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Have experience with multi-screen, custom UI, and making Android feel like a desktop OS? I’m building DeskCast—an app that transforms your phone into a desktop when plugged into a monitor (HDMI via USB-C).

Looking for a passionate dev to co-build this.
email pmchuks(at)gmail(dot)com if you're interested!

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If you are into cosmetic business, and you are interested in the above opportunity, kindly reach out. Thank you.

joearmani7:
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

Nice one!!!

We can use this thread for questions and answers as regards the cosmetic business

Best regards

Greetings to Nairalanders!!!

Let me share a game-changing insight tailored for those in or interested in the cosmetics business. This isn’t just another idea; it’s a proven formula to tap into a lucrative niche with significant profit potential.

During a casual conversation with my wife, she mentioned a fast-selling scrub shower cream for women. Intrigued, I examined the product but found no manufacturer contact information—just the reassuring label, “Formulated in the USA.”

I dug deeper and discovered an opportunity worth pursuing. Here’s what I found:

The Opportunity
After thorough research, I connected with a verified chemical manufacturing company in China. The said product is custom made for one of their customers, exclusively and branded for that person, they can only create another brand name with same formulation. They confirmed the possibility of creating a custom-formulated product with my branding and logo. If you aren't in the cosmetics business, I won't advise you go into it - made lot of sense if you already have a shop and viable online channel to push your new, custom product. The company is ready to send a sample product.

Key Details and Profit Analysis

- MOQ (Minimum Order Quantity): 500 pieces (1,000ml bottles).
- Cost (Door-to-Door Delivery + Product):$2,800 (~₦4,480,000 at ₦1,600/$).
- Unit Landing Cost:₦8,960.
- Average Market Retail Price of competing product: ~₦12,000.
- Estimated Profit per Unit:₦3,040.
- Profit for 500 Units:₦1,520,000.

To amplify your profit:
- Sell Below Market Price to attract more buyers, moreso its a new product, don't focus much on the margin to make, once your product gets the desired attraction and demand, it's all good for you as you own exclusivity to the brand.
- Partner with resellers —e.g., 50 resellers purchasing just 10 pieces each per month, will guarantee you 500pcs sales within a month.

Why This Business Works
1. High Demand: Personal care products, especially quality shower creams, are staples in the cosmetics market.
2. Recurring Revenue: With consistent resellers and customers, you’ll establish a steady income stream.
3. Affordable Entry Point: Pool funds with trusted partners to meet the MOQ and split profits.

How to Start Safely
The manufacturer is verified with proper certifications on Alibaba. I highly recommend using the Alibaba platform for transactions—it ensures refunds and reduces risks.

Ready to Transform Your Business?
If this opportunity resonates, I can guide you through every step, from manufacturer contact to branding and logistics. For consulting services, reach out via mail to p m c h u k s (at) g m a i l (dot) c o m

Don’t miss the chance to carve your niche in the booming cosmetics market. Let’s build your brand together and make 2025 your breakthrough year.

Happy New Year!

Your Business Growth Partner

Executive Summary:
As fuel prices continue to rise in Nigeria, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) presents a cleaner, more cost-effective alternative. However, widespread adoption is hindered by high vehicle conversion costs and limited refueling infrastructure. Our innovative solution addresses these challenges, creating sustainable value for Nigerians.

Proposed Solution: "SWAP N' GO" CNG Refill Model

Key Features:
1. Specialized high-pressure valve system for safe, quick cylinder swaps
2. Conveniently located SWAP centers across Nigeria
3. Mobile app for locating nearest SWAP center with available stock

Benefits:
- Accelerated CNG Adoption: Eliminates infrastructure limitations
- Enhanced Convenience: Quick cylinder swaps minimize downtime
- Prioritized Safety: Specially designed high-pressure valve system
- Quality Assurance: Regular cylinder inspections ensure optimal performance

Implementation Strategy:
1. Franchise Model: Low-cost franchises offered to qualified partners for SWAP N' GO centers
2. Financial Partnerships: Collaboration with microfinance institutions to provide 12-month loans for vehicle retrofitting
3. Revenue Streams:
- Sale and retrofitting of vehicles
- Distribution of conversion kits
- Commissions from partner conversion hubs
- Fixed daily commissions based on cylinder swaps (tracked via real-time app monitoring)

Key Challenge:
Navigating the CNG industry's established network, particularly securing an alliance with NIPCO, the current leader in CNG distribution.

