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Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by fresher123: 7:14pm On Aug 06, 2016
op, does the price of 1300 from the distributors apply to 300 bags of cement or just when one intends to buy a whole truck?
Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by Titto93(m): 12:02am On Aug 07, 2016
fresher123:
op, does the price of 1300 from the distributors apply to 300 bags of cement or just when one intends to buy a whole truck?
It applies to 300 bags provided you're buying from a distributor
Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by millhouse: 9:36am On Aug 07, 2016
Wanna kick off this biz in my area in agbara.. Any body to asssit?
Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by fresher123: 11:15pm On Aug 07, 2016
Titto93:

It applies to 300 bags provided you're buying from a distributor
ok thanks. But the distributors in my area(mowe-ibafo) sell at 1450(excluding T. fare) I would love if u could link me to a distributor that sells at 1300 (excluding T.fare).... mind sending me Ur numba to talk better?
Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by Titto93(m): 11:27pm On Aug 07, 2016
fresher123:
ok thanks. But the distributors in my area(mowe-ibafo) sell at 1450(excluding T. fare) I would love if u could link me to a distributor that sells at 1300 (excluding T.fare).... mind sending me Ur numba to talk better?

I don't think any distributor will give u @ #1300 per bag... As of last week Friday, we sold 900 bags at #1,280,000 with transportation (#1422 per bag), but I don't know what tomorrow will hold as we sometimes receive new price every new week.
Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by fresher123: 9:40pm On Aug 18, 2016
Titto93:


I don't think any distributor will give u @ #1300 per bag... As of last week Friday, we sold 900 bags at #1,280,000 with transportation (#1422 per bag), but I don't know what tomorrow will hold as we sometimes receive new price every new week.
Ok, aw can I get in contact with you?
Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by Johnmichael2016: 5:29pm On May 08, 2017
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Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by Johnmichael2016: 6:18pm On May 08, 2017
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Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by EZEUDENE(m): 12:52pm On May 31, 2017
Titto93:
I have seen several scam advert about cement business. Don't be deceived, I'm into the business and I can testify the truth. I don't have time for long post but let me briefly but distinctly highlight 5 points used to deceive people about cement distributorship or supplies.

I'm into cement business, all you said above is a typical LIE.

1. You can never purchase only one trailer of 900bags from dangote cement factory as a distributor

2. You can never get 1 bag at #1000 no matter the quantity you want.

3. You can never buy on credit from the factory

4. Distributors earn their income from monthly commission they get from the number of trailers they sell per month

5. Distributors sometimes sell cheaper than factory Price, this is to ensure they meet up to their monthly expectation.

please how much is trailer load of dangote cement or any other cement currently
Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by Titto93(m): 2:48pm On May 31, 2017
EZEUDENE:


please how much is trailer load of dangote cement or any other cement currently

currently, trailer load of 900 bags of cement is #2,225,000.
trailer load of 600 bags of cement is #1,500,000
Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by EZEUDENE(m): 8:38pm On May 31, 2017
Titto93:


currently, trailer load of 900 bags of cement is #2,225,000.
trailer load of 600 bags of cement is #1,500,000

please lets chat on whats app
Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by boyo123(m): 12:26am On Jun 01, 2017
ednut1:
Dangote is a bad ass man. He sells a truck of cement higher dan the selling price. You then apply for rebate after selling it. E.g u buy at 1.2m. U sell it 1m. Then u apply for lik 250k in rebate later
so what you are saying is they only make 50k gain from a truck ?

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Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by ibombiz: 1:58am On Jun 01, 2017
Any Distributor that can supply 900bags to me in PH should contact me immediately, 09055479244.
Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by Bronce: 12:49pm On Jun 14, 2017
please whats the profit margin of a trailer load of cement?
Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by Flameneo(m): 10:16am On Sep 06, 2017
Titto93:

None of your fact is correct... the truth is, you're not into the business

* Dangote no longer sell 600 bags, its over 5 years he gave out those trailers that carry 600bags... last year October, he bought 2,000 trailers that can carry 1,200 bags but due to certain reasons he reduced it to 900bags. Dangote, BUA, Ibeto, Unicem factories can never carry less than 900bags... But the distributors can use those lesser trailers to carry 600bags to retailers

*Dangote has 3 plants, Obajana, Kogi state supplies to south south and southeast... Gboko, Benue state supplies to North, while Ibese, Lagos supplies to southwest and other parts of south.
That's why I said the price difference is negligible

*No dealer can sell you cement on credit...

