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https://www.nairaland.com/5553609/opening-paypal-business-account-nigeria

It is all about opening PayPal Business account here in Nigeria. We need it, let's contribute ideas that will convince the leaders in charge to consider working out the logistics and modalities for PayPal to include the feature of receiving money from customers for merchants and online business owners who live in Nigeria.

If we can receive money from PayPal, you don't have any issue again and nothing to worry about. You can create digital goods and services and place PayPal button on your website to receive payment. I've been doing this for years on partnership but it may not be possible for everyone.

Thank God everything went well for you. I missed your question, I should have answered your question immediately so that Zenith Bank will have -1 customer. They are too proud. Many years back, I wanted to open an account with them and I sent my wife to my friend/colleague with N50,000. She came back and said they have placed the money in a "pool." My friend said until it gets to about N200,000 to open personal account . That was when Zenith Bank started and other banks were begging to open account with just N5,000.

Hennyola:
I asked a question here before settling for Zenith bank wire transfer, since I got no response, I decided to take the risk.

I did a live chat with an available agent, I sent her the screenshots (telex) gotten from GoDaddy, I was told to provide a written copy stating
Account Name:
Account No:
Amount of Funds expected:
Senders Name:
Purpose:

Request to convert to Naira at the banks rate

Signature
Date


I got a response mail from them and my account officer was copied in the mail. I sent her a personal mail stating the same thing and She called me the next day to confirm before crediting my account.

Floyd45:
Good morning.

Anybody ever had success with selling city +roofing/contractors?

Outbounding aint easy man

There is nothing that is easy in life. Adam and Eve made it to be so. But an "extraordinary" person is an "ordinary" person who decided to go the "extra" mile in order to achieve his/her goal. Doing the extra that others loathe is what makes you a winner.

It was good news when PayPal opened the doors to Nigerians to use their payment platform to make online payments without any hassle. Although it is okay on the one hand, the bank or company that it has not done enough to balance the equilibrium.

Years have passed now without PayPal opening the doors for Nigerian merchants to receive payment from selling goods and services online. It is time to speak out so that those involved should sit up and do the needful.

If there are technologies these bank should put in place to make PayPal management allow us to use PayPal Business Account without working around some bottlenecks with fear and trepidation, let them do it. Ultimately, it benefits everyone involved in the service chain.

I want to know the bank that brought PayPal to Nigeria and let us reach out to them to know what is stalling the next phase of PayPal allowing Nigerians to create merchant account to receive payments for digital products and services as well as physical goods/services. I’m not sure, I think someone said it was First Bank then. Can we get their technology department team to address this issue?

The year 2020 should not be a time to only pay, pay and pay. It should also be a time to receive, receive and receive as well.

Please make your own contributions for the way forward. We must continue to prevail on our leaders to do the right things now if they want fraud, scam, 419, etc to stop.

If you support this clarion call, please click the “Like” button and let this thread be on fire. If you have anyone in management team of any bank call their attention to it. Something must happen!

We’ll all succeed together! Long Live Nigeria! Long Live Our Online Businesses!!

Using Google Ads i.e. Pay Per Click Advertising to Make Money Online

Building a website or starting a blog is an arduous task if you solely depend on organic traffic from search engines to make quick cash to settle bills urgently. And if you’ve knowledge of PPC (pay per click) advertising and how it works, it can quickly help you generate targeted traffic in a matter of minutes.

Google Ads is a powerful way to get website visitors by setting up adverts on their paid listing. If you set up targeted advert focusing on a geographical location, you could hit cash vault in a month. The good thing about Google Ads is that it is a post-paid system.

But before you rush out to set up Google Ads account, make sure your landing page is ready and content rich. Learn how to use Google Keyword Planner tool to find keyword phrases that will bring you potential subscribers and customers.

The way I approach every campaign is simple. First, I will set up my landing page like a blog post. It will contain nuggets on my target topic that even Google manual team cannot disapprove. Next, I will include several CTAs (call to action) from the 3rd paragraph onwards directing my readers to the specific opt-in page I have designed to build an email list of subscribers.