Investment Opportunity:
I seek a strategic partner with:
- Robust network capacity
- Financial resources to bring this project to fruition

Offering:
- I will make available the novel design of the Pressure Valve and also review the business model and strategy
- Opportunity for majority ownership | I am not resident here, will require 10 – 20% stake in the business in return for Consultancy role in the project.
- Negotiable upfront buyout option of the 80% - 90% stake.

For serious inquiries and to discuss this opportunity further, please contact:
[pmchuks(at)gmail(dot)com]

[b]Disclaimer: [/b]This document is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a formal offer or guarantee of business performance.

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CHURCH LIVE-STREAMING SOLUTION [NEW IDEA]

Definition of Problem:
- A good number of Churches now stream via Facebook live, majority just have a mobile phone on a tripod since buying a professional video camera is pretty expensive. This approach is limited in that: the sound quality isn't the best, as it picks the sound directly from the phone, also you can not have more than one camera for the capture (can't switch between two or more camera/video sources, and finally you cannot have real-time text display on the screen.

Solution:
- I came up with with a concept that will allow Churches, using their existing system (mobile phone on tripod) - can use upto three tripods with mobile phones as camera.

- This solution will be able to relay the video coverage on each mobile phone connected to it's network to a CMS. From the CMS, the administrator can switch from one video to the other, add text overlay, connect the sound from the Church Mixer or amp via a jack and stream to Facebook.

Revenue Forecast
- Let's assume we could sell this solution to a 10,000 paying a monthly subscription as low as NGN2000 = monthly we would be doing NGN20M.

Looking at the number of Churches even across Africa and need to come to par with others, this number is even modest.

Note, not just churches would need it - any livestream event organizer, who wants to go a low cost approach (some mobile phones camera can do just good), will buy into it too.

I will stop here for today - let me have your queries.

Email pmchuks(at)gmail(dot)com.

My email is in the above article.

"MONEY FOR SALE" - pretty, funny headline right!

I have so trained my mind to see value offering/business possibilities in every situation, better still it's GRACE!! (before I continue with what I want to share, if you need someone to help with insight on how to get your business projects to life - sales, marketing and business development, I am the right person to talk to, sure would have a solution for you).

Let's GO...

I visited one of the main markets in Ghana, Accra (Accra Market) with my wife. In the section where they sell clothes - particular female wares, you could see a lot of people visiting these stores, asking them if they have a particular dress, and would show the seller the picture of the clothing using their phones.

Sometimes, an average buyer can work from one line of stores to the other, before she gets the dress he or she is looking for. My wife wasn’t left out in this trend, she usually screenshots dresses she sees on Facebook, Instagram etc. and posts on her Whatsapp status as clothes for sale, she will take orders from interested persons, then weekend head to this Accra market, moving from store to store in search of stores having the said dress at the right price. Hundred of people do the same just like my wife as these items are sold significantly lower in Accra market than the boutiques.

Here comes the IDEA!

Can't we save these retailers like my wife and many others the headache of having to visit the market, move from store to store in search of what you want, even help others whose job engagement won't permit visiting such market, though wished they could as items there are cheaper?

The IDEA! Build an app or a mobile-friendly website that will list these stores on the platform and also allow "buyers," retailers like my wife and others, post in pictures of the dress or any fashion ware they need to the pool of listed stores, those stores that have such dress will then be connected to the buyers. Hence within 15 - 45 mins depending on the speed of response by the sellers, a buyer can find what he or she is looking for.

For a start, the application/site can start with fashion wares - clothing, bags, shoes, jewelries etc.

The application can make money deploying different models
1. Free registration of sellers - but you can have a categoryy where some sellers will be prioritized, first contacted when selling leads/inquiries from buyers
2. Earn a commission on any sale brokered. In this case, the application would also serve as escrow/broker between the two parties - releases money to the seller once the buyer confirms receipt, and pay the same to the seller.
3. Offer delivery services (using bikes, to aggregate orders completed per day and deliver)

Let’s do some maths here, monthly revenue estimation –
Assuming, we decide to handle just the delivery side of this business opportunity
- Assuming we are doing an average of 200 orders per day (it’s a big market), if we even decide to outsource the delivery, but have an amount factored in the delivery as our commission. In Ghana, any average delivery cost is GHC30, let’s say GHC5 is our profit per order, so daily we are looking at GHC5 x 200 = GHC1000, in a month that will be GHC30,000, which is about NGN2.5Million monthly.

