The Dream Of An African Common Man

Youdjeu Yues, an African common man with 1 meter height body, when he lifted his dreamy LEADDER luxury speaker, we saw his brilliant smile and a pair of glittering proud and confident eyes -- he seemed to lift the world. Yes, after paid the last payment, he finally got his wish, could enjoy the nice music and good time of listening SP-571 speaker in the leisure time.

He was so obsessed with the LEADER brand and SP-571 speaker.

However, when he owned it, we did not know how much effort behind his joy, how much sweat he drip.

Uninvited Guest

One day in November, Amanbo Cameroon Operation Center was busy as usual. Near Christmas, the orders increased a lot, everyone was like a tight-wound spring, desperately running.

No one noticed that an "uninvited guest" had quietly walked in.

"I want this speaker!" Loud and firm voice came from next to the product display frame.

Mike, a staff of Amabo Cameroon Operation Center, stopped doing his work, looked at the product display frame, and found a “child” wearing a red cap was fixedly looking at the hot sell speaker—the SP-571 model of local famous home appliance brand LEADDER.

Mike walked to there and carefully looked at the “child”, his height was about 1 meter, wearing a red T-shirt and a faded black trousers, the trousers were cut more than half, short and thin legs were not match the upper body, the left hand also clasped a few pairs of woman shoes. According to Mike’s years of working experience in Cameroon, the person standing in front of him is not a child, but a dwarf patient who is a young man, and a street hawker.

"It is really cool! Isn’t it?" He was breathing heavily, but still looked at the SP-571.

"I've fallen in love with it since I first saw it at a client's house." He turned slowly and looked at Mike and continued, "I've been here twice before. It 's a bit too expensive for me to afford. "

Mike faintly remembered that someone who looks like a child came here half a month ago, but he was too busy, and did not notice him. And the price of SP-571 is too expensive, according to Cameroon's economic capital Douala's current wage level, almost equivalent to an ordinary employee a month's salary, can be described as a luxury speaker.

"You have a good taste, sir, this is our hot sell product, the sound effect of the speaker is very nice, but the price is indeed too expensive." Mike replied.

"I believe the quality of LEADER, I have seen a lot of people use the products of this brand." He paused, lowered his head, put the shoes in the right hand, and wiped his forehead sweat.

He looked up again, with the pleading eyes to look at Mike: "I do not have enough money, but I have a plan, I do not know whether you can accept it." Then, he told his plan to Mike that he will use a month time, through the weekly "installment" approach to take the SP-571 home.

Mike reported this situation to the head of Amanbo Cameroon Operation Center, after simply discussion, in view of his loyalty to LEADDER brand, agreed to his plan.

Got a positive answer, his face finally had a smile and said: "That’s really great. Thank you very much. I'm going to have my LEADDER SP-571! "

Love At The First Sight

On the 20-meter-wide Akwa Street, the endless people and vehicles to witness the city's prosperity. Every morning, Youdjeu Yues and most of the hawkers here, holding the newly purchased shoes to begin the daily street selling.

The height of Cameroonian is generally high, but he is a special case. Suffering the dwarfism, only 1 meter high, he shuttles every day in the Akwa Street, due to his height, it is hard to find him in the huge crowds of people. However, he does not give up the desire for a better life, he stands on tiptoe, looks up, raises his voice, and do everything can attract the attention of every woman on the street, and then lifts the shoes: "Beautiful lady, you see, what is a pretty pair of shoes, if you wear in your feet must be very perfect!" He tries to sell each pair of shoes. Each sold a pair of shoes, he can earn 200-300 FCFA (about 2-3 yuan), the maximum can earn up to 500 FCFA.

He repeats this work day after day.

One day, when he was selling shoes to a boss, he was attracted by the music of the shop, he never heard such a perfect sound quality, the familiar song was performed such exquisite and touching. He stopped and closed his eyes and listened in silence.

As the song ended, he was deeply in love with this speaker, and quickly asked the boss where can buy this speaker. Learned that it is the famous local brand LEADDER SP-571 speaker suite, he made a decision that one day must have a set of SP-571.