But here is the secret of my success. I always start Google Ads with few keywords. I don’t go overboard. As I watch my advert performance, I can confidently include more search queries without losing money to PPC. And if your CTR (click through rate) is high, it means your CPC (cost per click) will be lowered.

Getting instant traffic to your website or blog can ginger you up to do more on your online business. But be very careful, you can burn your fingers if you don’t know PPC inside out. Be warned! However, with our digital marketing training, you have no reason not to excel.

Esiman:
God bless you boss, I'm motivated once more.
Please do send the e-books to my address: esinwokew@gmail.com.

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siverspooon:
Sir, I need the ebook too
Ebuksdibia@gmail.com

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Hennyola:
Sale Alert!

Paydix//com (handregged)
Bought: November 18, 2018 - NS ($1)
Sold: November 12th
Price: $399 (I reduced all names I'm not renewing just to get it sold)
Afternic Inbound

Payment received
Wire Transfer
Bank: Zenith
Exchange Rate: N361/$

Thanks to God and all contributors (both old & new) in the thread

How did you scale through with Zenith Bank? They did not request for "telex copy" of the source of your wire transfer? I've been using them since 2007 and suddenly the new branch I transferred all my accounts to started asking for too much info from me. I was mad at the relationship officer because I have used the accounts for over a decade now and I told them to look at the history of my accounts.

I've to leave them for another bank because it's my money and they don't need it.

Simpsonrocket:
The domain couldn't have reached the period of backordering without the owners knowing that their site is no more working. Unless domains remains active after expiring.

Yes, domain can still be active after it enters expiring phase. Read up on "domain life cycle" you'll understand the phases domain passes through before it stops working. But on another thought, the domain will be in possession of an administrator/designer. So, if there is contractual disagreement, he has the knife and the yam, he can cut to the size he desires.

For example, when domain renewal notice comes it goes to the web designer email box because that is what was entered.

Channel5:
We that are deep into domain in this group and from experience can attest that the domain dind't drop even for 1 seconds, any domainer will confirm these through WHOIS

This is what may have happened. A smart domainer and watchdog may have backordered the domain name. In this case, it won't drop. The problem with domain renewal usually arise when a company hires website designer or agency to build website and handle the domain registration and hosting.

It is too risky for any company to tow that line but most of them don't know how the domain life cycle works. They are not aware that they can register a domain name by themselves so that they have registrant and administrative rights to the domain. In the event, there is contractual agreement breakdown between the web designer and management, every body sales "to hell with you."

Sooner things will begin to unfold. The designer will not willingly release these information because that will affect his retainership income. It is a long story. I've hired and fired website designers, so I know where the shoe pinches.

Let’s Talk About Social Media Marketing

Social media marketing or advertising is one of the best ways to get targeted traffic to your website, blog, product or service’s landing page. For now, I’m sure that Facebook digital marketing has the trump card amongst the social media networks.

While there is paid Facebook advertising, you can also get free targeted traffic from the same website by creating Facebook pages on topics of your interests. It really depends on your budget or goal. For me, I make use of paid advertising mainly when I’m testing a new market, product or service to know the level of demand or if I think I can quickly make a killing through paid ads promoting an affiliate product.

No matter what you focus on, social media marketing is something every website owner, blogger or online business owner should try out. If you know how to create an advert to focus on your target audience’s interests, behavior, location, demography, etc and your ad headline is catchy, you’ve what it takes to earn money online.

Often times, the problem with us is that we don’t study digital marketing as it affects us before jumping in with both feet. This is akin to taking a leap in the dark not knowing where you will land on eventually! My advice is that before you go to Facebook to pay for advertising or create a fan page, you’ve to build a simple website or start a blog on a similar topic to serve as your landing page.

It will be better for your online business if you’ve a lead magnet page in place to build an email list of subscribers from. Don’t forget that digital marketing is about reaching out to your audience at places where they congregate and making friends with them. You can then reinforce the relationship by offering free ebooks, videos, etc for them to download from your website.

