I think I should talk about Freight next...
Nigeria is going to be great again!!!

Zdoh:
Well job done @Op,I am here to support and contribute to your effort for the benefit of seriously interested folks but no to sell anything to anyone.Folks,I strongly believe you have learnt alots from OP and this should help some to have been taken some certain steps. I know major challenge in exportation is “how to get a foreign buyer” and “payment system” which OP has address with some vital clues.

If you have your products at hand,finalize a deal with your buyer but in other to calculate you ROI by the cost of freight rate,certification and packaging.Contact on whatsapp at the signature.You are not going to pay a dine except you need my service for the freight to your buyer.

The time has come for all to promote our economy by diversification.Once again I commend OP for his effort,more grease to your elbow.

NOTE:We base only on air freight to any country around the world...thanks.

Thanks Zdoh for your contribution.

You don't have to remember all of them at once but you need to know at least some of them off hand

jamarionj:


www dot importexporplatform dot com
...Guess www.importexporplatform.com
? the site is Not opening @ myvision

Please, What do we do?

Oh! The 't' in export is missing.
It should be
www dot importexportplatform dot com
I have corrected it now.
Thanks bro

adek6555:
Great job you are doing,more grease to ur elbow.but please dont dull the house,so ride on very fast sir,thanks

Amen bro.
Noted!
Thanks

opson2016:
I'd be glad if you finished with this tutorial. It'd help lots of Nigerian youths because there are lots of fraudulent ebooks on exportation guide out there

@thanks for your constructive opinion.
You are in for a Big treat bro.
Let us enjoy the ride together!!!

omoteamac:
please connect me with a practising exporter in lagos

I will be posting some contacts of Nigeria exporters here as requested but not all. As it comes with my foreign contact lists.
I hope this help?
Thanks

How to get buyers using Alibaba
There are so many ways by which you can get foreign buyers. I have listed some in one of my post, but today I will be sharing with you another way by which you can get buyers using Alibaba.

Step 1
Go to www.alibaba.com

Step 2
Locate the search bar

Step 3
Type the following:
Importer + USA + cocoa
Then press Enter

................
This will bring you list of buyers (importers) from USA (country) who are willing to buy Cocoa (products).

So, if you want buyers for bitter collar in China; you know what to do.
Importer + China + bitter collar
That simple

For those who want to know the current price of commodities on international market.
Go to www dot importexportplatform dot com

Am sorry for keeping everyone waiting. I think we can continue now. I actually waited for the bad eggs who wanted everything for free to locate there way.

Secondly, I appreciate if we can all play maturity as we have always did.

You can ask your questions but please don't be insultive, either to me or to anyone on this thread.

Let make enjoy our learning.

Shall we?

tbliss22:


I beg your pardon!! With your response here its obvious you are really feeling like a SUPERMAN because you gave your software out free of charge.

Don't get it into your head UNCLE, there are a lot of people out there who does more than this to the society and are not even publicizing it.

I and a lot of other people here only want to have the price that's all, is that too difficult for you to disclose??

Finally, my candid advise is; try and avoid throwing insult to the air, try to have a listening ear and read between the lines of every statement directed to you.

Good day!!

Am sorry if that sounds insulting, but honestly I mean no harm; maybe I got you wrong.
As for the price you can visit our blog.
Thanks

holajeedayy:
Oga free or noo free dey one place oooooo jare haahhhaa kini gbogbo politicality yi ....ok not free how much is it n hop i wont like your page

Answer a fool in his word.

@Holajeedayy, I have gave FREE ebooks. I have gave FREE DVD. I have given FREE skill acquisition training and many more. By these I have been able to contribute to the development of my GREAT country NIGERIA.

Oga fugitive, working here and there on nairaland; interfering people doing something useful things with their time and megabyte.

Can you please tell us one good thing you done on this nairaland? Tell us how many people you have helped? Tell us one word of encouragement or contribution you have given in this forum? If none; I beg you to keep shut forever. We do not need people like you here!

More so, I think you still need some years to be in class.
Thanks

tbliss22:


Thank you ooo first he said its free now its at a bonus, ok what's the bonus "price"??