With a good developer and astute marketing and advertising, this business can come alive with a modest budget and a very scalable.
If you are interested either as an app developer or an investor – you can shoot me an email pmchuks(at)gmail(dot)com
PS: I have also developed an idea to help tackle the issue of kidnapping and missing persons, it’s GPS based solution, but would need an investor with both political (strong network in government) and financial power. For this very project, I already have a seasoned Developer and AI expert working with me, a few more programmers to join later but most importantly we need a very buoyant investor with a strong political network in Nigeria.

Hey friend… I know if I am not alone in this…

Whenever I have a financial target, let’s see I am looking at generating 900k in a month, this how I go about it.

I will think, how many people do I need to sell to at the NGN5000 per to hit 900k per month. The answer is simply 180 people
The next stage, is what value can I offer that will make at least 180 people to be wiling to offer me NGN5000 each, repeatedly if possible.

Truth be told, for one to build a sustainable business, you don’t only need to raise 180 persons that will give you the said amount, what is key is being able to make them buy consistently, in that way the idea/business is sustainable.

This brings us to the topic – the Ultimate Business Idea.


Know this, every business function for the sole purpose of meeting the need of man and all that resolves round man. Human is at the center piece of any lasting business venture.

I found out that every sustainable business is built round the characteristics of living things which we learnt back then in school. Oh, you have forgotten (LOL) – MR NIGER. The acronym “MR NIGER” guess you might have heard it in your Junior Secondary School Integrated Science Class, it’s the bedrock of building a sustainable business.

In Lagos, I will always say that one business that will always boom even with the poorest of customer care/relations is TRANSPORTATION. Why? It’s a core characteristic of human, which is MOVEMENT. In Lagos, demand overly outweigh supply. Here is a simply illustration I have put together.

M – Movement: It’s our nature to move, we are programed to move, hence transportation business anyday is a great one. As a business minded person, your thought would be how do I enhance this characteristic – the value chain is huge. To make my writeup very brief, will dissect this, bring out opportunities you can take up

To monetize this characteristic of man, MOVEMENT – we have
- Manufacturing: Producing transportation vehicles – Road, Air, and Sea. This is capital intensive, let’s explore lower capital but profitability opportunities that are yet untapped.
- Service
o Transport Companies
 Passengers, Cargo, Hailing Services etc.

Let’s explore BIG IDEA around transportation.


Bus Hailing Business: Transportation business in Lagos is massive, though Government Policies poses a bit of challenge. It has been announced that the yellow buses will be phased out, but when this will be realistic is another story. We have the likes of Hubryde, Shuttlers, PlentyWaka and others playing in this space – Bus hailing, but my concept of Bus Hailing differs from these, a model that leverages on the what’s already on ground.

Here is my idea of an ideal Hailing Bus model that will hit the ground running in no time, mass acceptance and return on investment.
- Launch a campaign called SANE LAGOS
- Pally key guys at the Lagos NURTW to be stake holders in this initiative

o SANE LAGOS INITIATIVE objective is to mobilize investors to have a typical Lagos Yellow Bus upgraded
 Remodel the car, maintain same colour
 Seats redesigned for comfort, with charging ports for mobile phones
 Air condition system.
 Mate/Conductor Dock at the door way (thought of taking this off using a motorized door, but the Conductor would also be needed to monitor the payment verification device).
 Camera System and GPS tracking

- User experience

 Won’t use an app but rather a Whatsapp BOT. All you need would be just Whatsapp.


• Hence using whatsapp, you indicate your pickup Bus Stop and time, the BOT will respond to you with the details of the bus assigned to you and the targeted arrival time. If you are fine, go ahead and confirm. An access ID will be generated. You are expected to be at the Bus Stop on or before the target arrival time (there would be some sort of penalty for delays and cancellation).

• When the Bus arrives at your selected Bus Stop, kindly enter the access ID Code, note, the access ID can only be used on the Bus assigned to you. Once the access code is successful at the point of entry, fee is deducted from your eWallet. This would be supervised by the conductor.

Let me wrap up here for today.

It might surprise you to note, that I never thought about this Bus Hailing service, not until now while thinking through big idea around “MOVEMENT – being a characteristic of man. If you have the network and financial wherewithal we can connect and see how I can assist from a product and business development perspective, or reach out if you are in-look out for concept or model to drive an initiative or product or project.

I am exceptionally creative – let’s connect if you have any project/product you desire to take to optimize for success, would gladly offer your great value.

We can connect on LinkedIn here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chucks-constantine-eghebi-221aa035/ You can also shoot me an email gospelchuks[at]gmail.com