He went to Amanbo exhibition hall, quietly found the SP-571, carefully looked for a while, and then quietly left. To buy such an expensive luxury speaker, it is not easy. Its price as high as tens of thousands of FCFA -- it is his maximum monthly income.

Every night, Youdjeu Yues drags his exhausted body back home, he thinks that how can he have the dream SP-571?

One day in October, he once again came to the Amanbo exhibition hall, went straight to the front of the shelf, and lifted the head quietly watching the SP-571, the more he looked the more he loved, could not help but stand on tiptoe to gently touch the SP-571.

That night, he dreamed he enjoyed the music of SP-571 and danced happily, this moment, he felt he was the happiest person in the world.

A Dream Come True

On the 20-meter-wide Akwa street, 1-meter-high Youdjeu Yues is so small, as if to be forgotten by the world.

"Beautiful lady, you see, what a pretty pair of shoes, if you wear in your feet must be very perfect!”

Each customer’s stop and bow are the greatest praises for him against his fate.

One afternoon in November, he had a good idea of buying his dream LEADDER SP-571 when he inadvertently heard the chat of passers-by. Immediately, he excitedly went straight to Amanbo Cameroon Operation Center.

"I want this speaker!"

Youdjeu Yues went out the Amanbo Cameroon Operation Center with a bright smile, he silently set a goal that every day should sell double shoes than ever!

The next few weeks, Youdjeu Yues would find time to go to Amanbo Cameroon Operation Center every week, and give more than ten thousand FCFA to Mike. After that, he would immediately put down the shoes in his hands, turn to SP-571, quietly look and gently touch it. Whenever this time, Mike would take out a prototype to play a few songs, let him enjoy the music of SP-571.

Then he hurried into Akwa Street again, drowned by the vast sea of people.

However, his shouting voice was louder one after another.


"Beautiful lady, you see, what a pretty pair of shoes, if you wear in your feet must be very perfect!”

Can not find the products you want, how to do?

If you want to buy something online, but the search results are not found related products. Therefore, this article will tell you how to solve this problem.

In general, when the buyer can not find the relevant product will be possible to ask the customer service. However, you may get the reply may be "Dear customer, we do not sell the relevant products you want."

Although the customer service told you did not find the product, you still want to buy, how should you do? Here I suggest two kinds of reliable methods to you.

Suggestions

1. You can publish the buying leads. Write clearly what product you want, quantity, price range, purchase period, product specifications, color, size, etc., it is best to attach product images. After that, waiting for the supplier to contact you. Click here to know how to post buying leads.

2. To contact the staff and ask them to help you to find the suppliers.

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The more you buy, the more rewards you get! Single orders over one million can get great rewards, the VR, HD DVD, mobile phones, speakers, earphones, fans and other mysterious great gifts are waiting for you! Don't miss this chance!Come on now!

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How to find a supplier in China

Suppose you come up with a product idea or think you have market channels for certain products, and you want to find a supplier in China because of the low product development cost and low production cost there. If you Google the product name or concept, you will find tons of China suppliers/manufacturers. However, you still think you have not got one, because you want to find a capable and reliable one that would satisfy your specific needs and have a strong desire to do business with you. Many people get frustrated because they have been communicating with suppliers in China for months, but fail to move forward. The reason, most likely, is that they did not find the suitable one at the beginning. To successfully find a suitable China supplier, you need a strategy. This strategy will consist of awareness, knowledge and a good amount of homework. Below are some practical steps to find a suitable Chinese supplier for you.

1.Understand what you need. You need to first know what is available and have a way to categorize the information. Here are some categories to help you think about Chinese suppliers: manufacturer vs. 3rd-party supplier; Big corporation vs. small family-owned; 3rd-party supplier with in-house product development capability vs. 3rd-party supplier that just buys-in and sells-out; vertically integrated manufacturer vs. assembly-based manufacturer; etc. Properly categorizing the suppliers will help you understand what you need. For example, if you need to import products in a narrow range, you may choose a manufacturer other than a 3rd-party supplier. If you are a small business and need dedicated attention, you may want to develop a good relationship with a small family-owned business.

