In this review and how Shopify works in Nigeria or Ghana, I will cover most of the frequently asked questions by potential Shopify Users.
If you have no clue about e-commerce website or building one and you want to start an online store, make sure you read this “Shopify review in Nigeria” to the end before you start.
In the end, you’ll have a better understanding of how it works and how it can be of great advantage to your e-commerce business in Nigeria.
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What is Shopify? [In Nigeria]
Shopify is basically an e-commerce website builder that allows you to easily set up an online store with just a few clicks. This is particularly good for those having little or no experience with building a website.
You don’t have to understand how coding works before you can have your store set up on Shopify. So, it’s more like a done for “you” e-commerce store.
With Shopify, you can sell any products online be it digital or physical products. It could even be a dropshipping business whereby you don’t have to have inventory before you sell.
Shopify Review Overview in Nigeria
To a layman or in the simplest form, Shopify is an online platform that helps to create or start any form of eCommerce business.
It allows you to create your website within few minutes and sell whatsoever it is you want to sell. This could be goods or services, be it digital or physical products, giving you the total control of your store.
It gives you the freedom to organize your products and customize your products and store looks. Additionally, you could also accept payments through online and credit card and also track and respond to your store order.
Shopify offers a fully integrated eCommerce solution with ready-made stores you can tweak and customize to your heart desires.
The cost of running a Shopify store is based on monthly billing. It comes with a different plan; I will talk about that later in the review.
Most of the frequent questions asked in Nigeria about the Shopify platform include:
Let’s go through some of the questions below
#1. What is Shopify payment gateway in Nigeria or how do I receive payment after selling my products on Shopify?
Answer:
- Paystack
- CashEnvoy-ESL
- Rave by Flutterwave
- Coinbase Commerce
- Bitpay
- GoCoin
- Bitpay
- PayPal
Shopify payment gateway for merchants in Ghana includes the following:
- BitPay
- GoCoin
- Coinbase Commerce
- PayPal
PayPal is the most flexible because it allows you to receive payment Worldwide. Here’s a report on how to set up your PayPal to start receiving payment.
#2. Can Shopify work in Nigeria or Ghana?
Answer: Shopify works perfectly fine in both Nigeria and Ghana
#3. Can I sell from Nigeria to international countries using Shopify?
Answer: Merchant in Nigeria can sell to any country using Shopify store. However, Payment gateway for USD should be PayPal or or any other that works in your location.
#4. Will I pay a commission fee on my sold products to Shopify?
Answer: No commissions are paid to Shopify. Merchants are in full control of their store. However, payment processing varies by processor.
How does Shopify work in Nigeria?
Shopify is specifically good for newbies, those that are just getting started with eCommerce business. You don’t have to know the specifics of the to get started.
All you have to do is Sign up for a Free Account – and the Shopify wizard will take you by hand throughout the whole process.
The good thing about Shopify is that you get to use the free account to familiarize yourself with the platform.
To get started with Shopify, assuming you’ve had your store set up. You have to upload your product pictures, the shipping order and as well as the product quantity.
The image has to be a good quality product image with various other specific data about your products.
Shopify support two popular ways of selling online. The first which is the above – having your product inventory yourself. And the other which is through dropshipping.
The next thing after you’ve uploaded your product details online is to choose a marketing channel for your products. Your marketing channel goes a long way with how you going to be successful with your business.
Shopify also works in ways where you can create a marketplace account just like the popular Jumia and Konga. This means other merchants can register with your website, upload and sell their own products.
Who Can Use Shopify
Shopify cut across a broad range of industries, such as:
- Clothing and fashion
- Art and Photography
- Jewellery and Accessories
- Electronics
- Food and Beverages
- Home and Garden
- Furniture and Household
- Sport and Recreation
- Toys and Games
- Craft and Books
- Digital Products etc
Basically, any sort of product can be sold on Shopify and this makes them stand out among other eCommerce solutions mainly because of their vast and multipurpose nature.
- Shopify can be used by beginners newly introduced into the eCommerce world. This is because it’s extremely easy to set up and run.
- It can also be used by small business owners that are just starting out and want to minimize the stress of starting a brand new eCommerce website.
- Shopify is best for those that have no skills as regarding web development. They have several template designs for you to take advantage of. So in the actual sense, you don’t need to pay extra cost for hiring a freelancer to create your store for you.
- Shopify also offers offline solutions. It allows you to integrate your brick and mortar traditional store with Shopify.
Finally, to narrow it down and specify who can really use Shopify, the best fit is going to be beginners. These are people just starting out with eCommerce and at the same time want the best solution as possible.
Shopify Pricing – How much does Shopify Cost Per Month in Nigeria
You should know before choosing any plan, that you have a 14days free trial to test the platform. You can do this just to get your hands on water and see how it’s done.
Another thing you should know about the plan is that – you get a 10% discount on any plan you choose if you pay straight for a year. And a 20% discount if you pay straight up for two years.
Shopify Payment Gateway in Nigeria
When it comes to payment gateways and payment processing Shopify has got you covered.
With Shopify you can receive payment or process your payment in two different ways:
- Shopify Payment or using
- An external Payment gateway like (Paystack or Cashenvoy). Other than this Shopify has several other different payment gateways
If you want to sell internationally and receive payment in dollar equivalent you can either use Shopify Payment or PayPal. Shopify Payment is the company payment processor.
The Shopify Payment processor only charges credit card fees, which is basically for collecting your money for you from your customers.
Their charges rate is more similar to the popular PayPal. The charges start from 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction and it goes lower as your sales go up.