Nothing like paying on delivery, it's pay before service... Be honest or silent

you sound as if you are pained with my honest reply.
i have my shop at gwas Abj, and again i say 600/trailer
i have good rapor with my dealers.there are times we pay 2weeks later after offloading
op pls be careful with misleading information.
my dealers all knows my shop in gwas. one of my hausa hausa dealer always stop at my shop to say hi
everytimes he's going to kano

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Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by ultrazone(m): 10:40am On Oct 06, 2017
Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by aizy06(m): 9:17pm On Feb 16, 2018
Titto93:


currently, trailer load of 900 bags of cement is #2,225,000.
trailer load of 600 bags of cement is #1,500,000

Hi Titto93, pls I would love to contact you privately for a clearer guide on starting this business? My whatsapp # is 0805 501 2973.
God bless you.
Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by DeWorlex45(m): 9:41pm On May 30, 2018
uboma:



What kind of building do you want to erect with 3 Trailer full of Cement?
Maybe na estate with many buildings he wan build.
Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by BioTeck: 5:19pm On Jul 09, 2018
Can I start cement business with 100 bags? Pls where do I get cement distributor...
Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by Ogborokiri(m): 1:49pm On Nov 05, 2018
I want to start this business
Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by Slimbumzky: 1:54pm On Jan 14, 2019
lakaplonto:
if a company sells at 2000 naira for instance and d distributor sells at 1970 naira to retailerlers. For every bag sold the distributor loose 30 naira. How will d distributor make profit at d end of d month since he looses 30 naira for every bag sold. Am curious I really need to understand this.

Ok.This is how it works.Assuming Dangote sells a bag of cement to his distributors at the cost of 2300 a bag,he then gives them a target of 45000(500 trucks) bags every month to qualify for a rebate.He could say the rebate is 100naira per bag.In order to meet target and earn the rebate,a distributor can sell a bag for 2270 to fasten sales and meet up with the target,knowing fully well that the rebate(commision)will still be enough to cushion that initial loss of 30naira and still put him or her on good profitability.
Mathematically,u buy 2300
You sell 2270.
You intially run a loss of 30.
Then you meet sales target and earn additional 100naira
When u subtract ur initial loss of 30 from the earned rebate of 100 naira,u have made a profit of 70naira.
Most times,due to this particular reason,Dangote distributors sell at a slightly cheaper rate than the company price.

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Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by LUKsal(m): 4:49pm On Mar 11, 2019
Slimbumzky:


Ok.This is how it works.Assuming Dangote sells a bag of cement to his distributors at the cost of 2300 a bag,he then gives them a target of 45000(500 trucks) bags every month to qualify for a rebate.He could say the rebate is 100naira per bag.In order to meet target and earn the rebate,a distributor can sell a bag for 2270 to fasten sales and meet up with the target,knowing fully well that the rebate(commision)will still be enough to cushion that initial loss of 30naira and still put him or her on good profitability.
Mathematically,u buy 2300
You sell 2270.
You intially run a loss of 30.
Then you meet sales target and earn additional 100naira
When u subtract ur initial loss of 30 from the earned rebate of 100 naira,u have made a profit of 70naira.
Most times,due to this particular reason,Dangote distributors sell at a slightly cheaper rate than the company price.


This is very interesting, thank you for this great information. But please how much is the current price of 600 bag load of dangote cement from the factory?

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Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by truvine(m): 4:39pm On Apr 26, 2019
LUKsal:

This is very interesting, thank you for this great information. But please how much is the current price of 600 bag load of dangote cement from the factory?

