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ONLINEbizDON4U: Nice and do you withdraw in naira or dollar?

Gist us...

tpapi: dats d aim of bh strategy 2 rubbish gej govt but i can assure dem dat gej 2nd term is a done deal

senben: I thought de BH said dey were going on break till after fasting now who is 2 blame for dis one...ahuzubilai

Ojuju Calabar: The worst is Airtel. No best.

Billyonaire: Beware of Google and its allied products. Its CIA infested. Dont say I didnt tell you.

Super1759: This people sef.dem for send fine boys,walcot,clichy and odas na sagna dem deh bring..

T-smooth:
Northern Nigeria rules, Southern Nigeria sucks!!!

dinggle: Online Biz is real but you must:

1. look for a demand.
2. Supply a service.
3. Monetize the service
4. Get paid.

Before you start your online business.
1. Learn basic web design e.g uploading and managing data on your website. This will eliminate the cost of hiring a web developer every time you need to make a change.
2. Look for an affordable web host with reasonable disk space and data transfer capability.

** Online biz is mostly successful by traffic (quantity) generation e.g. where one traffic is N1.00, 1million traffic will be N1.00 X 1million. Which means when you build a reasonable traffic you will be approached by others who need the presence of your traffic and that is one way of boosting earnings. Also your website could be blogging, political, news, education, sports, streaming, chat, dating, etc. Online biz is like a plant, you water it every day by improving on it while you watch it grow with prospects. I strongly believe it is a very good avenue with decent earning potentials. Last I checked it was a $2billion industry and fast growing all you need is a tiny pile from that income.

What it gives:

1. Stability,
2. Peace of mind.
3. Electricity will not stop your clients from accessing you.
4. Broad base.
5. Freedom
6. Hope

Mistakes most ppl make when setting up an online biz:

1. Speaking to the wrong person, speaking or reading from ppl who have never sat to run an online biz can be the worst mistake a potential investor makes, because instead of hands on practical information you will get untested scripts read somewhere on the web.
2. Not doing a good research on your area of focus and target market.
3. Hiring expensive designers.
4. Lack of consideration for your market location, if your broader market is Nigeria based, it will be foolish for your website to be in flash such might take for ever to download because of the slow internet connectivity available in Nigeria, this will send your traffic away and make your page stagnant.
5. Web marketing is an essential part of online biz, having a website without web-marketing is like a shop with a sign saying "Open for Business"  but lacking the entry door for clients. Web marketing pulls crowd to you and there are various means of doing it cheaply. Face-book and google can be helpful but! It wont be my first advise for an up coming online biz starter there are cheaper ways of doing it which I call "The Tangle".
6. Web name, your website name is one of the most important part of your online biz, a simple name easy to remember without a pen is always a better choice. Using yourself as a survey, how many time have you ever written down the name of a website for later reference? if ppl cant remember you, they simply forget you.

Start up budget!
1. A computer (laptop preferably) My reason for a laptop is that it is easier to power without electricity with solar laptop chargers that cost around $100.
2. N30,000-N50,000 to buy a web name, host and have a web developer design a simple to access website. If you already know how to design that amount will be a lot less.

***My hope is that this information will get you thinking about online biz.***

Other areas to consider are:
1. Drop shipping (haven't gained ground in Nigeria but it is do-able) is already in practice offline. The major difference is that rather than what is obtainable in the USA drop-shippers would need a start up capital to take the product to the consumer.
2. Reseller, as a reseller you can reseller products of other established merchants world wide.

JideTheBlogger: Guess, Arsenal considered this when planning it

High_Chief: So arsenal fans, who are you gonna support: Your country or your club. Be a patriotic citizen and root for our darling Super Eagles lol

ogugua88: I do believe in this statement.

I don't know who Boko Haram has killed more of, and quite frankly, I don't care. I will say that Boko Haram has been very selective as to who they target. They bomb Christian places of worship and denied bombing a mosque recently. However, I do not have time to keep tally as to which religion has suffered most at their hands. That's a child's game. The bottom line is that they are killing Nigerians. Saying they have killed more Muslims doesn't bring anyone back to life, nor does it lessen the blows they keep delivering. All Nigerians should be angry, irrespective of tribe and especially irrespective of religion, as Boko Haram does not truly represent Islam in any way.

nairalady: prison break season 10..lol
This country sef

tribalism: and then so what? he killed extrajudicially and him too. so dayo, stop crying.

normaljenny: So how did u get ur paypal and how do u access it? do u advise I should do it in cotonou, as in openin and verification?