I am not here for people like you. People like certainly have nothing to offer to the society. It's a pity we still have people like you who have no value for knowledge.

holajeedayy:
Have u close this one again or just tell us to pay for ebook and evry1 flees

@Holajeedayy, I have gave FREE ebooks. I have gave FREE DVD. I have given FREE skill acquisition training and many more. By these I have been able to contribute to the development of my GREAT country NIGERIA.
Oga fugitive, working here and there on nairaland; interfering people doing something useful things with their time and megabyte.
Can you please tell us one good thing you done on this nairaland? Tell us how many people you have helped? Tell us one word of encouragement or contribution you have given in this forum? If none; I beg you to keep shut forever. We do not need people like you here!
Moreso, I think you still need some years to be in class.
Thanks

Please, I will appreciate if you will follow the above instructions before sending me a message.
Thanks

This DVD is now a BONUS to any of our other products. It's no longer FREE.
Thanks

hemekhar:
@myvision

i just signed up, kindly check your db

Am sorry, I can't find your mail on our list. Secondly, you have to like Facebook page.
Thanks

There is power in reading. Failure is just a result; if you do like the result you get then change it.

Someone did this after watching our FREE DVD. We are happy to be of help.

tugrow:
not concern about you to update them, close all this thread and focussed on one,

Good advice.
I will consider it.
Thanks

tugrow:
Don't pretend to question me, you are asking me to show you which one, why are you opening thread of the same information over and over again, and think people will be interested

At first, I saw your bar soap thread, I follow it closely, and letter you open another bar soap thread again, what for,
Let me proof it

https://www.nairaland.com/3006972/free-learn-how-healthy-bar

https://www.nairaland.com/3006953/free-talk-everything-bar-soap

https://www.nairaland.com/3006932/free-talk-everything-bar-soap

https://www.nairaland.com/2964006/how-make-make-bar-soap

All this thread are for bar soap, why, why should people be interested when you don't have time to update the thread because of too many same thread

https://www.nairaland.com/2895718/learn-how-make-soap-like

This was your thread I follow closely till I discovered all this.

Too bad

I will update all.
Thanks

Bootybuttchic:
following...please will u help with pictures too?

I will try but it's difficult to place all the pictures in the right place here but you can get the articles with pictures on our blog (check my signature).

Soap is a cleaning product that is made from natural substances such as castor, olive oil, coconut oil, tallow, and vegetable oil. It is basically a combination of vegetable oil (or animal fat) plus caustic soda, and throughout time it has been used for washing wool in the textile industry, for curing skin diseases and other skin breakouts.

Before you try out soap making for the first time, it is essential to learn about the jargon of soap making first. This will make it easier for you understanding what you will be doing during the process, and it will also help you to better understand the logic behind the instructions. In this piece, some of the most common soap making terminologies will be discussed.


[size=14pt]Terminologies Used in Soap Making[/size]

Making your own soap at home can be really fun and exciting especially when you are very particular with details. When you finally decide to try it for yourself, you will probably encounter words or phrases that you are not familiar with. Here are the most common terms that you will encounter when you read soap making recipes and instructions:

Additives

Additives are optional ingredients. They are not really mandatory in the whole soap making process but they may be added to enhance the soap. Ingredients such as oatmeal may be added for its exfoliating properties, while flower petals may be added for fragrance. These should be added to your soap recipe at a light trace.

CP
CP stands for Cold Processing, a soap making method.

Curing

Curing is the time needed for your soap to just sit in the open for the completion of its saponification process. This allows excess water and moisture to evaporate, creating a harder bar that is milder on the skin and produces better lather.

Degrade

This is the breaking down or deterioration of a substance chemically.

DOS (dreaded orange spots)

Discount

This means that you will have to reduce the amount of a particular ingredient. Most of the time, lye is discounted to make sure that it will all be used up. Discounting certain ingredients also allows the addition of excess oils and other substances (additives). Usually, discounts are shown by percentage.

EO

EO stands for Essential Oils. These are usually extracted from plants through distillation or chemical solvents. These oils may be added to the soap recipe to create scented soaps.