Someone should Pls answer this

Perhaps and price of Lafarge too
Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by Makanjuola89: 1:52pm On May 18, 2019
I want to start this business as a retailer, currently I can raise up to 300K. Pls someone should kindly guide me. Thank you very much for your kindness.
Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by truvine(m): 9:48pm On May 18, 2019
Makanjuola89:
I want to start this business as a retailer, currently I can raise up to 300K. Pls someone should kindly guide me. Thank you very much for your kindness.
Depend on your area.

To have a profitable price from the distributor, it must be one close to your proximity otherwise the price the product will be given to you to resell will be high.

Then look oiit for the particular product that's generally acceptable too, meet with those you are currently selling them and ask them for contact of their distributor

You can get as low as 100 bags for a start ( this still depends on the distributor your contacting anyway)

I started two weeks ago and got 150 for elephant and just two days ago I added 100 to Dangote because block makers seems to prefer Dangote to Lafarge.

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Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by Makanjuola89: 5:48pm On May 21, 2019
truvine:

Depend on your area.

To have a profitable price from the distributor, it must be one close to your proximity otherwise the price the product will be given to you to resell will be high.

Then look oiit for the particular product that's generally acceptable too, meet with those you are currently selling them and ask them for contact of their distributor

You can get as low as 100 bags for a start ( this still depends on the distributor your contacting anyway)

I started two weeks ago and got 150 for elephant and just two days ago I added 100 to Dangote because block makers seems to prefer Dangote to Lafarge.
wow! Thanks for this. A friend was even discouraging me yesterday about it. Pls what advice do you have for me?
Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by truvine(m): 9:57pm On May 21, 2019
Makanjuola89:

wow! Thanks for this. A friend was even discouraging me yesterday about it. Pls what advice do you have for me?
Depends on the information and statistics available, it's then we can say an advice is discouraging or not.

Lemme be clear,
I got Elephant for 2420 and it's sold 2500 around here and I got Dangote for 2470 sold for 2550
That means for both product there is a gross profit of #80 per bag
with that capital you can get just 100 bags of either product
So that's like #8000 profit, they question now is that what's the ROT (rate of turnover)
Which area are you located, is construction going on around you that will boost demand for the product daily?
Are there many competitors or your the only one selling?
All these are determinant to ROT

So, you can't call your friends advice discouraging yet, until you feasibly get answers to the above
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Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by Nobody: 4:26am On May 22, 2019
truvine:

Depend on your area.

To have a profitable price from the distributor, it must be one close to your proximity otherwise the price the product will be given to you to resell will be high.

Then look oiit for the particular product that's generally acceptable too, meet with those you are currently selling them and ask them for contact of their distributor

You can get as low as 100 bags for a start ( this still depends on the distributor your contacting anyway)

I started two weeks ago and got 150 for elephant and just two days ago I added 100 to Dangote because block makers seems to prefer Dangote to Lafarge.

Love your stores layout.

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Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by LUKsal(m): 7:59am On May 23, 2019
truvine:

Depends on the information and statistics available, it's then we can say an advice is discouraging or not.

Lemme be clear,
I got Elephant for 2420 and it's sold 2500 around here and I got Dangote for 2470 sold for 2550
That means for both product there is a gross profit of #80 per bag
with that capital you can get just 100 bags of either product
So that's like #8000 profit, they question now is that what's the ROT (rate of turnover)
Which area are you located, is construction going on around you that will boost demand for the product daily?
Are there many competitors or your the only one selling?
All these are determinant to ROT

So, you can't call your friends advice discouraging yet, until you feasibly get answers to the above
I just like your boldness, please keep it up.

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Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by truvine(m): 8:00am On May 23, 2019
LUKsal:

I just like your boldness, please keep it up.
Thanks bro

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Re: 5 Simple Truth About Cement Business by AssoJnr: 3:15pm On Sep 15, 2019
Titto93:


currently, The company sell to distributors @ #1,300,000

distributors sell to retailers @ #1,330,000 for 900bags, including transportation (you can do the maths now)

Retailers sell to consumers @ #1,600 per
bag

Note: Distributors makeup their profit at the end of the month, after calculating the number of trailers they sell for the month

Hello. Please how can someone start this business .
What is the company price now and retail price

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