One of the most lucrative and latest pragmatic steps in the marketing world today is doing business with Direct Sales Agents. It is the latest trend in marketing goods and services. Unlike in the years past, it is the buyers that would always take their time, go hunting for where goods/services or manufacturers are located before they can purchase such products and push them to the final users at home. What an ancient way of doing business!
It is not a fiction that China has the largest manufacturing companies in the world, with over 2 Billion populations, which occupies the highest number of labour employer in the world; caring for both the developed and other developing Continents like (Africa, Asia, American, even Europe). With the latest trend in Marketing, Public relations and customer relations, things have changed for good.
Today, most coy are now devising different means of gaining customers due to increase in competition across the globe. In a situation whereby we have 10 companies producing the same goods or 20 firms offering the same services in the same state or province, will make them prepare very well for series of marketing strategies they can engage in winning their customers’ heart, hence, the reason for the creation of the department of customer relationship officers or public relations officer or marketing executives that can help in moving the organization forward by approaching, attracting, valuing and winning the target customers to the companies side directly, so as to maximize profit and be at competitors edge.
Importing goods directly from Chinese manufacturers into African countries might be a bit complicated. Apart from the fact that China is far from Africa, it is also very risky to do a business transaction with someone you do not see or know. At times, most dealers go as far as China to buy and bring to their home country by themselves or order through friends/colleagues who happen to live there.
These days, manufacturers in China will advertise their products in social media and other platforms that belong to their target audience, where they can see the catalogue of such products and probably patronize them by ordering such products directly online from the manufacturer’s website. These sets of manufacturers would leave their direct company contact on such platform so that prospective customers can believe in them and know they are dealing with the right people.
They give room for such new customers to call, chat and confab with one of the company’s representative, so as to know the modules oprandi of the organization and how the goods can be shipped to the customer’s country after making up to 30% payment upfront.
Risking your 30% of let’s say out of N300,000 of total payment and you are only asked to make a down payment of N90,000 in other to get your selected catalogues shipped to you in the next 2 weeks might be very challenging. This is exactly where the trust lies. Most people do not believe in tying down their money to an unknown person for 2 weeks, it is not easy really; it is 50/50 chances in achieving that goal. But come to think of it, there is this adage that says, ‘no pain, no gain’.
You need to understand that life is a risk, so you either compete or you are left behind. So, why don’t you just take some risk and achieve in faith and trust. Remember, these manufacturers have been proved real and genuine by those who patronize them and there are no gimmicks about it, they are confirmed and authentic producers who are readily available to do business with you.
Good news about these manufacturers in China is that most of the companies over there do not charge shipping fee and no hidden charges as well. This is another means of attracting customers and gaining their trust for business. Though, this depends on the load of goods that is being ordered by such customer.
If the catalogue is small in number, they may not charge at all, but if the products ordered are large number, some charges might be incurred by the customer which will definitely be on discount rate to ship the customer’s goods to him/her on demand. But you might incur duty fees on newly imported goods from the ports authority of your country
Meanwhile, when these products find its way into the Nigeria Market, for instance, the demand is normally high if one knows how to do a thorough marketing of such products. Though, the manufacturers usually advices that the buyer should go and do a proper visibility study in their home country with clean marketing research that can aggravate higher demand for such product. But it is not really necessary in a larger population country with high demand for electronic and other goods like Nigeria (with over 150 million people)
The next thing after delivery the product to you and completing your 70% payment is, to start distributing them to offices, Churches, Mosques, Government Parastatals, etc. and start raking in your money in thousands if not in millions depending on your investment and dedication and total effort/time spent in marketing the products. In this section, you must create a network marketing group and/or habit that will help the product market itself in your home country or location to your target audience.
Depending on the platform you want to use (online, one on one, seminar, social gathering etc.), once you know and understand your market and target audience, you will sell all your products within few weeks and make your desired 100% profit. I mean it, 100% returns on your investment. The reason is that, most Chinese Product are generally cheap and multifunctional in nature, so don't worry, the 100% return on your investment is guaranteed.
In a concluding note, I wish I could recommend series of manufacturers that offers this form of services in China to you, but what are friends for with www.google.com, www.ask.com, www.mamma.com, www.how.com and other SEOs that can give you series of companies that offer such services online; with detailed information about them and the seal of recommendation by the Chinese government, so as to avoid fake ones.
It is all in your hand if you want to dare success. Aliko Dangote, the richest man in Africa according to Forbes started from somewhere, so is Warren Buffet and also imagine the wealth of Slim Helu. This people are once ordinary members of the society just like you before, but today they have become great men of mentor and recognition around the globe. The truth is, that is exactly the way most men who can risk their money get to succeed without burning all their fingers. You can, only if you agree you can.

Hi! I will suggest that you should start importation biz if you can handle the stress involved. However, if you need my assistance just get in touch.

Most of the goods used in Nigeria come from abroad, even though we are making effort to become developed but right now we are yet to get there. There are goods out there that when brought into this country would sell like water, so how can someone bring these goods into the country in a legal way to earn mega income?
Until now import business used to be the exclusive reserve of people with plenty of money and technical knowledge, people who can travel to anywhere in the world. But right now, the story has changed; you can in fact import goods from overseas right from your bedroom without having to travel anywhere.
One thing special about imported goods is that people get to respect it more than the locally made goods (not necessarily superior in quality though) and tends to patronize it more.
Let’s face it — import business is a very big business but you need to know how to start in order to make a lot of money from the goods you will import, you need to start by knowing the sequence and processes to follow. So how do you proceed to setting up your import business?
1. Look for hot and essential Products
In those days you would need to travel to many countries to be able to identify products to import. Now, you can seat back at the luxury of your bedroom and do it on the internet. Look for trending products or some that are not in the the country presently that you think people will love.
First of all, bring small quantity into Nigeria to see how people will react to it. That is, to quantify the acceptability of the product before importing. If a product is not acceptable, there is no need to invest your hard earned money into it because it wouldn’t sell to make you your money back. You must do this initial product trail by bringing small quantity first to see if people are going to like it.
After you showed it to your prospective customers and they like it, make estimate of the quantity they would demand based on their interest and use the data to judge the volume of goods to be imported. Use the same process to get your subsequent products. Until the product become a household name.
2. Where to get the Products
Like I said earlier, you don’t have to travel overseas to get sample of any product — you can get it on the internet. Go to merchant websites like Alibaba.com, Ebay.com, etc. or just do a Google search on the product and where to import it — glance through to see the type of product that is not already in the Nigerian market.
Place your order by paying using your electronic Credit or Debit card. Most Nigerian Banks now have cards that are acceptable on these sites. You can also pay for those goods through other means like bank deposit or money transfer. Once you’ve paid for the goods with shipment cost included. The next thing is to wait for the goods to arrive. You may not need the services of a clearing agent if the import is through premium Courier services Like DHL, UPS and others.
3. Sell off the Products
You must have talked to your prospective customers about your soon to arrive product using the sample from the previous product sample you brought in. Now that you have the main products, Get the product to them and sell off at whole sale price to make your profit.
Then repeat the process to as many times as it remains profitable. To be able to increase your capital, you need to reinvest your gain from the first and second trips until you have enough money to import in mega quantity.
Check from Nigeria import and export promotion commission to see types of products allowed into this country.
I will share more details about import business in my subsequent articles. For now ask your questions by commenting below and let’s expand on the subject for a better knowledge.

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