Flashpoint

Essential oils and fragrance oils have a flashpoint, or the temperature in which they begin to evaporate. Do not add oils when the temperature of the soap is higher than the oils flashpoints as it will only make the oils evaporate from the soap immediately. Generally, fragrance oils have higher flashpoints compared to essential oils.

Fixed Oils

These oils can withstand high temperatures without evaporating. Some commonly used fixed oils include palm oil, olive oil, and coconut oil.

FO

FO stands for Fragrance Oils, and they are also known as aromatic oils. These come from the combination of synthetic aromatic chemicals and carrier oils like mineral oils or vegetable oils. Like essential oils, these are added to soap recipes to produce scented soaps.

Gel Phase

Gel phase is a phase that occurs in the early stages of the saponification process. In this stage, the soap becomes shiny and translucent, and this usually happens within the next few hours of pouring the soap batter into molds. Not all soap batters undergo this phase.

HP

HP stands for Hot Processing, another soap making method.

SAP Values

SAP value is short for Saponification Value, and it is also known as saponification number or SAP number. This is basically the amount of lye or potassium hydroxide that is needed to saponify one gram of a particular fat. Making your own soap means that you need to know the SAP values of the oils that you are planning to use to balance the amounts of oil and lye (or potassium hydroxide). Of course, the SAP values of oils will be different depending on the hydroxide that you will use, so make sure you specify if you need it for a solid (lye) or liquid soap (potassium hydroxide).

Saponification

Saponification is a chemical process that occurs when an alkaline base such as lye (sodium hydroxide) or potassium hydroxide reacts with oils and fatty acids to produce soap.

Seize

Seizing is an indication that something went wrong during the soap making process. This happens when the soap consistency starts out as a smooth liquid and then becomes very thick and nearly solid like cookie dough. It can be because of the addition of fragrance oils, temperature or ingredient issues, or the problem could be the batter itself.

Shelf life

This is the length of time that a commodity may be stored without becoming unfit for use, consumption, or sale. In other words, it might refer to whether a commodity should no longer be on a pantry shelf (unfit for use), or just no longer on a supermarket shelf (unfit for sale, but not yet unfit for use).

Superfatting

In order to use up all the lye, sometimes you will need to add more oils to the soap. This is what is known as superfatting, and it has two purposes. First, it allows you to have a margin of error in the amount of lye you put in your soap, making sure that all the lye will be saponified. This reduces the dangers of lye burning you. Second, this produces soap that is moisture-rich, as the extra oils serve as skin moisturizers. It is worth noting that many soap recipes would suggest superfatting when a lye discount of 3% to 8% has been applied. Be sure that you don’t put too much oil as it can create a rather unpleasant and greasy soap.

Trace

The trace is the beginning stage of saponification. This is the stage when the chemical reactions between lye and oils have started, and they can no longer be separated. The soap batter starts out as thin and creamy, which later on becomes thicker as you stir the mixture. You will know that your soap batter is at this stage when you drip a little liquid soap onto the mixture, and the drizzle lines will stay for a while before it fully melts.

Volcano Effect

Volcano effect happens when you pour water to lye as you make lye-water solutions. This is because as water is added to lye, pressure tends to build in the bottom lye layers until it ruptures the upper lye layers, causing the solution to spray up like a volcano. To avoid this, NEVER add water to lye; add lye to water instead.

Soap is a cleaning product that is made from natural substances such as castor, olive oil, coconut oil, tallow, and vegetable oil. It is basically a combination of vegetable oil (or animal fat) plus caustic soda, and throughout time it has been used for washing wool in the textile industry, for curing skin diseases and other skin breakouts.

Before you try out soap making for the first time, it is essential to learn about the jargon of soap making first. This will make it easier for you understanding what you will be doing during the process, and it will also help you to better understand the logic behind the instructions. In this piece, some of the most common soap making terminologies will be discussed.


[size=14pt]Terminologies Used in Soap Making[/size]

Making your own soap at home can be really fun and exciting especially when you are very particular with details. When you finally decide to try it for yourself, you will probably encounter words or phrases that you are not familiar with. Here are the most common terms that you will encounter when you read soap making recipes and instructions:

Additives

Additives are optional ingredients. They are not really mandatory in the whole soap making process but they may be added to enhance the soap. Ingredients such as oatmeal may be added for its exfoliating properties, while flower petals may be added for fragrance. These should be added to your soap recipe at a light trace.

