eCommerce in Nigeria for Fun and Profit

by Luminus Olumide Alabi

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eCommerce in Nigeria for Fun and Proﬁt Luminus Olumide Alabi  Happiness Engineer  @luminus

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Platform Choices Hosted Self Hosted Shopify Magento BigCommerce WooCommerce

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Why WooCommerce? • Ease of Use • Scalability • Community • Open Source • Local Payment Options • Awesome Support

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Use Cases • Fashion • Beauty Products • Hand made goods • Education • Entertainment • Bookings & Appointments • Afﬁliate Marketing • #TIA (Hustle)

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Getting Paid • Interswitch • SimplePay • VoguePay • Paga • Paystack • PayU • BACS (Bank Transfer) • Cash On Delivery

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Delivering the Goods • Free Shipping • Flat Rate • Local Pickup • KOS • Other Local Alternatives

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Get the show on the Road • Domain Name • Hosting • WordPress • Theme • WooCommerce • Free Plugins • Premium Extensions

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Resources • Tunbosun Ayinla - https://proﬁles.wordpress.org/tubiz/#content-plugins  • KOS Shipping Method - https://github.com/hoshomoh/KOS-Shipping-Method-for- Woocommerce  • WooCommerce Nigeria States - https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce- nigeria-states/  • WooCommerce speciﬁc plan on BlueHost - https://www.bluehost.com/wordpress- woocommerce  • WooCommerce Premium Extensions - https://woocommerce.com/product- category/woocommerce-extensions/ • WooCommerce Payment Gateway API - https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/ payment-gateway-api/   • WooCommerce Shipping Method API - https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/ shipping-method-api/

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Resources contd. • AffiliateShop - http://affiliateshop.com.ng/   • Jumia Affiliate Shop Example - http://deal9ja.com/   • Top Websites in Nigeria using WooCommerce - https:// index.woorank.com/en/reviews?country=ng&technology=woocommerce  