₦airaland Forum

Kendumazy:
Go to balogun and get the product well packaged but when it comes to very unique items, you can think of getting them from China. You can contact me on whatsapp 09090287555. I will give you a little tips. All the very best.

Thank you so much

I want to open an online store where I would be selling clothes, shoes, bags, cosmetics, and female jewelries. I am torn between importing from China or getting from Balogun market.

From my research there are big importers in the market that will give me at good prices and I can confirm the quality before I pay. The online store is going to be a standard one with a website and everything set up. Do you advise I import or I source locally to ensure quality.

The reason I am shying away from importing is because I won’t have control over the quality, if I order via 1688, what if they get here and they aren’t what I expected? For a start up store, quality has to be top notch. I’m kind of confused.

To the big players already in the market and have years of experience, what would you advice?

Good morning guys. So I have been putting somethings together as I will be launching my business soon and I would love to have an E-commerce store. I noticed that on Instagram, most stores will tell you to DM to purchase or Send a WhatsApp message to purchase. Only a few of them have websites and even at that, they still have the option of WhatsApp and DM to purchase which I think isn’t professional and it’s stressful due to the fact that you have to always be online to take orders and reply inquiries. From lil research, an average Nigerian would prefer to buy via DM or WhatsApp than to navigate through a website. Purchasing on a website screams stress and long process to many, and if you don’t have a way of taking orders via DMs, you will lose customers to competitors that make taking orders “easy”

For my business, I am actually indifferent, Though I would like to have a website so I can take orders and make money 24/7 without someone being there online to reply before I make money.
Why do you guys think Nigerians don’t like purchasing on websites? What can I as a new business owner do to keep things professional and at the same time provide ease of payment to my customers.

(I peeped on some websites that one could pay through direct bank transfer if the normal credit card payment isn’t going through or you don’t want to reveal your card details. Does anyone know how that works?

Chrisbella24:
So yesterday, my client asked me to source some wears from the popular Yaba and Idumota Market.

I got to the bus stop by 8:30 am and waited for over 1hr because there was no bus. I couldn't wait any longer so I had to trek to yaba Market.

I got to Yaba Phase 1 and I was like What!?
I wasn't really expecting a few people on the road but the crowd I saw ehn? Wait! I was expecting a little bit of social distancing but where is it?
I'm sorry but I didn't find any Social distancing.

Zero facemasks!
I only saw Jaw mask Lol!
Looked like everyone was protecting their Jaw.

People hugging and shaking hands everywhere. Close contact while talking to each other with the mask under their Jaw.

Got to the Main Yaba market and it was Times 2 of the normal market crowd. People dragging wears, hustlers dragging you to buy from them.

Again, Zero social distancing!

I couldn't do much there because the crowd was excess. Where people sef see money dey buy Cloth?

I went back to Phase 1 again and the crowd waiting for a bus was terrifying.
I'm sure you thought BRT are carrying 1person per seat?
Snap out of it! 2per seat plus small standing.

God knows I Laughed so hard when I saw this. Corona will be laughing at Us so hard too..
People were rushing the available BRT and Danfo and Heaven knows I was trying in my own way to observe Social distance so No, I didn't rush any BRT.

Guess the price from Yaba to Idumota? 200 naira with two per sit. On a normal day, it is 50naira.

YABA In pictures...

I'll share Lagos Island soon.

Hey sis. I just mailed you and I would appreciate a response. It’s for business.

UPDATE!
He sent a message this evening(3 messages actually) and apologized. He said he’s been feeling cranky cos he misses me and he couldn’t control it. He reassured me of his love and loyalty.
I have heard but I am rounding off this business trip soon so I can go back to him. Actually, it’s not easy and I understand that. We used to see like almost every day, spend time together all the time so I believe my absence was hard on him but he could have handled it better though.
Thanks to everyone for the comments, words of encouragement and advise.

Clinghton:
You shouldn't try to make things work, if you do he would lose interest in you.

Maybe he's going through mood swings, you should give him space, if he truly loves you he would come calling.

Thank you! Maybe I really should give him space

FeliciaOja:
how long have you guys been apart?