CP
CP stands for Cold Processing, a soap making method.

Curing

Curing is the time needed for your soap to just sit in the open for the completion of its saponification process. This allows excess water and moisture to evaporate, creating a harder bar that is milder on the skin and produces better lather.

Degrade

This is the breaking down or deterioration of a substance chemically.

DOS (dreaded orange spots)

Discount

This means that you will have to reduce the amount of a particular ingredient. Most of the time, lye is discounted to make sure that it will all be used up. Discounting certain ingredients also allows the addition of excess oils and other substances (additives). Usually, discounts are shown by percentage.

EO

EO stands for Essential Oils. These are usually extracted from plants through distillation or chemical solvents. These oils may be added to the soap recipe to create scented soaps.

Flashpoint

Essential oils and fragrance oils have a flashpoint, or the temperature in which they begin to evaporate. Do not add oils when the temperature of the soap is higher than the oils flashpoints as it will only make the oils evaporate from the soap immediately. Generally, fragrance oils have higher flashpoints compared to essential oils.

Fixed Oils

These oils can withstand high temperatures without evaporating. Some commonly used fixed oils include palm oil, olive oil, and coconut oil.

FO

FO stands for Fragrance Oils, and they are also known as aromatic oils. These come from the combination of synthetic aromatic chemicals and carrier oils like mineral oils or vegetable oils. Like essential oils, these are added to soap recipes to produce scented soaps.

Gel Phase

Gel phase is a phase that occurs in the early stages of the saponification process. In this stage, the soap becomes shiny and translucent, and this usually happens within the next few hours of pouring the soap batter into molds. Not all soap batters undergo this phase.

HP

HP stands for Hot Processing, another soap making method.

SAP Values

SAP value is short for Saponification Value, and it is also known as saponification number or SAP number. This is basically the amount of lye or potassium hydroxide that is needed to saponify one gram of a particular fat. Making your own soap means that you need to know the SAP values of the oils that you are planning to use to balance the amounts of oil and lye (or potassium hydroxide). Of course, the SAP values of oils will be different depending on the hydroxide that you will use, so make sure you specify if you need it for a solid (lye) or liquid soap (potassium hydroxide).

Saponification

Saponification is a chemical process that occurs when an alkaline base such as lye (sodium hydroxide) or potassium hydroxide reacts with oils and fatty acids to produce soap.

Seize

Seizing is an indication that something went wrong during the soap making process. This happens when the soap consistency starts out as a smooth liquid and then becomes very thick and nearly solid like cookie dough. It can be because of the addition of fragrance oils, temperature or ingredient issues, or the problem could be the batter itself.

Shelf life

This is the length of time that a commodity may be stored without becoming unfit for use, consumption, or sale. In other words, it might refer to whether a commodity should no longer be on a pantry shelf (unfit for use), or just no longer on a supermarket shelf (unfit for sale, but not yet unfit for use).

Superfatting

In order to use up all the lye, sometimes you will need to add more oils to the soap. This is what is known as superfatting, and it has two purposes. First, it allows you to have a margin of error in the amount of lye you put in your soap, making sure that all the lye will be saponified. This reduces the dangers of lye burning you. Second, this produces soap that is moisture-rich, as the extra oils serve as skin moisturizers. It is worth noting that many soap recipes would suggest superfatting when a lye discount of 3% to 8% has been applied. Be sure that you don’t put too much oil as it can create a rather unpleasant and greasy soap.

Trace

The trace is the beginning stage of saponification. This is the stage when the chemical reactions between lye and oils have started, and they can no longer be separated. The soap batter starts out as thin and creamy, which later on becomes thicker as you stir the mixture. You will know that your soap batter is at this stage when you drip a little liquid soap onto the mixture, and the drizzle lines will stay for a while before it fully melts.

Volcano Effect

Volcano effect happens when you pour water to lye as you make lye-water solutions. This is because as water is added to lye, pressure tends to build in the bottom lye layers until it ruptures the upper lye layers, causing the solution to spray up like a volcano. To avoid this, NEVER add water to lye; add lye to water instead.