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DrOladipo:
Facebook is just one of the platforms to get deals, other would be well covered too. With Facebook the need for VPN is unecessary.

Please can I use my Nigeria Facebook account to buy things on USA market place

Your Nigerian Facebook account works fine.

I'm in

DrOladipo:
Let us all try to check USA marketplace on Facebook. If you are able to kindly drop a screenshot. Thanks

Right here.

This is eye opening, OP.

I have never explored facebook to this extent in my life before.

Wow!

There you go! I love doers.....You can imagine the possibilities!

Tenshades:


Right here.

This is eye opening, OP.

I have never explored facebook to this extent in my life before.

Wow!

Starting Small
Understanding the economic realities of our dear country, I understand not too many people will be able to churn out a lot of money to start. Please do not be discouraged by this, gadgets is just a broad term and you can start small by buying low cost items;

1. PowerBanks
2. Phone Accessories (Headsets, Casing, Ear buds/pods)
3. Fashion items (Shoes, perfumes, wristwatches etc)

Research is key.....like i say every time, I am a proponent of data. Look on Jiji and check the categories in your area to get ideas of fast selling items.

Even with N20k you can start and re-invest your profit until you reach the big goal.

Glad folks are experimenting and understanding the flow of this enterprise.

Let us touch the platforms

1. Facebook Marketplace
This is the best for now. Items are straight from direct users and you can leverage on the fact that its umbiquiotus and can be assessed from any geographical location. Another plus to this platform is virtually all of us are familiar with Facebook...we are only going a step higher than being a conventional social media platform to business. Facebook marketplace does not need too technical tweaks to achieve what we want to achieve. This marketplace is appropriate for Phones and Laptops.

2. Craigslist
Craigslist is an 'ancient' platform that has served millions of people. It is one of the pioneer classifed marketplaces on the internet, in fact others that came after it are now defunct..talk of Backpage, Kijiji etc. The 'laggards' permit my language find this platform easy to use and you will notice that there has been little or now innovation on the UI. It is geotargeted too and you can restrict search for items to certain areas. Craigslist is suitable for heavy items like printers, vehicles etc...you can get phones and laptops or other high selling products on it too.

Thanks

Tenshades:


Right here.

This is eye opening, OP.

I have never explored facebook to this extent in my life before.

Wow!

My Facebook market place is not working please I need help on it 08039579317

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3. OfferUp
Offer up is a very big marketplace and is gone to diverse users. OfferUp acquired letgo another popular classified and this even make them bigger. I have noticed offerup has more resellers than direct sellers. Most people source cheaply and resell on this platform. If you want to build relationship with a supplier for a long time this will be a good platform. Ratings are displayed and this will give a good idea of the reputation of the seller. You find this platform handful if you deal in Gadgets like phones and laptops.

Reputation is key

DrOladipo:
Reputation is key

Ride on boss...

DrOladipo:
So for this item (HP Pro Book Gi 640 8gb Ram) we negotiate to beat it to $160

Pickup services: $20
Shipping to Lagos: $30

Exchange rate 490/$

Cost: $210

Hi sir, great thread... I want to ask about the pickup and shipping in particular

How can this be done for naija residents... Is there a company or person you can recommend

At a fair cost ooooo

Hey Bro...thanks for the interest. I will touch this soonest. This is very important as you do not want to put all your profit into shipping and pickup. Also there is something I am doing a research on to mitigate Forex crisis and cap on international payments by Nigerian banks through the CBN.

Rsz124:



Hi sir, great thread... I want to ask about the pickup and shipping in particular

How can this be done for naija residents... Is there a company or person you can recommend

At a fair cost ooooo

4. eBay
Almost everybody knows this marquee marketplace. eBay is as old as the www and it is one of the pioneer web e-commerce platforms. eBay is very popular through its affiliation to PayPal and this platform is incredibly awesome in seller and buyer protection. eBay is home to cheap gadgets and one thing stands eBay out; Auctions. Sellers offer items to buyers and the highest bidder gets the deal.
As I have pointed, this thread is going to unravel the systems you need to put in place to ensure maximum profit. I have used eBay to buy gadgets especially high config laptops at a very cheap rate. There are items that have minor faults or missing parts. Can you imagine a laptop without OS sells cheaply! How much will Uncle Ben in the street load and OS on a PC… maybe 5k at most. I am not in support of software counterfeiting as it’s a serious offense in the west. We are only going to do the smart stuff to take us from unit importers to container importers.

No OS! You know how much this sells for in NG?

DrOladipo:
Hey Bro...thanks for the interest. I will touch this soonest. This is very important as you do not want to put all your profit into shipping and pickup. Also there is something I am doing a research on to mitigate Forex crisis and cap on international payments by Nigerian banks through the CBN.

Look forward to having touch down on this in a short while

Thank you for this informative thread, sir. One thing I 'm keen on knowing is how one can make payments with your naira bank because I don't have a forex account.

babafreeman:
Thank you for this informative thread, sir. One thing I 'm keen on knowing is how one can make payments with your naira bank because I don't have a forex account.

Surely boss! We ll cross this hurdle!

I think I'm going to love this thread.
I noticed that my Facebook account isn't eligible for marketplace.

Any solution to that?

Nonso92:
I think I'm going to love this thread.
I noticed that my Facebook account isn't eligible for marketplace.

Any solution to that?

Same here mine does not work

For those having issues with Facebook marketplace. You may need to uninstall and reinstall the app.
This [url] https://www.lifewire.com/why-dont-i-have-facebook-marketplace-4589111[/url] guide helps.

@OP, More Fire. Lovely thread

Okay

Please follow the link above and let me know if it’s works.

6. Amazon
This is currently the biggest e-commerce website in the universe. Amazon is a household name when it comes to digital commerce and its home to billions of items. They have programs that support manufacturers, sellers, creatives and so on. Amazon offers a prime account that allows users to get their items faster than regular users.

Just like other ecom platforms, when you search for an item you have thousands returned in the search result and you can prune down to the sellers that satisfies your requirements.

7. Mercari

I know not many people have heard about this giant platform. Mercari is a huge marketplace to source items from. Most sellers on this platform are wholesalers and items are cheap.