2 and half months

ojun50:
Them don dey settle am, me self see say you don smile, dat one good

For the matter wey ground never conclude yet till you return.. and mind how you go dey put words for him month.

Alright, thanks bro

Ugaboy:
Woman u are being too emotional, give him some space...he might be going through stress that he doesnt need distraction from any woman
...personally, if im going through difficult time, i prefer staying away from women, dont just conclude he is cheating on, not every men value the idea of cheating on a woman, irrespective the advances they recieves
...make sure u still keep in touch with, like regular care coversation, "hello,hi,how are u, how was ur day, wat did u had 4 d day", and close the chat, dont bug him too many questions.
...u said he loves, whatever the issue is now, he will come bak to u if he truely loves u
....stop panicking...men is not scarce, but husband

Man no scarce but if man don try for you well, you no go just comot the relationship like that until you exhaust all options. I picked something from this though, I will try and still be conversing with him and keep things civil till he comes out of this “stress” zone

FeliciaOja:
Babe it's the long distance that is causing this. That's why I swear never to do long distance relationship ever again

Same thing I have been thinking cos if I was around, he wouldn’t be doing all this. Things immediately went south when I left. Will try and conclude what I am doing here so I can go back soon

ojun50:
Dear I dey come make I go call people wey dey settle this kind matter

Abeg go call them let them come and settle this matter o

sherylbakky:
This is a period at which almost everyone is disturbed o my dear, especially with financial issues.

From what I read in ur write-up, I don't believe he's cheating, but i understand how u feel, women feel like dis wen we are at distance from our men, of which we sudnt (u don't need to love who u can't trust in d first place)

Try n be very calm and try to have a conversation with him when u notice he's calm also. He might be disturbed one way or the other. Just try n let him know how u feel and pls avoid nagging.

Proper communication alone might just be enough to put an end to dis...Just try to talk to him about it in a calm manner.

Hmm. Thank you for this

Lostz:
you said he didn't like distant relationship so what other advice do you need?

For a long time we were together, we’ve only been apart for two months and I really donno why he can’t get it together since all this lockdown and shii is only going to be for a while. Guys ehn. Nawa for una

Laryne:
Hope you are not referring to me indirectly. I did that to someone I was no longer interested in way back.

But why not tell her directly you were no longer interested? Why all the drama?

Good evening guys. Please I could use some advice right now cos I am honestly confused.
I love my man so much and we have been together for a couple of months. Before I agreed to be in a relationship with him, it took a lot of convincing from him cos we don’t share the same faith. I later agreed and in the beginning he used to treat me like an egg, he would go above and beyond to see me satisfied but now? He’s changed.
We are not together now cos I travelled to another state for business, we’ve been apart for like 2 months and a half due to the lockdown delaying what I came to this state for. So ever since I travelled, he has been acting distant. Our conversations got shorter, he wouldn’t chat with me for long and when he does, it seems like I am the only one trying to sustain the conversation or make it interesting. If I don’t make an effort to make our conversations fun, it would be boring. No effort at all from him. I told him about this like three times already and he said he would change. Could it be that someone else is distracting him over there? Or he’s getting tired of being away from me? I know for a fact he doesn’t like distant relationships but all this distance is not my fault but the pandemic.
Secondly, he is now so rude and has suddenly developed this I don’t care attitude. He speaks to me anyhow, today he legit told me I asked a stupid question when I asked him about something. He didn’t directly call me stupid but he said I asked him a stupid question and that I should have known already without asking him. I actually knew but I needed clarity. He sounded so irritated and angry over a little thing.
He has clearly lost his respect for me, even when I try and spice the conversations up, he just replies with monosyllables and short words. I accused him of cheating when all this rubbish started but he swore to me that no, he can never do that. He would rather break up if he’s tired and he’s not tired, that he loves me.
Now, how can I make him respect me more? He snaps at me over every little thing these days. Should I ignore him? I have tried that but he hates me ignoring him. Should I start distancing myself too? Or reducing the way I talk to him? Should I start replying with short words too? What should I do to bring him back? I can’t travel to our state now( where we both live) and I really love him, I don’t want to lose him.