sircrabo:


Pls you worte about running online ads. I have a store on jumia and konga but don't get as much order as I want. I tried facebook ads recently, got click but no conversions.

Is there something i'm not doing right? I will like to know how best to use facebook ads to optimise sales and not just having my url being clicked.

You wrote about paying up to 8k for facebook or so, the ads I did were for 2days with a daily budget of 1k.

I have passed the stage of importing and clearing, I just need to know more about social media marketing and how to get more sales with it. Could the reason for the low conversion be as a result of the daily budget? Could it be the target audience?

Pls I will appreciate your assistance in running effective ads. Also, do you know of any social media marketing company in Nigeria that one can use their service?

Pls reply

steve2kay:


Let me lend you my 1 kobo (permit me, OP). If I get you correctly, you redirected your paid traffic to your Jumia/Konga store(s). Well, I don't think this is a good idea, considering the fact that you are most likely not the only store selling the product in question. These e-commerce websites will expose your traffic to similar products from other stores. Say you are selling for #10,000 and other stores are selling same product for #4000, these would be visible on the same page as your listed product.

It's better to have them call you, or if you have your own e-commerce site, direct the traffic there.

If you are convinced your price is very competitive, then you can continue along that route as it has its own advantages, like trust, etc. If not, better not waste your time and resources advertising other people's stores.

As to audience targeting, I leave that to the largehearted OP.

aboutbiz:
good afternoon sir.

I am so much happy coming across this thread. i am a student but still im so much interested with the biz. please update the thread.
AND please update us more on the proposal form and some product that one can buy for school sendforth and co.
Thank u sir

2sexycom:
I have not been able to get on PC to type. All these while Na mobile I dey use. Since you are in school you have better chance to make money if you are bold and not shy.

We shall talk more soon. I am waiting for my business partner to give me update on our offline parole. Will furnish the thread soon on your request.

Note: The proposal thing has been dealt with by another nairalander so what I am going to do is make reference to his post in order to safe time.

Chill. I am here.

needinfo:
bro, I am still waiting to get the one you use. you have not posted the auto responder for it yet

2sexycom:
Please ask questions if you have them...

mesoprogress:


Please can one buy directly from 1688.com bypassing a payment agent and ship directly to your shipping agent ?

2sexycom:
no you can't because international cards are not accepted there except you have a bank account in China. Use agent what they charge is peanuts

mesoprogress:


Thanks for the reply. My concern is not agent charges but possibility of scam in an unregulated agent market. An agent can disappear with your money. Are there corporate registered agents with physical offices ?

2sexycom:
Na, nothing like that because it is based on recommendation. I have never heard anyone being scammed sha. If all goes according to plans, I am likely going to be sending over 3M over to a Chinese agent.

2sexycom:
what do you have in mind? spit it out!

All the agents I have in contact, including one given to me on Sunday are female, except 1 guy. But I have only used ONE among all.

needinfo:
bro, we are still waiting for the agent contact and shipping service you use. when will you share it please?

Fastlinkpro:


Pls two question
those agent, do they charged commission for making payment for the Items?

2- Giving a Chines Agent money to make purchase of Goods and to Give a trust worthy Nigerian Shipper, which is better sir? Considering this factors, 1 Challenged of knowing a trustworthy Chines Agent except if you have mentioned one, 2 also communication barriers .

captainogoh:
Please sir,
Among the products u have imported so far, what was the weight and how many pieces of it, and how much did the shipping company charged?
I asked because sometimes goods might be cheap on the Chinese site but wen u pay the shipping fee, then u will realise that the amount per goods bought is costlier than the price others are selling. Then at this point it will be difficult to sell or u sell at lost.

How do I make reasonable profit from importation?
God bless u as I awaits ur answer.

2sexycom:


Well, generally, most people focus on light weight products. The reason is very obvious... it is cost much less for light weight products during shipping. The higher the weight, the higher the cost of shipping. It is that simple.

You don't have to know how many piece I deal on as that makes no sense IMO... it is best to start with what you can cope with. Basically, I usually start by TESTING... at this stage, I usually import just a few pieces. Once I confirm the demand, I go back and import a lot of it. Start small and scale up. It is manageable that way.

Reasonable profit has to do with your pricing structure. You can decide how much profit that you would want to make . I made a profit of 5k for each product sold. 5000x100 = 500,000. With aggressive marketing and FOLLOW UPS on the phone it is possible. you don't have to be lazy. Take note of the caps... I say this because you will experience some popping disappointments if you do not follow up. This is because of courier companies in Nigeria who employ lazy staff with bogus lie. They lie that the person was not reachable but they NEVER called on delivery of the products and so, they had to return the products back. So what do you , you pick up the phone can call your prospects to confirm the status of delivery. In most cases, they buyers often told us that they never called or came to deliver the products. It sucks

But then, Nigerian factor will always have its spot the in scheme of our existence in this country.

It may amaze you to also know that some other guys make as much as 2-3M per month in this same importation. One guy did over 25M this year. but they didn't start today. it was a gradual process.

aboutbiz:
Started thinking and analyzing on which product to import and it will be a light weight.

Now this leads me to realize that alot of yahoo guys in my school and almost everyone of them owns a car.

still thinking. Boss please help me out

Rhodiumic:
, you could try importing products like digital car inflator, FIX IT PRO(car scratch removal), car tracker etc since you said they are alot of G-guys using rides in your school, jst import these things and market to them. But i would advice bro, import a little to test. My 2 cents. SUCCESS!.