:


Good to know Anthony.
Ilorin is a very large city. There is absolutely no way that just one person can cover Ilorin effectively.

The ideal option would be three people covering the entire expanse.

Ilorin central where you have the city centre that accommodates the Post Office, Police Head Quarters, State secretariat down to Kwara Hotel/Government house and then through Flower garden to St. Anthonys Secondary school an then via Sabo -Oke in through the front of C and S college doan to Maraba junction is already enough market for one person.

Another person could take from Post Office down towards Unity, Taiwo road and go as far as General, Saw mill or even Gerialimi (hope spelling is correct). A third person could start from Maraba and expand towards Kwara Poly, veer off into Fate and enter Tanke junction/by GT bank and flow all the way down to the permanent site of UNILORIN.

Even with this very skeletal analysis, we have still left out some pockets of population density like Opomalu, emirs palace and Sobi Barracks.

So I hope you don plan to take on the entire Ilorin as an individual.

You would be too thinly spread and would tire out sooner than later.

You are great indeed! How you describe location subjects me to total awe. Nice job!

Karin001:
I have started compiling a spreadsheet of people who have indicated interest so far on the body of the thread with their preferred locations and contact details. All the underlisted people should please send me an email (karinebinne@gmail.com) stating their full names, email addresses, phone/whatsapp numbers and locations(not specific address but just the area in the preferred town e.g Anantigha, Calabar, CRS or Trans Ekulu, Enugu or Sabon Gari, Kano.

Meanwhile please note the following monikers who constitute the first phase of candidates;

1. Emmyaite - Uyo

2. Much30 - Awka

3. Jonaboy - Kaduna

4. Africanman85 - Umuahia

5. Imustexcel - Sokoto

6. Bigdan3550 - Makurdi

7. Biggal - Port Harcourt (Abuloma)

8. Ebukasoso - Asaba

9. Yoyostic - Lokoja

10. WonderIyke - Port Harcourt Rumuola/Rumuokuta

11. Homoviator - Ilorin

12. Chinzzy - Lagos (Please specify preferred location in Lagos)

13.Gentle Silver - Abakaliki

14. Samogbo1 - Ebonyi (Please specify your preferred town)

15. Hobat4cash - Uyo

16. Thanks4idias - Ibadan

17. Ebukasoso - Asaba

18. Mumels - Ilorin

19. Sauchy - Lagos (Satellite Town)

Dear Karin,

You got mail. Sender is wonderiyke (leeec.ik@gmail.com). Thanks.

Hello. I reside in Enugu. I'm interested

.

Hi karin. U skipped me. I indicated interest first, as regards Asaba.

Kelechi - Owerri

Am interested reside in Lagos state area to cover Agbado ijaye

Hi Karin. Godbless ur efforts. Am interested and represent Owerri. Itching for more info

Am interest ed , I will rep Ipaja - Ayobo Lagos . my email
quest4tomi2016@yahoo. com

Karin001:
Our job will be to objectively appraise the market and decide on what products that we can adopt and promote to our advantage.

The intention is to have an M.O.U with the producers such that whatever is produced is sold to us and we then push it along our established and secure distributive network.

I hope this gives us a clearer picture of what the future will look like with focus and hard work. I refuse to divulge beyond this for very obvious reasons.

Thank you for the clear explanation.... however can you please carry me through the process of identifying this goods and the process of securing the rights to be a distributor....I mean how does one approach a company to be their distributor

Already in FCMG and wants to rep Bayelsa. Ekene. 08066026998.

Great input from you Karin, am Tolani reside in the main city of Gombe, pls am in

All the new posters who have indicated their interest should please send an email in respect of their chosen locations including their full names and phone numbers.

An updated list of participants will be published on Tuesday evening.

The whatsapp group will be created soon, hopefully before the end of the month. At this stage I am seriously working at identifying potential products that we can use and start off.

My projections are that by the end of this week a clearer picture of this project will emerge. Very importantly, I will come up with a post that will guide us in choosing the kind of product that we will sell.

The characteristics of the product is a very important consideration here.

Karin001:
All the new posters who have indicated their interest should please send an email in respect of their chosen locations including their full names and phone numbers.

An updated list of participants will be published on Tuesday evening.

The whatsapp group will be created soon, hopefully before the end of the month. At this stage I am seriously working at identifying potential products that we can use and start off.

My projections are that by the end of this week a clearer picture of this project will emerge. Very importantly, I will come up with a post that will guide us in choosing the kind of product that we will sell.

The characteristics of the product is a very important consideration here.

Excellent work Karin!

You, my friend, have done your bit to restore faith in humanity.

Your level of knowledge share really must be commended. I see someone with extreme vertical market understanding with willingness to share, take it you've been blessed.

Should you need data analytical help for work with your mentees, I'll be glad to support by showing how your numbers are working and could work better.

For instance, you could measure growth made by mentees by measuring monthly distribution output and overlaying with those of others. This gives a good idea on the top performers and how to share what works for them with others having lower output.

Thinking even farther, this data can be used to shape a new distribution model that favors young and agile enterpreneurs emerging in a Recession of opportunities (paradox, but true). This is true because our local production is really kicking in and the implications will be what I'll term the [/b]deregulation of the FMCG sector[b], where entrants with low capital, now have access to a growing market of products seeking to replace foreign ones affected by the exchange rate.

How? The implications of your model could shape, with good oversight, the emergence of a lean and flexible distribution network powered by young individual enterprenuers. Depending on how it grows, this model could potentially run parallel with the traditional form of distributorship where high network individuals usually corner the supply of FMCGs particularly the foreign ones.