2.Do some preliminary Internet research to further develop your category system towards your specific needs. Create a data table to help you record the search result, so the job can be done more efficiently and effectively. The table should include columns like company name, contact information, business scale and scope, category check boxes (important), and notes.

3.Use search engines to search information related to your product name. The first 100 results would be the most relevant websites related to the product of your concern. You can also find your competitors' information and develop a better sense of market segment and marketing channels.

4.Use trustworthy B2B websites like Amanbo.com or popular business directory websites to obtain very structured information for Chinese suppliers. Famous B2B websites providing valid information of hundreds of thousands of suppliers are great choices. Be sure to use local ones, such as Amanbo.com, bossgoo.com, made-in-china.com, as you can contact Chinese suppliers on these websites and get quick responses. The directory websites are also excellent resources to obtain industrial knowledge.

5.Narrow down the list of suppliers you want to work with to a manageable amount. At this stage, you may already know what your real needs are and what is available. Initiate contact with the suppliers you want to work with, and further develop relationships with them. Eventually, you will find the one. The process can be a fun and friendly experience.

6.Find a Chinese local business to help you. The local men know how to check the supplier, some special business manner is unknown by the foreign ones, once you have a local guide, all your business work will be easy.

How to find Chinese distributors

It is not easy for Kenyan exporters to find proper China distributors. The reason is, unlike China suppliers, China distributors do not promote their business in the Africa. Therefore they are mostly unknown to Kenyan companies. However, there are cost-effective ways to find many potential distributors in China to sell your products. Before you set up to physically go to China, you should conduct sufficient research and connection, so that your costly visit could be very productive. It is highly recommended to use Amanbo platform resources.

1.Search online to get general idea of the market situation and distributors in China for products that are similar to yours. 

China distributors of course focus their attention on China market. So they normally do not have website or web listing information in English. Therefore you need to have an informed person who understand Chinese to help you.

2.Contact US Embassy in Beijing or Consulate Generals in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, and Shengyang for assistance. 

These agencies could give you lists of reputable distributors in China, with company and contact information.

3.Record your findings using a data table, so that you could better manage the vast information you obtained. The data table would include columns like distributor’s name, company information, products range, market channels and industrial applications, and notes.

4.Analyze the information you have and initiate the contact with your interested distributors. You may directly send email or fax to the distributor in English, because you may like your target partner to have some one speak English in daily communication.

5.Develop relationship with the potential distributors of your interest.

6.Visit the distributors in China and finalize the cooperation agreement. The best time to visit your distributors in China is during relevant trade shows or relevant industrial conventions, seminars or workshops. Join US governments’ trade missions to China is excellent opportunity for establishing relationship with China distributors, because, by accompany government officials to visit China, you obtain high credibility with China companies.

The following is a successful case, now still attracted to join ADP (Amanbo Distribution Partner), maybe you can get inspired:

ADP Introduction:

Amanbo welcome retailers to join in ADP to buy wholesale online. All products are stored and will be despatched from Kenyan warehouse. No need to wait for 2 months shipment on buying cheap products from China. Amanbo ADP can enjoy rights and service general users do not enjoy. 

Highlight:

1,Kenya spot wholesale ,Factory supply directly;Ensure delivery of quick and convenient.

2,Safety payment: Establish a branch in Kenya, accept direct payment and pick up the goods directly, eliminating shipping date for 2 months.

3, Quick response logistics services and after-sale service;

How to Buy Wholesale from China

  Whatever type of business you are in, there will always be competitors. As a business owner, you’ll definitely be happier when your business is on top of others. But you’re also worried when others are getting their way up to your position.

  

Competitors employ different strategies in wholesale from china. When you notice a competitor selling the same items at prices less expensive than yours, your competitor will definitely be on top of every customer’s list. This has been made possible because your competitor has obtained a good wholesale price from china. Through this, both of the competitor’s sales and profits will increase.

