In this post, I’ll be putting you through how to make money with Jumia in a way that actually works.
Chances are you’ve heard about the popular online marketplace in Nigeria called Jumia! But do you know you can make over 6 figures with Jumia on a monthly basis?
I doubt you do. When I mean 6figures I literary mean over 500K on a monthly basis. How can you achieve this? Well, I‘ll suggest you stick around to the end of the post to know-how.
But before we get caught up with the money-making stuff with Jumia. I think it’ll be proper if we have a little understanding of who they are and how they started. At least before the popular giant, they’ve grown to be now.
Jumia started back as at 2012 with just five staff members and launched their initial website as Jumia.com. They were initially known as “African Internet Group” an e-commerce marketplace and classified website.
They started off retailing electronics and fashion wears online as a direct competitor with Konga. But all that is a story now. Everybody now knows Jumia as an online giant when it comes to shopping online.
So, how do we partake of the goodies?
Don’t worry, in this article, I will be sharing with us ways and how you can make money with Jumia from the comfort of your house. All you need is a browsing device and internet device.
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How to Make Money with Jumia
As promised, below are the ways you can easily make money with Jumia.
#1: Selling Imported Products on Jumia
You probably must have heard about mini importation business, but do you know you can make millions selling with Jumia alone? Let me give you a brief break down of mini importation business.
This business model is simply importing products from aboard mostly China at a very cheap price and sell them high in Nigeria, Kenya or Ghana. Depending on where you want to target.
The misconception about mini importation business is that most people think you need hundreds of thousands to kick-start a mini importation business which is not always so.
You can start as low as 10k or less and makeover 200k in profits. Although the result may vary. But that’s exactly why you need the right knowledge before starting the business.
The best part is, you don’t need to pay any money to sell the products on Jumia. It’s all free. Did I even tell you there no need for adverts?
Trust me you don’t need to leave your house or advertise to anyone.
All adverts are done by Jumia themselves. Let’s take a look at this product…
Importing that product from China is going to cost you less than 5k, as you can see from the above price!
let’s say you’ve been able to import this product, how much can you make selling them on Jumia? The image below should give you an idea!
Imagine you were able to import 20 of this product from China and you sold just 10 in a month, that’s 150k in one month from just a single product.
Now imagine having over 20 different products on Jumia around this same price range? I’ll bet you’ll be making millions every month.
Tip –
The trick to making sales on Jumia quickly is having as many products as possible. With this, hardly will you not make a sale per day!
Let me show you another product example …
This product only cost around #200 from China. If you’re doubting you can Google Chinese yuan to Naira …
As you can see … its 52 Naira per yuan! Which makes the product to be less than 200 Naira. let’s see the potential price you can sell on it on Jumia…
As you can see the price says it all. selling just two will give you your price back and profit on it. The good thing about selling with Jumia is that you can benefit from their warehousing service.
At a cost though, but usually, peanut to the profits you’ll be making. If you’ve already known your way around mini importation business you could create a seller account with Jumia here.
#2: Making money with Jumia Affiliate Program
Jumia affiliate program is another way you can make money with Jumia. How does it work?
It’s pretty simple, all you need to do is promote Jumia products with your unique affiliate link. But to do this you need to register as an affiliate. They pay up to 11% commission on any product you promote.
Did you know you can sell products on Jumia and at the same time promote the products as an affiliate to make an extra commission?
This means you’ll make your money while selling your product and at the same time, Jumia rewards you for promoting your products with an extra commission.
Interesting isn’t it? Yeah, it is!
So how can you make money with Jumia affiliate program? You can do this in various ways. But I’ll only explain the best and proven ways to do this.
They include the following:
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A Review Blog
What you need to do now is create a review blog around Jumia’s product. You could review random products, but I’ll suggest you make it a niche product.
What do I mean by niche products? These are related products under the same category. Your review blog could be around phones, laptops etc. on Jumia.
