As a student that I am, having a source of income while studying has been my goal that's why I have been sourcing different business ideas in which one can engage in before the universities are called in for resumption.
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In the part 1 of this publication the business idea I thought of was a laundry service which I got some pretty replies. You can read them here. So, today I would share another business idea that is going through my mind.
BECOMING AN ONLINE SALES MARCHANT
I believe this is very common among student and I used to have a friend back then when I was in a polytechnic who business partnered with a shoe dealer to supply him shoes while he sells it for us while in school.
This idea looks like an interesting one, as I can even also do something alike because I have a friend who sells shoes and sanders. All I just need to do is to feed the pictures to my social media online for those interested in what I have on sales and hopefully from there I can begin making one or two sales.
Asides that, I believe I can still order for items from online sites to later sell off. I know of online sites that sales good products like banggood, wish, alibaba, and the likes. I don't want to mention the likes of Amazon and ebay as the print of shipping the items over their site to my country in Nigeria always end up being two times the product price.
This kind of business surely do have its advantages and disadvantages which I don't totally know much of yet but what I know is I would be faced with the task of building trust between customers and trying to build an online presence.
Moreover, I have come to realize that I do not necessary need to have the good at hand before I place it up for sale as I only need to tag the item as sale on pre-order. I think that would help me alot concerning items that people want and I don't have at hand.
I know that in this kind of business, I should also thinking about having a delivery agent or service that can help in delivering this goods as I can be very busy with my school activities to be making the deliveries myself.
Now, my simple question is, what do you think about this business? Do you have any experience on it and do you know the advantages and disadvantages? If yes, I would love you to share your experience and thoughts on this 🙂
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