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Businessman/Politician, Akin Alabi has called out Jumia Nigeria for listing his book for sale on their platform without his approval.

Taking to his Twitter page, he wrote: 'Dear @JumiaNigeria. What’s your mode of operation like? I can’t remember listing my book on your platform.'




See more here https://thickmatch.com/akin-alabi-calls-jumia-nigeria-listing-book-sale-platform-without-approval/

He should be happy.....otherwise pay Jumia for free marketing and advertisement

Lawalatm:
He should be happy.....otherwise pay Jumia for free marketing and advertisement

That book is one of the best selling books currently. A copy is sold for 5k. If Jumia claims they are online shopping mall then who supplies them the book if not Akin Alabi.

Someone who bought the book in large quantity is reselling it, as a former jumia vendor I know

Customer80:
Someone who bought the book in large quantity is reselling it, as a former jumia vendor I know

I think alibi is ignorant of the fact that jumia doesn't sell anything rather individuals like me are the one's selling on the platform

That's not his accusation.... I guess Jumia chose to deal directly with authorized sub-suppliers instead of the author.....As long as there is no case of piracy, anyone including Jumia reserves the right to choose who they buy from or sell to...………..just my thought process.

mrtomola:
That book is one of the best selling books currently. A copy is sold for 5k. If Jumia claims they are online shopping mall then who supplies them the book if not Akin Alabi.

What if sb bought from Akin and is now reselling.

But the price is suspicious...

Afonja forgot when he sold dozens of books to a client?
Why are these people like this



Pukes

I just dey hear abt d book. Good publicity strategy

U no won sell Ur market

Shut up. You should be happy Jumia is making your book popular. A bookseller who has an account with Jumia listed the book for sale

Always sounding very ignorant.

Which kind rubbish nook sef,and who have that time to sit down and be reading your junk

Thanks to jumia,I now know he wrote a book.

Sigh... people, including Mr. Alabi don't seem to understand the concept of "online mall, with 10,000 vendors".

To wit (from Wikipedia, which is also consistent with what I've read elsewhere):

"Jumia is an e-commerce platform for electronics, fashion, and more. The platform consists of a marketplace, which connects sellers with consumers; a logistics service, which enables the shipment and delivery of packages from sellers to consumers; and a payment service, which facilitates transactions among participants active and Jumia's platform in selected markets."

Which means any vendor who wants to sell their products on Jumia is able to without Jumia having to license or even have initial possession of such material in stock. They offer logistics to pick up from seller, then deliver. The same is true of Amazon and (was?) of Konga.

Oh, and the book, I've read it. It was OK and mildly entertaining, but mostly self-aggrandizing, with not a single lesson learned.

Since I know that the guy is smart, I'm sure he already knows, so I imagine this is a good way to invite traffic and free promotion for his book.

Set an example with them by Sueing the hell out of them and recover every dime they must have made through previous sales.

Piracy is evil
If d dude hasn't commissioned the book for a retailer using the jumia platform it means somebody has pirated this material and is using jumia as a tool to sell fakes
Modified: also if such arrangement has not been reached this can become an avenue for thieves seeking avenues to rip people off

The question should be, are the books pirates?

Aidejay:
Piracy is evil
If d dude hasn't commissioned the book for a retailer using the jumia platform it means somebody has pirated this material and is using jumia as a tool to sell fakes

Not necessarily. The scenario is: a small retailer bought 10-20 copies of the book from the publisher/distributer. Then they have many means of selling the book: in their own physical store, at an online marketplace, or even at car-park.

They also sell fake jersies on their site . If i be lawyer i for just hola the clubs lets sue them

Just like Lenovo calling out eBay on twitter. 'hey, eBay. I didn't remember listing my PC on your platform'

Alabi, why are you like this na.

Don't mind the man he knows what is doing because by saying this is another marketing strategy to make the book known to the world.

He should give the books away as constituency project. Not that Nigerian youths will read anyways. They prefer dash to learning and earning.

Akin doesn't know it all after all or maybe a deliberate ploy to market the book.

Akin just ask that question to make his book sell more,anything other than that shows that he is very ignorance of how online ecommerce work

Good marketing strategy for him...... What he should do afterwards, is buy a copy to confirm authenticity..... If genuine, let the 3rd party seller go on soun.......

emmykk:
Akin just ask that question to make his book sell more,anything other than that shows that he is very ignorance of how online ecommerce work

@thesecondbold is not necessary because you and I knows that as a young and wise business man/politician like Akin knows how ecommerce business operate.

You have already made a valid point in the first bold statement which stands to be right.

He has a good marketing/publicity strategy.

I see most people here don't understand business and copyright and also publicity.
I got a copy of the book recently and you can't get the book anywhere less than 4,500 and I don't think the author is selling to distributors less than 3,000. So how would someone sell at 2,850.
The author can't say he is not aware his book is on jumia, just that the price got to him and he is contemplating a probable piracy.
If someone is pirating his work, he won't make money cos no one would buy the real book for 5k again.
So, he is simply protecting his work and by extension marketing as more people now know about the book.

Jobminister:
@thesecondbold is not necessary because you and I knows that as a young and wise business man/politician like Akin knows how ecommerce business operate.

You have already made a valid point in the first bold statement which stands to be right.

He has a good marketing/publicity strategy.

Good publicity ?yes, mere question? No
That's a strong "allegation" against a big online store, and that must be done with proper facts.

Marketing strategy 101.

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nextstep:
Sigh... people, including Mr. Alabi don't seem to understand the concept of "online mall, with 10,000 vendors".

To wit (from Wikipedia, which is also consistent with what I've read elsewhere):

"Jumia is an e-commerce platform for electronics, fashion, and more. The platform consists of a marketplace, which connects sellers with consumers; a logistics service, which enables the shipment and delivery of packages from sellers to consumers; and a payment service, which facilitates transactions among participants active and Jumia's platform in selected markets."

Which means any vendor who wants to sell their products on Jumia is able to without Jumia having to license or even have initial possession of such material in stock. They offer logistics to pick up from seller, then deliver. The same is true of Amazon and (was?) of Konga.

Oh, and the book, I've read it. It was OK and mildly entertaining, but mostly self-aggrandizing, with not a single lesson learned.

Since I know that the guy is smart, I'm sure he already knows, so I imagine this is a good way to invite traffic and free promotion for his book.

thanks for the quick summary boss. No need for me to read am