Look for the category that interests you and write reviews or tips about the products. But make sure you include your affiliate links in the products as you mention them on your blog.
With this, you’ll be surprised at how much you’ll be making with Jumia on a monthly basis.
That’s not all, as your traffic increases you could also add Google AdSense to it and make additional money with Google. To create a review blog you’ll need a domain name and hosting account.
Luckily for you, you can get both for less than $60 using BlueHost or read my article on how to create a blog.
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Affiliate Shop
Creating an Affiliate shop is another way to make money with Jumia affiliate.
Once you have a fully functional online store, go over to Jumia and add the products pictures you’ll like to showcase on your store and include your affiliate links for them to check out with.
Your customers will be redirected to checkout on Jumia once they click the product on your website. The good part is you could also sell your personal products you have on Jumia and make double money once they buy it through your affiliate link.
There are different ways to create an online store, you could either use Shopify or use WordPress. Either of the two is a good way to start an online store.
However, i don’t recommend using Shopify in building an Affiliate Shop with Jumia. This is because the monthly cost is going to be too much to bear.
The best way is just to secure a one-time hosting and domain name from Bluehost and have your affiliate shop set up.
This way, you won’t have to keep paying the monthly recurring fee every month.
These are the tested and proven ways to make money with Jumia affiliate. Don’t go about posting links on Facebook hoping someone will click your link and buy on Jumia.
Well, if you are devoted to doing that you could as well make your first 1k after 10years of sharing links on social media…lol?!
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#3: Selling Your Personal Products
Selling your personal hand-made products is another way to make money with Jumia. Jumia virtually sells everything these days.
So whatever it is you have, giving it an online presence with the help of Jumia is another sure-fire way to make money from it. Jumia enjoy millions of traffic on a monthly basis and they are not charging to create a seller’s account, it’s all free.
With this kind of traffic, there’s no way your product won’t be exposed to the larger market for free. Luckily for you, if your product is unique, you’ll enjoy less competition leading to a much bigger income.
For example, a friend of mine sells a branded “Ponmo” (Cowhides) with the brand name “delicacy plus”. The brand and the package he gave the product made it stand out and unique. Using Jumia is going to be a plus bonus for him and all these works on autopilot.
That is, even while he’s sleeping he can still make money.
Conclusion
Jumia is fast growing so the early you join the better. Soon Jumia might be competing with the likes of AliExpress, Amazon etc. Nobody can tell.
But with these tips I just shared with you, you could be on your way to making millions on a monthly basis if you’re not just reading but taking action.
However, it’s all up to you know!
But before you go, which is one is it going to be selling products with Jumia or starting an affiliate review blog?
Whichever of the two, let me hear your thought in the comment box and do well by sharing this post with your friends on social media.
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Nice I will try it and see
I’m glad you find it helpful
I will love to sell products on jumia
Yes you can, it’s easy and straight forward to setup
If I decide to sell my goods on Jumia does it mean I will have to deliver my goods to Jumia office in Lagos to make sales?
Once you create an account with Jumia and uploaded your products you can start making sales immediately. keeping your products with Jumia warehousing is just a faster means to get your products delivered to your customers.
Whenever you have a sale, Jumia will give you 48 hour to bring the product to them for delivery so having it with them even make it easier. but it comes with its own cost.
Jumia is in Ghana now so I guess your idea will work out. I will give it a try. Thank you and good work
Great job here! Thanks a lot. You mentioned Shopify or WordPress. How can one use Shopify to sell Jumia products. I know dropshippers use Shopify to market products from Aliexpress. So, what is the relationship between Jumia and Shopify? Thanks
That’s if you want to sell your personal products
Hi Olusola,
Just came across your blog this morning while surfing the net on how to forge ahead in 2019 . Nice and insightful writeups you have and looking forward to being under your mentorship.
I desire to set up a shopify store. I have already set up my store on jumia and uploading will start shortly.
Thats great. Just let me know if you need anything… I’ll be glad to help
please sir I want to become an online entrepreneur
Nice!!..