If you’ve not considered Facebook marketing before now, there may be need for you to do so. It will generate targeted traffic that will add to your web business’ bottom line. You’ll succeed!

ikhalyfah:
That's why i personally think the guy with HadiSirika/com made or good investment.
Though he might be COMPLETELY WRONG, but how will u know it won't work when u haven't tried.

Besides he has a point, that d sirika guy could be running for governor or something.

Sincerely, if the registrant for that domain name is smart, he could turn it to a political news website with focus on Nigeria news and "Hadi Sirika" as a person. Sooner or later, it will catch the man's attention. He either gets the domain and website or his rival will get it at a premium price. You can monetize it with Google Adsense or selling ads spaces like Seun is doing on Nairaland.com.

Because you've successfully build a website on it and the name is not trademarked, the world is your oyster. No legal action against him will ever succeed. But as it is now, in domain name only, the politician can sue the domainer for cybersquatting

ikhalyfah:
Maybe I'm missing something about afternic,
Why do people recommend them as 1st alternative tO Dan, rather than epik and co?
I mean:
1. Their commission is higher. 20‰
2. Someone here said he had to follow through 3 processes b4 price was revealed. Not all end users.can endure that.
3. If we talking about fast transfer, they don't support all registrars, so what if ur registrar ain't supported?

I'll appreciate response on y afternic is better

GoDaddy owns Afternic. Global reach and trust is certainly higher. Commision is only high to Nigerians not US

Isaacss:
I got this reply from a buyer after sending lead from dan.

"The email is being flagged as spam, so I’m uneasy about doing business with the site"

"I have seen reviews of Dan.com that suggest it is not reliable. My gut is telling me this isn’t trustworthy"

Please what can i do or say? I have been trying so hard to convince the buyer but all to no avail.

List it in Afternic marketplace and send him there or ask him which marketplace is okay for him so that you can list it there

ikhalyfah:
Now know I ain't supposed to report a sale if my plan is to explore other cities. Sincere apologies please bros.
Thanks to all that contribute to this thread!

More sales to us all.

I understand what others are saying and I understand yours too. But in their own interest don't report incomplete info regarding your domain sales since it won't add value to their experiences. I think that is the plank of their rantings.

I personally don't report sales since my awful experience in my early days of domaining in 2007. That is a story for another day. I love my country but some undesirable elements can spoil your day by revealing some info to them. They will not use the info to their advantage but rather become a cog in the wheel of your progress.

Richnero99:
Good day, guys,

Having saved up some amount of money, I am considering quitting my job and getting acquainted with an IT skill.

There is this friend of mine, who is a Web designer, developer, programmer and even a graphic designer; the guy is quite good (he started learning all these from a very young age).

When I contacted him and asked him to teach me Web development, he said OK, but his fee is 120k for three months. I opened my mouth in shock.

Well, long story short, I negotiated, and he finally cut down the price to 80k saying it's because we are friends. He said he would be teaching me Css, Html, Java script and NodeJs. I don't know Jack about all of that, I have only built sites with WordPress, but I feel the price is still too high.

Are there cheaper options for me or should I just go with him?

My challenge with training with friends is that it is personal. You won't be able to ask questions in details. Curriculum may not be covered. It will look as if he is doing you a favour. Going to a standard school like NIIT or Aptech would have been better if not that you are working. Meeting and interacting with new guys or gals will ignite the direction of your new career skill.

Back2Daura:
Good day all,

Please I need honest advices on my career path. I made a third class in economics and applied for pgd management but got admitted to study marketing after I got the Pgd marketing I moved on to study Msc management which I made 4.0 cgpa.

Now I am about to apply for PhD management. The issue here is that I am confused if I will get a lecturer Job since I made third class and I didn't study a particular course from my bsc to PhD level.

Further more, can I get a scholarship to study for PhD with my degree in any foreign university still admitting? If there is, kindly avail me as the schools I had search have closed admission.
Thanks alot in anticipation to your kind replies.

Please which university offers PGD Marketing

fergusen:
Google what?
You better get a refund now or delete/cancel the registration.
You are infringing on Google's trademark.
Google has the word 'google' trademarked.

To add insult to injury, Google has the money in the whole world to come to your house and pick you up with their Google Police Van. LOL!

