Importing from China to Sell Online in Nigeria

 If you are an online business person, you might be asking yourself how you can import from China and sell online in Nigeria.

This is an important question especially in this digital era where your online marketing is taking root.

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To assist you with this here is at the steps you can follow to import your goods from China and sell them Online.

1) Register your business

You need to operate within the laws of Nigeria, as such, the first step involves registering your business.

For this to happen, you will need to have a business name.

The government authorities will issue you with the necessary permits for you to start your operations

2) Choose your product

You will have to identify which product you want to import from China.

Depending on your market niche, there are different products that you can select.

You need to select goods that are unique and in high demand in Nigeria.

This will reduce your inventory cost and help you increase your profit margin.

3) Source for manufacturers and suppliers of your goods

After identifying a product, you can now go ahead and source for suppliers for your product.

There are several ways you can achieve this including online marketplaces or using a sourcing agent.

You can also visit the manufactures in China.

Whichever the method you choose, you need to be sure of the quality of your goods.

4) Negotiation

Once you have your supplier, you can negotiate with your supplier concerning your product details.

This can be regarding cost, MOQ or the delivery time for your goods.

The purpose of doing this is so that you can get favorable trading terms for your goods.

You can negotiate either directly or through your sourcing agents.

5) Have an online platform

You can now engage in an online platform where you will sell your goods.

There are two ways you can do this.

First, you can engage well established online platforms like Jumia or Alibaba to sell your product.

By choosing this, it minimizes your online cost.

The other way is by you establishing your online platform where you can engage your clients.

This process may involve the cost of you establishing the platform.

6) Marketing

No business can succeed without marketing itself.

As such, you need to attract customers through creating awareness of the products that you are selling as well as where they can find your products.

There are several ways you can achieve this including traditional methods like one on one basis.

You can also choose an online platform to create awareness of your product.

Whichever method that you pick needs to translate into sales at the end of the day.

7) Selling your product

Clients will be attracted to your products, and they will want to buy.

It is up to you to select a preferred method of selling your products.

For instance, you can select pay on delivery where you deliver the product, and the client pays you.

The method of selling your product needs to be secure both for you and your client.

8) After sales service

Your relationship with your customers need not to end once you have sold them your products.

You can offer after sales service such as a warranty for the products.

By doing this, your customers will be satisfied with you and even refer more customers to your platform.