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Ecommerce Business Owners - What Shipping You Use For Your Business? by chinnyonwu(m): 9:29pm On May 01, 2020
Good evening my fellow business people, I sell cake tools online and operate from Aba.

I use God is Good logistics and Nipost to send orders to my customers outside the state1. GIGL has the issue of being too expensive.. Imagine someone paying shipping of 3k for a little item he bought 3k?
Nipost has the issue1 of general unseriousness (no standardised shipping rates) ..

I'm curious to know if there are more affordable shipping options out there that i am not aware of? What do you use for your business?
Re: Ecommerce Business Owners - What Shipping You Use For Your Business? by Chifrando(m): 10:40pm On May 01, 2020
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Re: Ecommerce Business Owners - What Shipping You Use For Your Business? by James604: 11:18pm On May 01, 2020
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Re: Ecommerce Business Owners - What Shipping You Use For Your Business? by James604: 11:19pm On May 01, 2020
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Re: Ecommerce Business Owners - What Shipping You Use For Your Business? by James080: 8:31am On May 02, 2020
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Re: Ecommerce Business Owners - What Shipping You Use For Your Business? by Nobody: 12:48pm On May 02, 2020
go to any park give it to d driver pay dem 1500 or 2K

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Re: Ecommerce Business Owners - What Shipping You Use For Your Business? by Redman44(m): 1:25pm On May 02, 2020
emperorblog21:
go to any park give it to d driver pay dem 1500 or 2K





You have to be able to trust the drivers which is not that easy. The Op should cut a deal with NIPOST based on the volume of packages she will be sending through the government owned postal company. NIPOST will be cheaper than other courier or logistics companies in Nigeria. OP can also try Tranex NG. www.tranex-ng.com Cheers.

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Re: Ecommerce Business Owners - What Shipping You Use For Your Business? by Nobody: 4:00pm On May 02, 2020
Redman44:



You have to be able to trust the drivers which is not that easy. The Op should cut a deal with NIPOST based on the volume of packages she will be sending through the government owned postal company. NIPOST will be cheaper than other courier or logistics companies in Nigeria. OP can also try Tranex NG. www.tranex-ng.com Cheers.


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Re: Ecommerce Business Owners - What Shipping You Use For Your Business? by mayorall(m): 5:52pm On May 02, 2020
chinnyonwu:
Good evening my fellow business people, I sell cake tools online and operate from Aba.

I use God is Good logistics and Nipost to send orders to my customers outside the state1. GIGL has the issue of being too expensive.. Imagine someone paying shipping of 3k for a little item he bought 3k?
Nipost has the issue1 of general unseriousness (no standardised shipping rates) ..

I'm curious to know if there are more affordable shipping options out there that i am not aware of? What do you use for your business?



Since you are not sending what could be stolen....



Go to park, Make sure you give the particular driver going to the destination you are sending the item.


To avoid stress and issues with customers, don't use a driver whose final destination isn't that of your customer.

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Re: Ecommerce Business Owners - What Shipping You Use For Your Business? by chinnyonwu(m): 10:10pm On May 02, 2020
mayorall:




Since you are not sending what could be stolen....



Go to park, Make sure you give the particular driver going to the destination you are sending the item.


To avoid stress and issues with customers, don't use a driver whose final destination isn't that of your customer.

Thank you Mayorall, i do this too.. My only issue is sometimes we can grossly underestimate or overestimate the shipping charge
Thanks all the same i know you've been in the game for a while now..
Re: Ecommerce Business Owners - What Shipping You Use For Your Business? by naijacutee(f): 7:23pm On May 03, 2020
Gokada.ng (Lagos - Lagos)
Kexpress.ng (Konga's logistics arm)
Cloudlog.ng (SE states)
Re: Ecommerce Business Owners - What Shipping You Use For Your Business? by mimilogs: 7:48pm On May 03, 2020
chinnyonwu:
Good evening my fellow business people, I sell cake tools online and operate from Aba.

I use God is Good logistics and Nipost to send orders to my customers outside the state1. GIGL has the issue of being too expensive.. Imagine someone paying shipping of 3k for a little item he bought 3k?
Nipost has the issue1 of general unseriousness (no standardised shipping rates) ..

