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Canton Fair 8 China Visa 17 Shipping and Clearing 37 Buying and Sourcing 126 Where China Makes What 11 Money 17 Travelling and Living 25 The Nigerian Side 15 Selling to China 15 Selling it in Nigeria 12 News and Updates 5
A plain carton with a blank label area and a printed sample label beside it on a table Guide Selling it in Nigeria 13 min Own brand goods from China: OEM, ODM and your trade mark Own brand goods from China: the difference between OEM and ODM, who owns the mould, what a Nigerian trade mark costs, and why you may need a Chinese one too. Stacked cartons under dust sheets at the back of a warehouse, a single aisle light on Guide Selling it in Nigeria 11 min Dead stock: what to do with unsold imported goods in Nigeria Unsold imported goods are costing you more than you think. What Nigerian manufacturers are doing about their own dead stock, what warehousing costs, and when to cut. A returned carton opened on a counter with the product beside it and a receipt on top Guide Selling it in Nigeria 11 min Warranty and returns in Nigeria: what you owe the customer Warranty and returns in Nigeria under the FCCPA 2018: the three month rule, who pays, what a no refund sign cannot do, and whether the factory can be made to pay. A phone on a table showing a product listing, with cartons and packing tape beside it Guide Selling it in Nigeria 11 min How to sell imported goods online in Nigeria Sell imported goods online in Nigeria: real Jumia and Konga commissions, payout terms, returns, delivery costs, and what TikTok Shop does not do here. A hardback ledger open on a counter with handwritten entries and a biro resting on the page Guide Selling it in Nigeria 11 min Selling on credit in Nigeria without losing the goods Selling on credit in Nigeria: why the whole market runs on it, what the receivables figures show, and the rules that let you give terms without losing your capital. A price list written in marker on a whiteboard in a Nigerian shop, with some figures crossed out and rewritten Guide Selling it in Nigeria 10 min Pricing imported goods in Nigeria when the naira moves Pricing imported goods in Nigeria: the real naira record since 2023, why the inflation figure cannot guide you, and whether to reprice stock you already paid for. A warehouse aisle with palletised cartons and a clipboard on a pallet, somewhere in Nigeria Guide Selling it in Nigeria 12 min How to find and appoint distributors in Nigeria Appointing distributors in Nigeria: the tier structure, what the Competition Act lets you put in the agreement, the credit problem, and how to write a first deal. A Lagos market street lined with plazas and shop fronts, goods stacked outside, traffic crawling past Guide Selling it in Nigeria 10 min Lagos wholesale markets: Trade Fair, Alaba, Balogun, Ladipo The Lagos wholesale markets an importer sells into: what each one trades, who buys there, and the demolitions, sealings and fires of 2025 and 2026. A hand holding a phone showing a WeChat Pay or Alipay screen, with a proforma invoice printed underneath on the desk Guide Buying and Sourcing 11 min How to pay a Chinese supplier from Nigeria: four routes The four ways to pay a Chinese supplier from Nigeria in 2026: bank transfer on a Form M, a licensed payment company, an agent's Alipay, and the one to never use. Cartons being weighed and measured on a warehouse floor in China, labels with buyer codes visible, a worker with a tape measure Guide Buying and Sourcing 9 min 1 found this useful How to ship goods from 1688 to Nigeria, step by step How to ship goods from 1688 to Nigeria when 1688 does not deliver abroad: the agent's warehouse, consolidation, air or sea to Lagos, and the five costs on the way. A phone screen showing a 1688 product page translated into English in Chrome, held over a desk with a notebook Guide Buying and Sourcing 12 min 1688 English Version: How to Use 1688 from Nigeria There is no official 1688 English version. How Nigerians read 1688 in English, why the account and the shipping are the real problems, and what an agent solves. A tape measure stretched along a stacked cardboard carton in a warehouse, showing the dimensions Guide Shipping and Clearing 4 min How much is one CBM from China to Nigeria? What is in the price How much one CBM from China to Nigeria costs depends on what is inside the quote. How a cubic metre is measured, the minimum, and what arrives as a second bill.
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