Will try it out
Thanks sir for a job well done. I am looking forward to exploring in these 2019, with your BLUE PRINT.
Thank you too sir… and I’m glad to hear that!
Why is promoting links on facebook advisable? What if your promoting you page through sponsored ads on FB?
Is the jumia ad sponsorship advisably (boost hub)?
I don’t really get the question.. but you can promote your page via sponsor ads
Nice write up sir. I have learnt a lot. Thank you.
I will do both selling and promoting.
great.just what I needed.
Thank you for this mate. I’ll like to know how to do the shipped from abroad kind of selling. Thank you
I think you must have had a certain numbers of sales on Jumia before you can do that
Pls is it compulsory that all Jumia sellers must reside or have a physical store of goods in lagos?
Nope.. But you must be able to drop your products off there whenever you have a sale
Thanks a bunch… I’ll try out the review and see. Uhm please dunno if I can get a sample of a review or something.. Thanks again
Hello I want to open a jumia store, and also want to do a mini importation service but I don’t have a laptop only a browsing phone.
Yeah.. You can do that
What if I want to sell on jumia,and I don’t stay in Lagos,how do I get my goods to them
You could keep it with someone in Lagos and have them drop it off for you at Jumia whenever you made a sale.
The second option is to explore Jumia warehousing possibilities. You can keep your products with them.
However, this will cost you a certain fee
Please how can one import from China?
I Really do need your help, please is there any way I can contact you for us to chat privately. Thank you.
You can send me a mail at olusola.david(at)torchbankz.com
I like to run the affiliate program and also open an online store
Thanks a bunch Sir for the tips.Pls,i want to know how i can import or ship goods and sell on jumia
Thank you for this write up, God bless you. Please is it possible to meet you In person so that we can discuss more on this?
I doubt if that can be possible. However you can always send me a mail
very good write up, though I am still having issues listing my products on jumia, I sell clothes from jumia that have funny brand names and I also make so to sell my self, but the registration process keeps requesting I post a brand name, please how do I scale through this ordeal
Brand name or store name? Just go with something… it won’t be verified if its registered or not
Hello Olusola, i base in Abroad but i wand to trade in Jumia, i already have the knowledge of mini importation, but how do i deliver goods to the jumia warehouse while im here?, do i ship my goods direct to their warehouse?,
Ok… You’ll need to have a discussion with their seller customer care.
You can reach them at seller.support@jumia.com.ng or put a call to them at 018881102 or 012772361 from 9 am to 5 pm on weekdays
Hello Mr Olusola, I don’t know if it’s possible to have your WhatsApp number sir
Send me a mail or ask your questions here I’ll reply to them.
Hi Olusola, so great to go through your ideas, its incredibly nice, i want to ask about the issue of training as regards to selling on Jumia, how can this be possible as i am living abroad presently ?
You can have your products housed and fulfilled by Jumia.
You’ll just need to pay extra tip to have your products drop off at Jumia
Hi! I just called jumia… Said its not possible to store my stuff at their warehouse unless I’ve sold with them for 4months..
Any idea what
Try and use someone in Lagos that can drop off the goods at Jumia for you
Hi Nice post…I really learnt alot. But are there any down side to selling stuffs on jumia and of yes, how can we avoid it. Thanks
Nice one bro. Thanks for this tip. I’ve learnt a lot
how can one be a delivery agent to jumia..im in Abuja and into logistics and delivery.
Call their customer care line
i tried to register as an affliate but couldn’t. why? How do i create my website with jumia.
I really want to know in total how much is required to set everything up
Thank you so much for this post. However, is it advisable to drive traffic to my store on Jumia using facebook and a landing page as a new seller? I asked because of the fierce competition that exists on Jumia already. Thank you
You can do both… I use my affiliate link on my landing page to my actual product
Thanks for this helpful write up
I think both actually
Thinking of starting the affiliate shop right away
Thanks for this helpful write up
I think both actually
Thinking of starting the affiliate shop right away
is it possible to work wit Jumia , so I can be paying on monthly basis, like advertising your goods. if yes how….