  If you’re a new seller, making wholesale orders may not seem like an advantage at your end. Large investments are needed which might make you hesitant. However, if you can do it, then give it a try. Doing so will really increase your sales since taking on massive orders is actually cheaper. This should be your goal. When you say massive orders, you will usually be buying in bulk costing over $1,000. Buying single items which sell at approximately $100 is not good at all. Your $1,000 is not actually a bulk order. Plus, you don’t even get the best wholesale price at all. But if you can get an item at $4 each, then $1,000 is already worth it to get a good arrangement.

Steps:

1,Connect with suppliers

  Top sellers don’t just get the best wholesale prices overnight. Instead, they work hard for it. Aside from obtaining massive orders, top sellers also connect with their suppliers. First time sellers should really do this as a good relationship between the seller and supplier is really an important element in any business. As a new seller, it’s best that you call them frequently. Discuss about new products and your future plans. By doing so, they can see that you really are interested in building and upholding a relationship with them, whether at present or in the future.

  

ü    No matter how small or meager the amount is, nearly all suppliers still give high regard for your business. 99% of online retailers started out like these. They started out with a smaller amount and eventually got bigger and bigger in business while retaining their loyal customers. In turn, suppliers will also try their best to know you and keep you happy as much as possible so you will keep them as your suppliers in the future. As much as possible, both you and your suppliers have to be able to rely on each other. Whatever actions they show you, you must take these into consideration. When they give time for you, make the most of it by telling about yourself, you family and your future plans for your business. These actions and other means to get to know each other is actually very important so both you and your suppliers will uphold a good relationship in the near future.

ü   Out of the ordinary treatment for overseas suppliers. In dealing with overseas suppliers, language can be your hindrance from getting acquainted and making friends with them. However, you should never give up. Instead, you should try even harder to make friends with them by giving an out of the ordinary treatment. You could send your supplier with local treats that are unique only to your country. Include also written information tackling about you and your business. This is a better idea since non-native speakers find it easier to read than talk.

ü   It’s highly recommend that Amanbo is a famous online B2B wholesale platform from china,not only focus on Africa trading,but also do business worldwide,5000 goods,100+ suppliers,70000+ active user all trust amanbo,they promise you will save purchasing cost 5%-10%,5 branch office and sample rooms in Africa(including Kenya, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Togo, Egypt),Starting online wholesale shop is completely free!

2.Prepare a few things. You need money because buying from manufacturers entail buying in huge bulk or approximately 1,000 units per order. Since you’ll be taking on massive orders, you also have to prepare a storage unit, transportation and an arranged shipment as well.

Tips:

Ø  Here’s one important tip for negotiations. If you have a business partner, let him do the negotiations for you. It’s better to have someone else negotiate for getting the best price instead of the person who’s trying to build a relationship with the manufacturer. On the other hand, manufacturers also have an employee tasked to do this job for them.

Ø  Be mindful of the costs and benefits of using an import agent to buy wholesale from China vs finding and building a relationship with the supplier on your own. An import agent will handle the hassles of finding a supplier and working with them for you on a commission basis, but this leaves you with less control over the import process and no direct communication with the supplier. This may be an issue when you are working to develop new products or change existing designs.

Warnings:

  Make sure you verify the identity of suppliers in China to ensure you are not dealing with scam artists. Choose well-known trading platform,like Amanbo,made in china,etc,Verification techniques include requesting to view government registration documents and checking to see whether the phone number provided from the supplier is registered in the same area where they claim their factory is located.

Two online shopping giants in kenya Amanbo & Jumia

  The convenience and speed of shopping online is rapidly changing the buying mentality of the more than 35 million Kenyans with access to the internet.

  They both claim to be the largest ecommerce platform in Nigeria and Africa — even though they won’t make their sales figures publicly available so it could be made easier for those who are interested in comparing their services to do so. This means the only thing that can be legally done is to determine which of them offers the best service delivery.

