Top 5 Online Selling Platforms & Sites in Nigeria

Hello there, budding entrepreneur!

So, you’ve made up your mind to start selling online. Hurray! After deciding what to sell online, the next step in starting an online business is to decide where you’re going to put up your products to sell. Most small businesses typically start with social media, but it’s also very important to expand your options to online selling platforms and websites, to increase your business’s visibility and also, of course, increase the channels where you can get more customers.

This guide goes into the world of e-commerce, online selling platforms and websites, and we’ve selected the top 5 ones you should consider when you’re looking to expand your business into the space of online selling.

Zylag

Type: Business website, multiple business growth & operations features.

How to Sell with Zylag

1. Visit or the Zylag website or Download the Zylag app on the App Store or Play Store.
2. Signup with all your correct information.
3. Upload your products to your website from your Zylag  app.
4. Copy your website URL and start sharing and selling!

 

Jumia

Where Zylag provides you with your own e-commerce website to sell your products on, Jumia is one of the largest e-commerce online marketplaces to sell your products online. Jumia lets small businesses sell their goods online with ease and swiftly and is one of the Nigerian online shopping sites with the highest traffic.

On Jumia, different listed categories cater to different products that people sell online, and when you create your account and list your products, you’ll be grouped into one of these categories based on what you sell. Numerous shoppers who then land on Jumia looking to buy what you sell can place an order for your product. When this is done, Jumia prompts you about getting an order.

You can sell almost anything on Jumia, but because it’s a marketplace with thousands of other sellers like you, the competition is automatically stiff. Your account can also get delisted if you flout their rules. Lastly, getting commissions on sales may not be as swift as you would like it to be.