This period in my view, is the best time for entry into the market, as the collapse of the naira has led to an increase in local production. What this also says to me is that, there are lots of new manufacturers coming out who need distributorship strength and what better way to tap into it than by having a young distributor network with an online backbone. With proper research and communication, your mentee community could even assist with data collation to aid market analysis of the region each resides in, giving the advantage where you all can pool information/funds to secure exclusive distributor rights for certain regions from a new-to-market company with potential. And believe me there's lots of them. Did I also mention that groups like this are favored by the BOI? with proper documentation, expansionary concessions could be sought from financial arms of the Government.

A pilot phase such as yours, could provide insight on how this online distributor community model could be replicated across the country. Think of this, a group of 12 people comprising a Senior Business Analyst, admin/analyst and 10 young people who collectively and individually deal on say 15 - 25 product types in a specific region; SE/NW etc. The functional Business Lead, will provide direction on market flow supported by analysis gotten from feedback of the group on things like sales, product adoption rate, product feedback from consumers, competitor pricing, etc. Encouraging cross pollination of ideas as what sells cold in place A could be hot in place B, affording the opportunity for product swaps or shared distributorships all within the group. I'd be happy to know that the dairy product giving me low sales in Makurdi can't stay long on shelves in Uyo. I can thereby reach within the group ecosystem to one who is based in Uyo and would be willing to take on my stock, rather than sell at a loss.

I could go for hours on the potentials of your undertaking, but I'd rather stop here and wish you and your mentees the best.

I'm in. Emeka for Benin city- 08038628208.

Karin001:
All the new posters who have indicated their interest should please send an email in respect of their chosen locations including their full names and phone numbers.

An updated list of participants will be published on Tuesday evening.

The whatsapp group will be created soon, hopefully before the end of the month. At this stage I am seriously working at identifying potential products that we can use and start off.

My projections are that by the end of this week a clearer picture of this project will emerge. Very importantly, I will come up with a post that will guide us in choosing the kind of product that we will sell.

The characteristics of the product is a very important consideration here.

Karen...to which e-mail address..?

i represent OWERRI/ORLU /AND ABA

Ajaksmama represent Agbado ijaye, Sang ota Lagos\ogunstate email address temmyajakaiye@gmail.com

bighorlus ill rep badagary and environs. whatsapp 08172523025

i represent akure axis,whatsapp number is 08060295217

I want to believe that our mentor,@Karin is in the kitchen cooking something nice. We are patiently waiting for updates that will take us to the next level of this wonderful project.

Interested
Repping Igando Isheri-Oshun axis Lagos

Repping Owerri too.

Hello Karin,I'm representing lbadan.I have done the kind of job before but that one is marketing and promo for SAMSUNG/LG products.adeniyialayande@Yahoo.com,whatsapp number 08033453702.

RentedReality:



Excellent work Karin!

You, my friend, have done your bit to restore faith in humanity.

Your level of knowledge share really must be commended. I see someone with extreme vertical market understanding with willingness to share, take it you've been blessed.

Should you need data analytical help for work with your mentees, I'll be glad to support by showing how your numbers are working and could work better.

For instance, you could measure growth made by mentees by measuring monthly distribution output and overlaying with those of others. This gives a good idea on the top performers and how to share what works for them with others having lower output.

Thinking even farther, this data can be used to shape a new distribution model that favors young and agile enterpreneurs emerging in a Recession of opportunities (paradox, but true). This is true because our local production is really kicking in and the implications will be what I'll term the [/b]deregulation of the FMCG sector[b], where entrants with low capital, now have access to a growing market of products seeking to replace foreign ones affected by the exchange rate.

How? The implications of your model could shape, with good oversight, the emergence of a lean and flexible distribution network powered by young individual enterprenuers. Depending on how it grows, this model could potentially run parallel with the traditional form of distributorship where high network individuals usually corner the supply of FMCGs particularly the foreign ones.

This period in my view, is the best time for entry into the market, as the collapse of the naira has led to an increase in local production. What this also says to me is that, there are lots of new manufacturers coming out who need distributorship strength and what better way to tap into it than by having a young distributor network with an online backbone. With proper research and communication, your mentee community could even assist with data collation to aid market analysis of the region each resides in, giving the advantage where you all can pool information/funds to secure exclusive distributor rights for certain regions from a new-to-market company with potential. And believe me there's lots of them. Did I also mention that groups like this are favored by the BOI? with proper documentation, expansionary concessions could be sought from financial arms of the Government.

A pilot phase such as yours, could provide insight on how this online distributor community model could be replicated across the country. Think of this, a group of 12 people comprising a Senior Business Analyst, admin/analyst and 10 young people who collectively and individually deal on say 15 - 25 product types in a specific region; SE/NW etc. The functional Business Lead, will provide direction on market flow supported by analysis gotten from feedback of the group on things like sales, product adoption rate, product feedback from consumers, competitor pricing, etc. Encouraging cross pollination of ideas as what sells cold in place A could be hot in place B, affording the opportunity for product swaps or shared distributorships all within the group. I'd be happy to know that the dairy product giving me low sales in Makurdi can't stay long on shelves in Uyo. I can thereby reach within the group ecosystem to one who is based in Uyo and would be willing to take on my stock, rather than sell at a loss.

I could go for hours on the potentials of your undertaking, but I'd rather stop here and wish you and your mentees the best.

Thanks dear Sir for this update.

A lot of emails have come in since my last post. Please the content of the email must include as a minimum; your real names(or registered business/company name), moniker, location (please note that only the town and not exact physical address is required) and whatsapp enabled phone numbers. It makes me easier for me to populate the excel sheet that I am building.

Karin please come the ears and eyes of your mentees are itching for the way forward.
Val Okpara representing Nkpor/Onitsha.