  And since no one else would do it, I decided to order stuff from both platforms and compared the experience. To really get an accurate result, it would make more sense to order from outside  since both Jumia and Amanbo have lots of logistics in place in the city. As a matter of fact, they have more pick-up points and vehicles (and motorcycles) and other logistical structures in Nairobi than anywhere else in the country. So I decided to order from Nairobi, a historic kenya city that is about 120 kilometers away from it

Amanbo’s homepage sees a whole Yellow ocean

  From Amanbo,I chose to pick up the ordered goods at its office in the city,while on jumia I decided to use the home-delivery service

Turnaround Time

  Coincidentally they both delivered after two working days, which was a great improvement considering the fact that about one year ago, orders made outside Nairobi often took at least five working days before they were delivered.

  Likewise, there used to be restrictions to the Cash on Delivery service — which saw customers paying for the products at the point of delivery — offered by both platforms. The offer started in Nairobi, but has gradually extended to other parts of the country.

Jumia’s front page sticks to familiarity

  Jumia is also doing the same by opening small warehouses in major locations across the nation. With this strategy, both companies are able to deliver promptly.

Minor Things That Truly Matter

  On the surface, there is not much difference between the models of both ecommerce platforms and it is not surprising to note they continue to win awards and recognition. However, taking a closer look at the minor issues that are often overlooked reveals there is a very wide margin in terms of customer experience on both platforms.

  When the orders were made on both platforms, each of them gave a link that allowed the order to be tracked. While Amanbo’s link worked – and still works more than a week after the order was delivered, the one from Jumia led nowhere.

  To Jumia’s credit however, they have a very prompt customer-care service that responded to my email inquiry about my order within 10 minutes and the agent was able to give useful information I would have gotten if the “track order” link had worked.

  I ordered on Amanbo first and I didn’t get called by anyone to confirm my order, which was why I was shocked when a call center agent from Jumia called to confirm my order. She didn’t just stop with “I just want to confirm you ordered stuff from Jumia”, but went on to list all the stuff I ordered even though I was receiving the call hands-free. She wasn’t discrete and it actually got embarrassing when I could hear voices in the background.

  “These people have no idea about discrete marketing whatsoever and thank God I didn’t order sex toys,” was what I said when she yelled out a female product I ordered for my girlfriend. She didn’t stop there as she also attempted to talk me into buying several other things. The company really hired good marketers.

Delivery

  When I saw that my order had arrived in the city via the tracking service on Amanbo, I knew the delivery guy would be at my doorstep on that day so I had to keep a flexible schedule to ensure I was around the address I gave online. He called to notify me that he would be coming over, when he got to the landmark, he also called and we met. As I was making payment, he called the next person that would be receiving an order.

  For Jumia, however, all I got were two text messages with two different order numbers and phone numbers to call to pick my stuff up. No address to visit. I began to wonder why the order numbers were different and why hadn’t anyone from the company called to inform me about the arrival of the order? This call was more important than the one for the confirmation of order.

  But I also experienced how the company’s return policy works  seamlessly, without giving customers headaches; I was also approached by a guy who said he could get me some amazing discounts if I shopped a lot on the platform. Post-delivery, I got an email from Amanbo thanking me for shopping on the platform, and nothing from Jumia, apart from an email asking me to assess its call-center agent.

The Verdict

  Last year when I spoke to Jumia’s Jérémy Doutté at the company’s mega-warehouse in Nairobi, he told me the company was managing over 90% of its operations in Nigeria all by itself. This is a Herculean task considering that you’re dealing with a country as huge as Nigeria. But he told me the company would remain committed to enhancing and improving customer satisfaction. This could be much easily achieved by leveraging on already existing infrastructure owned by Nigeria’s largest telecoms company, MTN ,which is a Jumia investor and partner.

  It is quite amazing and impressive to note how both companies have taken ecommerce in Nigeria to new heights. My experience with reps of both companies showed business is really good and the fact that several products they are selling are much cheaper than those in stores indicates that online shopping is the real future.

  Before I made up my mind, I asked a Nairobi-based online shopper about his experience with both platforms. Without telling him about my experience, he said both platforms were doing great but he gets better customer service from Amanbo.