The emergence of E-commerce sites are not new story to the world, particularly in Nigeria. These digital storefront have made trade facilitation between buyers and sellers very easy, coupled with the access to use payment gateways to pay for products ordered.
Unlike the past where people had to go to the market and stores to physically shop, the E-commerce sites virtually showcases variety of products ranging from food, textiles, appliances and other products a consumer can purchase from the comfort of their home in less than one minute and these products gets delivered in minutes or hours and in some cases days based on a few factors such as time, size and distance.
Top 7 E-commerce sites in Nigeria
1.Jumia:
Jumia is a co-founded company by Sacha Poignonnec and Jeremy Hodara in september 2012. Since jumia’s creation, it has thrived to become Nigeria’s most popular online shopping platform. Buyers will find large selection of electronics, apparel, home appliances, children items and more which will be delivered to your location. Jumia is located across 11-country market.
2.Konga:
Konga is one of Nigeria’s largest online storefront. It was launched in july 2012 with a mission to become the #1 E-commerce site of trade in Africa. Konga offers various categories of products such as Phones, computers, clothing, shoes, books, home appliances, healthcare, personal care, baby products and much more.
3.Jiji:
Jiji Nigeria is the largest online storefront that connects buyers and sellers by allowing them meet and trade products and services. The jiji mobile application is one of the top 10 most downloaded apps according to google play. On jiji, you can buy and sell any product, brand new or fairly used. You can also find or post job vacancies.
4.Payporte:
The Payporte storefront was launched in september 2014 and has since flourished to ensure it serves a wide range of consumers ranging from the youths to urban professionals. Payporte is also known as Nigeria’s preffered online retail store. You can purchase products such as clothes, perfumes and much more on payporte.
5.Slot.ng:
Slot systems limited is the top retail company for various brands of affordable, durable and sophisticated mobile phones, computers, phone accessories and various types of electronics. Over the years, slot has become the blueprint for startup companies and is a household name for electronics for all classes of people in Nigeria. Slot has a solid online presence via its website and social media platforms in combination with its global retail outlets.
6.Vconnect Nigeria:
Vconnect is an open market space which allows businesses to showcase their products to Nigerians. Vconnect also provides other services such as logistics like other E-commerce websites do. Vconnect is mostly used by older Nigerians unlike its other counterpart.
7.Ajebo Market:
Just as the name “Ajebo” means rich, this online storefront is a market where the Rich and the Elite men shop and buy quality men’s wear. Politicians. celebrities and other notable public figures prefer to shop on Ajebo market instead of going to the physical market. Ajebo Market is one of Nigeria’s leading fashion online store.