Firefox01:
Guys, bought a domain from domainking. Checked the whois credibility, I saw namesilo's email instead of mine. Is this possible and what does this mean?

Probably DomainKing is a domain name reseller to NameSilo.com

ufotty2001:
I can't stop laughing everyday I read this ur comments. My brother the country that we are from had been a problem to our individual growths

Yes, to some extent the country is a problem. But the good thing in life is that where there is a will there is always a way. If your integrity has not been at stake, you can partner with trusted people abroad to do the impossible. And if you have a legal wife (NOT girlfriend oh), save money and send her abroad. But make sure she has a child for you before she goes too. Now her stay there entitles you to everything you cannot do here. Are you thinking with me? I stop here for another day!

Zigla:
I asked if registring a name that has dropped for over 1yr or more is advisable? which no one responded.

Sorry no one responded. May be their domains have not sold. To your question, it depends. A dropped domain that is good should have been picked up before pending delete in the auctions. However, oversight can cause good domain to be overlooked.

When you see such domains, be wary for few things:

-Check for trademark issues
-Check if the domain was used for notorious activities in the past
-Check if the CPC is at least $0.50 and search volume is above 500 monthly average
-Use the wayback machine at archive.org to see cached pages in the past
-If you're for domain flipping or investing, check if there are potential buyers so that you don't fill your portfolio with junk domains
-Follow this thread and learn from the good, the bad and the ugly domain tips being dished out by veterans and newbies alike.

Enrypech:
Happy Weekend good people. Be sure to stay fit today

Happy weekend bros. I've gone through this thread and other people's comments. It gives me room for concern. Professionalism is required in every business, be it online business or brick-and-mortar business. I asked you to reach out to me the other day when you asked me a question and you never did. I rest my case! I wish you success in all your endeavours.

emmykingzy:
pls send the ebook here- emkglobalnigerialimited@gmail.com

tnx alot

Pal, I've sent the free ebooks to your mail. Please check them out.

Crazeworld:
how do you forward it? Cos even if you enter bbplans.com into your browser, it will still show you that page

It's a simple thing. If you make use of Afternic name servers, it will show you that page when you type the domain url into your browser. But if you list your domain for sale on their marketplace, it will still show you that page as you're seeing it but you have to type the full URL as you refered above.

My Fans, Followers, Guest Readers and Students, I say, Happy Weekend Once Again.

Let me tell you something I discovered. There is nothing that intoxicates like success. When you’re succeeding in your chosen business or endeavours, you’ll have the strength and stamina to go further. So also it is with making money online.

I’ve been awake throughout the night reading, studying and preparing notes to start a blog in a niche market I learnt of from one of my students. Affiliate marketing business niches are countless. I’ve not heard of that niche market before but I know there is money to be made from it when I finished conducting keyword research and market research on it. The sky is so wide for every bird to fly without touching one another.

From doing keyword and market research, I learnt 3 things which you, as an internet marketer, must hold dearly when thinking of how to make money online from home, namely: consistency, trust and value delivery. I’ll go through each of them briefly so that you know what is at stake.

Consistency

When doing online business, you’ve to prepare and plan it out from the beginning. You’ve to be consistent in what you’re doing even if it takes you a year to succeed. Areas where consistency is critical to success are content publishing on your blog, content marketing and networking in your niche market. There is no way to go around it if you want to earn money online.

Value Delivery

You’ve to always deliver value to your target market in order to continually earn their trust. You can do this by giving away free ebooks or video, demonstrating your expertise through your published content, offering bonuses and incentives, having an excellent customer support desk, prompt reply to questions and emails, offering cheap prices of your products and services where necessary, etc.

This is why you see Black Friday deals all over the place to attract more and new clients and customers.

Trust

You cannot buy trust but you’ve to earn it. If you smack of doubt, scam, con artistry or fraud, people will never do business with you. In a domaining thread where I’m a member from this forum, a guy posted a reply promoting his affiliate marketing ebook and website.

I was surprised that some vigilant guys replied immediately telling him that he is a fraudster because he is using different monikers to post on the thread. This is to tell you that some people have done background check on him before replying him like that.

