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Rank: Member Joined: 9/24/2010 Posts: 136 Location: Nairobi
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32" Samsung T.V @ 9999/= Four plates standing cooker @ 9999/= Tablet @ 999/= How serious are these guyz or was it a marketing strategy Making money never gets boring
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/20/2015 Posts: 489 Location: Nairobi
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Did you try buying those items? These niggas take us for fools......last year when such a thing had been hyped so badly...i was eyeing a 32inch Samsung TV that they had stated that it would be retailing at 9,999.....only for them to say the TVs had run short...almost immediately...... Its just a marketing gimmick to attract attention Enjoy every moment of your life, you never know when your time will come.
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Rank: New-farer Joined: 11/3/2015 Posts: 45 Location: Mombatha
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UpcomingPaperChaser wrote:Did you try buying those items?
These niggas take us for fools......last year when such a thing had been hyped so badly...i was eyeing a 32inch Samsung TV that they had stated that it would be retailing at 9,999.....only for them to say the TVs had run short...almost immediately......
Its just a marketing gimmick to attract attention There is no such thing as bad publicity
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/7/2007 Posts: 838
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Create traffic to their website and make loads of money from google ads. Basic math. WHO DARES WINS
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Rank: Member Joined: 10/1/2007 Posts: 232
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I tried buying a cubot phone which was retailing at 50% discount. There seemed to be an internal server error. and when I finally went through, I received an sms informing me that I should be prepared to pay "zero" shillings. So I relax... a few minutes latter, the offer expires.It indicates that the Item was sold to one person. I check out the telephone number of this person.....it was not mine....
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 6/23/2011 Posts: 1,740 Location: Nairobi
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The strange thing about Jumia is they have no idea how to handle warranty. This will kill them
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Rank: Elder Joined: 11/27/2007 Posts: 3,604
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There is no point of launching a campaign if you are not ready to sell 1,000 items at that price. African parents don't know how to say sorry.. the closest you will get to a sorry is a 'have you eaten'
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Rank: Member Joined: 10/1/2007 Posts: 232
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tmatekwa wrote:I tried buying a cubot phone which was retailing at 50% discount. There seemed to be an internal server error. and when I finally went through, I received an sms informing me that I should be prepared to pay "zero" shillings. So I relax... a few minutes latter, the offer expires.It indicates that the Item was sold to one person. I check out the telephone number of this person.....it was not mine.... Sorry! I was talking about kilimal. They too had a black friday.
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Rank: Member Joined: 5/3/2010 Posts: 145 Location: East Africa
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jumia ni malenge sana. I wish they had clearly said '10 units available for grabs'. All the black Friday offers were 'sold out in 20-30 seconds'.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 8/25/2012 Posts: 1,826
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streetwise wrote:The strange thing about Jumia is they have no idea how to handle warranty. This will kill them The say warranty is handled by the supplier or manufacturer.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 11/5/2010 Posts: 2,459
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The bile on their Facebook page is unbelievable. Seems like they blundered big time. My question is on e-commerce trend in the country.
I have never bought anything from these online merchants. But judging from the comments, it would seem customers have started the exodus from brick and mortar to online.
Could anyone in wazua please share the figures of online sales in kenya. Jumia, rupu, kilimall e.t.c.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 2/3/2012 Posts: 1,317
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Making money by False pretences 101
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/1/2012 Posts: 290
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I work for Jumia, Black Friday was real, only mistake we made is to under estimate the amount of orders we would get.
The cooker and TV were only 10 pieces each and they DID sell out within seconds.
Haya, nirushieni mawe, I'll take one (or ten) for the team.
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Rank: User Joined: 1/20/2014 Posts: 3,528
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Vallerrie wrote:I work for Jumia, Black Friday was real, only mistake we made is to under estimate the amount of orders we would get.
The cooker and TV were only 10 pieces each and they DID sell out within seconds.
Haya, nirushieni mawe, I'll take one (or ten) for the team. You underestimated the spending power of Kenyans, pole. Next one tip us off here tuwe ritho!!! Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune - Jim Rohn.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/17/2009 Posts: 3,583 Location: Kenya
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FRM2011 wrote:The bile on their Facebook page is unbelievable. Seems like they blundered big time. My question is on e-commerce trend in the country.
I have never bought anything from these online merchants. But judging from the comments, it would seem customers have started the exodus from brick and mortar to online.
Could anyone in wazua please share the figures of online sales in kenya. Jumia, rupu, kilimall e.t.c. I do kidogo online biashara, I have no definite figures on what Jumia, rupu or Kilimall move online but from some sources its promising. For me I started with books which caught on fine, till the ebooks became more mainstream locally and sales went down, so I stopped that and went into clothes, still newish but not bad so far. @Vallerrie could give us the status of Jumia as far as activity is concerned
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/1/2012 Posts: 290
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@Nakujua I cant give figures here as I'll be exposing company info. However online shopping is slowly but surely picking up, especially in Nairobi.
Upcountry folks still need a little more convincing.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/17/2009 Posts: 3,583 Location: Kenya
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Vallerrie wrote:@Nakujua I cant give figures here as I'll be exposing company info. However online shopping is slowly but surely picking up, especially in Nairobi.
Upcountry folks still need a little more convincing. True, I understand that, @FRM2011 wanted figures but I am sure that would be very hard to come by. Internet penetration in Kenya is still low, but improving rapidly especially mobile access, I think Jumia and olx are really pushing the online shopping space with lots of energy which is good even for the rest of us, I remember kalahari came for a short while and closed shop.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 11/5/2010 Posts: 2,459
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@nakujua, maximum respects man. Hang on there. There is no doubt that's the future.
Did you see Alibaba's figures for singles day ? They made in one day what safaricom would require 10 years to sell.
Soon or later someone is going to figure a way of pushing this thing to the masses, and once we reach the tipping point, it will be harvest time for you guys who are already in.
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Rank: Member Joined: 9/2/2010 Posts: 845
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AC Nielsen estimated that Kenya has done 10 billion shillings in online sales over the last 24 months. All my friends are heathens, take it slow. Wait for them to ask you who you know. Please don't make any sudden moves.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/17/2009 Posts: 3,583 Location: Kenya
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FRM2011 wrote:@nakujua, maximum respects man. Hang on there. There is no doubt that's the future.
Did you see Alibaba's figures for singles day ? They made in one day what safaricom would require 10 years to sell.
Soon or later someone is going to figure a way of pushing this thing to the masses, and once we reach the tipping point, it will be harvest time for you guys who are already in. Alibaba is another beast, usd 14b is alot of money - but I really like the Ma's story its an interesting and motivating one. Crossing my fingers that Helios does a good job at telcom, given their prior experience in data, if they can demystify mobile data, that will go a long way into further opening up the online market. Lots have happened from the days when only mamamikes was the only online biashara, to now that jumia and olx are placing prime time ads - the rest of us also benefit when more awareness is created.
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