Make More Money with AfricaSokoni!
By Miriam Karanja
As a business owner, you know that closing a sale is crucial to your business growth and success, and some of our suppliers/partners wonder if there is something specific they can do to raise their seller score with AfricaSokoni.
Improving your business is an ongoing task that is critical for success. It’s important to remind yourself of the basic steps you need to take on a regular basis in order to make more sales with AfricaSokoni. Here are a few tips to get you going on our platform;
- Regularly Update your Prices and Stock Levels
Regularly update your prices and stock levels to ensure no inconveniences whatsoever happen to our customers, once they place an order from your shop on our website.
Ensure you don’t run out of stock as this could affect your ratings on AfricaSokoni.
- Set Competitive Pricing
Always use a competitive pricing strategy to determine the best prices for your products. When setting your prices, you should check your competitor’s prices to make sure you are getting unbeatable prices as this will give you a selling advantage.
- Research the Market
You need to carry out a complete analysis to understand your competitors, the level of quality of their products, prices, and what makes them stand out, then use the above data to be competitive. (AfricaSokoni will refine and advice on these matters as well)
- Upload a Variety of Products
Always aim to upload more than 20 different products in your seller account on AfricaSokoni. This increases your chance of selling as it gives customers a range of products to choose from.
(Even if it’s one particular product, develop variations of it)
Display Images.
The first thing that draws a customer’s attention when buying a product online, is the first image of the displayed, the product and the price set. If it draws a customer’s attention, then chances are that he will click on the product to explore more thus ending up buying. Make sure you upload professionally taken photos for your products.
- An image with a plain white background
- Image size not less than 500kb
- Share Links
Share the links to your shop on AfricaSokoni, on all of your social media platforms i.e. Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp etc. The data we have been getting from most viewed and bestsellers has been consistent. Vendors who push their products online e.g. through referral links always appear on the best sellers or most viewed products.
- Fulfill your Orders On Time
You are required to drop off your product within 12 HOURS or IMMEDIATELY you receive a notification via an email, phone call, or a text message from AfricaSokoni that you have a pending order.
AfricaSokoni has two drops off points,
- Along Taveta Road, opposite Taveta Shopping Mall in CBD
- Our Head Office which is along Mombasa Road, (Opposite Hilton Garden Inn Hotel) is based on the 2nd Floor of the building Known as Pili Trade Center.
- Create an Attractive Catalog On AfricaSokoni Website
You need to present products and services in an informative and attractive manner to ensure success in a marketplace. As such creating an attractive catalog that provides a multidimensional view of every product along with all the basic details such as,
Size
Price
Availability(In stock or Out of Stock and quantities) is of critical importance.
Color choices available
Shipment details for attracting customers.
- Know your AfricaSokoni Account Manager
You need to work closely with your account manager to coordinate and ensure that your products get featured in the AfricaSokoni marketing campaigns throughout the year.
- Learn How to Operate AfricaSokoni Seller Center
You should acquaint yourself with the administrative system that AfricaSokoni offers you. Know how to operate your AfricaSokoni account by attending Vendor Training programs more often.
Click Here, to watch a Tutorial Video On How to Upload Products in your AfricaSokoni Seller Account
P.s — If you need photography sessions at a small fee: Get in touch with your account manager or the VRM on 07 11 860 882 )