If you cannot build trust around you and your business, you’ll continue to struggle to make money online. You’ve to be good at what you’re doing and let your target audience trust you for it.

You can earn trust from your market through income proof (not photoshopped), “show and tell” your potential subscribers and customers what is working for you or others who are associated with you, offer money back guarantee to remove fear and risk from the buyer, and post testimonials from previous users or readers who are satisfied with your product or service.

If you can put these pieces together, in no time you will make money online. Stay focused until you make your first $1,000 online and every other thing will become history.

Pentools:
I've tried them out, but I'm currently with zenith cus of the juicy offer.

Opening a domiciliary account with Zenith Bank is the worst mistake anybody can ever make as a legitimate online business owner. When you receive fund into your account, they start asking you for receipt or telex copy of the sender. Why on earth will they ask for this when the sender name is already with them. And they give you deadline to provide the info or Zenith Bank send the money back to the source.

My fund from affiliate marketing from one company was returned and the affiliate network has deducted transfer charges from my account with them. It was a bitter experience with Zenith Bank and my accounting/relationship officer was too hostile as if she has been abandoned by her husband.

Quick one here. If you want to make money online, consistency is key. A lot of us do it by fits and starts hoping for one big hit or luck. It may or never happen. If you are blogging, do it consistently. If you're domaining, do it consistently and so is online marketing, networking and so on.

The secret that any internet marketing guru will never tell you is that making money is about self-discovery. While you are doing online business consistently, you will learn and discover things yourself that work which no one will tell you or write an ebook about.

I discovered something awesome i.e. business nuggets just recently that is like a "secret formula" to earn money online day in and day out and for many years nobody has ever mentioned it. And it is critical to online business success. I now know why experts will remain mute until you discover things out yourself to join their league.

Mrjo:
please here is my email johnokoronkwo851@gmail.com

Sent. Please check your mail box

How to Make Money Online for Beginners 2020 and Beyond in Nigeria

It seems a lot of aspiring Nigerian online entrepreneurs don’t really know what it takes to earn money online. This short guide will teach you how to make money online for beginners in Nigeria.

I’ve been inundated with questions on how to start an online business and make money from home. And here is what to take note of before you get started as a newbie.

But if you want to get a coach or mentor to guide you as you progress, send me a direct message (DM) from this forum and I’ll be glad to bring you up to speed. I coach aspiring students in Nigeria on a personal level so that they don’t get lost with mass digital marketing training.

Here are some salient points to always bear in mind when doing online business.

1. You must always create value to exchange for money whether it is a product, service or content. Don’t ask for money before creating value; you’ll be putting the cart before the horse.
2. Don’t try to sell to strangers; they won’t buy from you except they are impulse buyers. Build relationship and trust first. Online buyers and shoppers buy from who they know, like and trust.
3. Don’t be in a hurry to make money online because you’ll be frustrated along the way. But rather focus on what you can give that will propel the recipient to give you money as a reward.
4. Start a blog or build a simple website to serve as your e-office or e-store. Blogging is where the money is now. If you cannot blog, you’re leaving money on the table.
5. Become an expert and demonstrate expertise in your niche, market, industry or whatever. People don’t like to take risk. Majority of us are risk averse. So, your expertise is your license to earn money online.
6. Go on aggressive but ethical online marketing when promoting your products and services. You’ve to constantly blow your trumpet for online shoppers to hear it in a sea of blogs and websites. Always follow the 80/20 rule (i.e. Pareto principle) to promote your blog.
7. Don’t see it as waste of money to invest in your education. You can never know enough on the World Wide Web. With my wealth of experience, I still read daily, buy ebooks, get free ebooks download PDF and sign up for email newsletter relevant to my topics of interests.

Julius209:
hello my fellow nairalanders,i am completely newbie in this domain business and I will be very glad if you guys can put me through.
thanks in anticipation

Start reading from page one of this thread or hook up with the creator of this thread (Iykepromotions) for tutorial if you want to speed up your learning. But beyond that, add creativity to your domain business in order to excel.