I'm curious to know if there are more affordable shipping options out there that i am not aware of? What do you use for your business?
Have you tried Mimi Logistics also known as Mimilogs Nigeria

Check our website https://www.mimil.ng/deliver-in-lagos.php for details
Re: Ecommerce Business Owners - What Shipping You Use For Your Business? by Mcleo007(m): 10:48pm On May 03, 2020
mayorall:




Since you are not sending what could be stolen....



Go to park, Make sure you give the particular driver going to the destination you are sending the item.


To avoid stress and issues with customers, don't use a driver whose final destination isn't that of your customer.


This is the most plausible and cost-effective mode you can use. More so, if you are not doing payment on delivery. It becomes difficult if you are offering POD, in which case, your chances of getting your money are 25%, which for me is not worth it.

As adviced, go to any major park, get hold of the driver going to the location (town or city), strike a bargain (usually from N1000/1500 upwards depending on proximity to Lagos). This is faster than using courier, and cheaper as well.
Re: Ecommerce Business Owners - What Shipping You Use For Your Business? by patsygirl: 11:02pm On May 03, 2020
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Re: Ecommerce Business Owners - What Shipping You Use For Your Business? by patsygirl: 11:04pm On May 03, 2020
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Re: Ecommerce Business Owners - What Shipping You Use For Your Business? by naijacutee(f): 11:07pm On May 03, 2020
patsygirl:
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Re: Ecommerce Business Owners - What Shipping You Use For Your Business? by cybug: 2:24am On May 04, 2020
naijacutee:


With Shopify, you can do it yourself for $29.99/month

Hello,
Please, I want ask why you lock down the Binary options thread.
Re: Ecommerce Business Owners - What Shipping You Use For Your Business? by naijacutee(f): 6:31am On May 04, 2020
cybug:


Hello,
Please, I want ask why you lock down the Binary options thread.

Good morning. Another persons thread isn't the best place to ask - but Seun deemed BO illegal on this forum. You can appeal with him if you disagree.

Re: Ecommerce Business Owners - What Shipping You Use For Your Business? by SmartMen: 10:04am On May 04, 2020
chinnyonwu:
Good evening my fellow business people, I sell cake tools online and operate from Aba.

I use God is Good logistics and Nipost to send orders to my customers outside the state1. GIGL has the issue of being too expensive.. Imagine someone paying shipping of 3k for a little item he bought 3k?
Nipost has the issue1 of general unseriousness (no standardised shipping rates) ..

I'm curious to know if there are more affordable shipping options out there that i am not aware of? What do you use for your business?

This is how I and others do ours.

I have a bunch of a friends across different geopolitical zones that handles deliveries.

We send it to them, they pick up from the park and deliver to our buyers. That way, returns are duly managed.

Technically it is more expensive by extra 1500 to 2000 but it is more profitable this way and minimizes returns.
Re: Ecommerce Business Owners - What Shipping You Use For Your Business? by cybug: 10:22am On May 04, 2020
naijacutee:


Good morning. Another persons thread isn't the best place to ask - but Seun deemed BO illegal on this forum. You can appeal with him if you disagree.

Sorry, didn't know how to reach you.

You only closed Binary options thread and left 'Forex' and 'Football bet' threads.

According to your screenshot, He listed Forex, binary options, crypto and football bet as prohibited... But you closed binary and left others.

Sad! embarassed embarassed
Re: Ecommerce Business Owners - What Shipping You Use For Your Business? by biggy12: 11:01am On May 04, 2020
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Re: Ecommerce Business Owners - What Shipping You Use For Your Business? by naijacutee(f): 12:24pm On May 04, 2020
cybug:


Sorry, didn't know how to reach you.

You only closed Binary options thread and left 'Forex' and 'Football bet' threads.

According to your screenshot, He listed Forex, binary options, crypto and football bet as prohibited... But you closed binary and left others.

Sad! embarassed embarassed

You know what, you are right. A while ago, there was an argument about this. I have to agree with you - let me speak with my other mods but the same rules should apply to everyone. Let's create a separate thread for this.

Discussion thread: https://www.nairaland.com/5834918/permanent-closure-banned-topic-threads
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