I don’t really understand your question… but yes you can work with Jumia
You’ll be profitable
I have a store already and I have my website., how can I do the affiliate marketing .
Add Products to your website and include your affiliate links to check out on Jumia
Yes, you can
thanks for this enlightenment sir, I will love to sell products on jumia sir, but please can I have your contact because I’d like to talk to you privately via chat…
You can reach me through the contact me page.
That’s a lovely post man but literally jumia Dropship some of Their products from China (AliExpress,alibaba etc ) I don’t think they can compete with this giant ..
Pls, go ahead!
I’m very glad to be part of this platform , I gain alot idea here
Thanks, I’m glad you like it
I want to setup a jumia store, I have some products on ground…but I don’t know how to start ,pls help
Hi Olusola
Thank you for dropping this knowledge here it’s really a hand full..
But ,please I intend creating a website like the e-commerce where I can display the things I want to sell…and u made mention of mini importation can u please explain more on it
Thanks
The thing is how do you get the item from china or overseas and most importantly keeping them with jumia?
This is insightful! Well done sir. I want to run the program and open an online store.
Great, I’m glad you like it
Thanks brother for all you have shared. Best wishes of success to Jumia and to everyone who is keying into this rich ecosystem that is badly needed in Africa and in Nigeria in particular.
Your post is highly insightful and motivating.
I don’t have products but I can get products to sell from a Haier Thermocool Distributor.
Please, how can get to sell these on Jumia.
Thank you
Create your seller account
So insightful! Thank you so much. Please, can you give idea on the products that are on high demand in jumia? Thank you.
Sign-up for Jumia affiliate program… they will send you categories and list of top-selling products on the Jumia Platform
I have 50,000Naira. How can I start a business on Jumia?
i would love to sell hear in kenya
That’s a GREAT Idea!
Thanks for sharing sola, u never mentioned if someone can make money delivering for jumia. Will like to know if its lucrative, esp if one have the means of doing that. Thanks
ok… I’ll look into that then update the content!
Ok, thanks bro…
Thanks sir for this write up. I’d love to understand the Jumia Global (shipped from overseas) term that I see on some products . Does this mean that the item is directly being ordered from China and is somehow linked to a Nigerian who might have some profit somehow from the sale. Cause instead of having to import and pay for shipping to Nigeria, I’m hoping that could be an easier way to sell if it’s what I think. Just asking to understand that term better. I hope for your response .
I think the products are linked to a seller from abroad. You can contact their support to know more about this!
Job well done, I will give it a try
Don’t know how to get my hand made food product to jumia, the process seems cumbersome. Did your friend register with nafdac etc.
Yeah… your product needs to be registered with NAFDAC before it can be approved.
Wow
This is helpful but I have some questions I wud like to ask.
As it is now, I am an agent working with Jumia by selling their goods and product to People, although I just late last month but I haven’t received and Commission on what I have already sold.
I wanna know if they pay monthly or how do they pay, I do call the customer service but it’s not going.
Thanks
The affiliate programs pay every month and for merchants as soon as your product sales are cleared.
I want to be selling product with jumia but I need more understanding
Thanks for this, one question, how do the goods get shipped to the customers? Do I have to keep my goods in a warehouse or something.
You’ll be notified when you have a sale so you’ll need to drop it off at Jumia office before 48hours
Hi I want to open a store online .
Could you please help with the most affordable way to do that.
Blogging is really not my thing.
I prefer a store.
Thanks
Thanks for the lecture.
I see potential in this.
I’m in benin and I want to be a seller in jumia…does it mean that I have to drop my goods off at Lagos anytime an order comes in?
I’ll suggest you call their customer line for more details on that. But the last time I checked. You need to drop off your goods in Lagos if you’re a seller.
this Nice,actually i wana Register For affiliate marketing and they aso for website which i dont have