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Thursday, 26 November 2015

Sell Cars With No Start Up Funds


If you have sufficient funds to go into selling of cars in a big way, by all means, go ahead. However, if you do not have funds and your dream is to go into selling of vehicles. Do not fret because this dream can be made possible without any single dime or Naira.

With little or no funds though you will be starting small and acting more like an "Agent".

What does this mean? It simply means that you will need to get the word out there that you sell cars. You should get in touch with people willing to sell their cars and then start looking for buyers.
Therefore, whatever little funds you have should be used in Branding yourself and then Marketing the cars.
In branding, I mean getting a complimentary card which you can give to a prospective buyer or seller when you introduce yourself and investing in properly fitted clothing, because you will be addressed by the way you are dressed.

In marketing, I mean posting pictures of the cars online, putting up on your bbm, whatsapp or any chat platform you use, and basically using the various forms of social media available for use.

In acting as an ''Agent'', I mean that you will basically be connecting the buyer to the seller or better still connecting the buyer to the car.

How do you stand to gain from this transaction financially? you may ask.

By simply getting commission on each vehicle sold from the sellers or better still by adding your charge to the selling price fixed by the seller.

With this method, you need to market market market yourself so you get more clients (sellers).

Note that word of mouth and referrals are very important in this kind of business so first impression counts!

As you gain customers and recognition, when you have saved enough to begin to purchase tokunbo cars, you will have the market already available for you.

Open an Online Ecommerce Store From Home

  

Online boutique is easier to start up and manage if you are IT compliant. However, even if you are not so IT compliant, you can learn quickly and kick start immediately.

You can sell online in different ways:

1. You can have a blog on your expertise, gain followers and sell your product.
2. You can sell on a general website online platform, however some of these sites have an arrangement in which you sell and give the owners of the site a commission on each product. Some of these site are also industry specific. Example of some of these websites are Ebay.com, Amazon.com, Jumia.com, Konga.com, Kaymu.com and Etsy.com.
3. You can also open up an e-commerce website and sell your products yourself.
The advantages of an online e-commerce store are numerous:

1. It exposes your products to a large number of customers/clients.
2. You don't have to pay for rent for your store.
3. The start up fund is less as you can start from home.

Things that can be sold online include:

Clothes
Food
Agricultural Products
Beads and Jewelry
Accessories
Art Pieces
Cars and Car Accessories
Houses
Drugs (Pharmacy)
Computers
Phones and Phones Accessories
Electronics
Household Items
Home and Office Furniture
Curtain and Bed Sheets
Makeup Products
Skincare Products
Books
Cds
Perfumes
Weavons and Hair Products
Gym and Fitness Items
Groceries