Secondly, if you are selling within Nigeria and which you are most likely to receive payment in Naira equivalent. You have to use a third-party payment processor like Paystack or CashEnvoy.
Paystack is a Nigeria based Fintech company that makes online payments process seamless for both parties. That is the customer and business owner.
They make it easier to accept payment via credit and debit card online from customers.
Paystack charge 1.5% + N100 per transaction on local cards (card issued by Nigeria banks). However, the N100 is waved on every transaction below N2500.
The best way to tackle the charges is to pass it along to your customer. The 1.5% +N100 on a N10000 transaction are N250.
Passing the charges across to your customer should be you – making your price N10250. In the actual sense, you receive N10000 and Paystack collect their own share of N250.
Note – Paystack only works for Naira currency. What this means is that you can’t receive payment with Paystack for dollar/pound/Euro Payment. Just Naira at least for now.
Is Web hosting Included in Shopify
Shopify is a cloud-hosted e-commerce platform. As part of your monthly plan, Shopify will host your website with unlimited bandwidth at no extra cost.
This means if you are receiving 20million visitor per month you won’t be charge aside your monthly plan.
The good thing about Shopify is that they handle the entire process of the web hosting for you. While you, on the other hand, focus on the most important thing, like marketing your products and having fun.
Shopify also backs up your data for you automatically every day.
Additionally, they also take care of the security upgrades for their servers and ensure your website is up and running without getting hacked.
Finally, they include Top notch security to ensure your customer data is secured.
With Shopify, your online shop will be level 1 PCI compliant. While your shopping cart also includes an SSL certificate of industry-standard 128-bit encryption technology.
This is the same level of encryption used by the top banks. Having all these in your store make it convenient and safe to buy stuff from your online store.
Mind you, they are all included in your monthly plan at no extra cost.
Shopify Theme and Designs
One thing Shopify is known for is their beauty and elegant looks, thanks to their theme. They offer sophisticated designs – over hundreds of them! (both free and premium theme) – So, I bet you will find your store taste.
Additionally, you should know that all the theme are optimized for desktop, mobile and tablets views.
Furthermore, after choosing the theme you will like to go with, you can easily tweak it to look exactly the way you want it.
The following are worth customizing:
- The colour
- Adding your company logo
- Homepage appearance
To change your theme, simply head over to the theme page browse the theme and upload your theme choice.
How to Add Product Inventory in Shopify
Your product images give life to your online store.
It let your customer see what your product looks like. It’s very important to upload a good quality product. The recommended file type for product image is ‘jpg’.
Adding a product image:
This is very simple you just have to go over it some couple of times. what you have to have to do is head over to the dashboard and click the product tag.
This is going to allow you to set all related details to your product.
The next step will give you an editor page where you can easily add the product details.
Filling the title and description will show your customer what the product is all about.
Furthermore, Under the above icon is a place to upload your image which can also be done through drag and drop.
The next thing to do is to add your pricing details to your product. From the image below you can see the several options.
Finally, as you can see from the below screenshot. You can set if you want the product to be online immediately for your customer to see.
After this, click the save button and your product will be online.
How to Launch Your Shopify Store to the World
Finally, bringing your store to the world is the next thing to do. And to do this, you need to unlock it.
Additionally, a plan has to be chosen before your store can be launched.
In other to unlock your store and make it available to the world, you have to head over to your dashboard.
While in your dashboard click on select a plan and choose the plan you which to start with. Mind you, you won’t be charged until your 14Days trial has lapsed.
Pros of Shopify E-commerce platform
Let’s go over the benefits of using the Shopify platform to sell online:
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Over 100 beautiful and professional themes
Shopify is all about beauty you should know that about them. Using Shopify will give you access to several templates, both paid and free that will leave your site astonishing beautiful.
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24/7 Shopify support
Shopify offers all-time support. You can reach them anytime by phone, email, live chat. When it comes to support, Shopify has got you covered.
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Security
Another thing Shopify takes seriously is their security. You don’t have to worry about your sensitive data and payment processing.
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Speed
One of the criteria for building a successful website is its speed. Even Google take a website speed seriously.
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App Store
Shopify offers you a large App Store where you can choose from over 1200 different App to plug into your store. These apps can help automate lots of your business processes.
Cons of Shopify E-commerce Platform
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Payment gateways:
Shopify is still lacking in terms of payment gateways for most developing countries. Although merchant in Nigeria can use Paystack or Cashenvoy, while Merchant in Ghana can use Ravepay.
- the cost per month and the cost of the transaction using an external payment gateway.
- Shopify payments itself doesn’t work in Nigeria and Ghana expect the third party processors.
Shopify Review Conclusion
A complete beginner or professional shouldn’t have a problem using Shopify. To add to that, it’s a complete hassle-free platform where you can have your store set up within minutes.
Interestingly, they also have a full 24/7 customer support regardless of your plan. Another thing is their knowledge base platform, with answers to the most frequently asked questions by Shopify user.
To round it up, Shopify offers everything you might need to run a successful online store. Your eCommerce store will be completely optimized for search engines.
If you are uncertain about Shopify at least try the 14days trial just to see how the platform works. And if you are not satisfied you can cancel your account. No pain no gain.
So, that’s it on Shopify review in Nigeria/Ghana and how it works.
And as usual, let me hear your thought and suggestion on this Shopify review in Nigeria. If you think its worth it and if not let’s hear it in the comment box.
Learn More
- How to Make Money with Shopify in Nigeria
- Paystack; Shopify Payment Gateway for Nigeria
- List of Online Payment Gateways in Nigeria
Thank you very much, this has been very helpful especially for the payment. I should go ahead and choose a plan.
I’m glad you find it helpful.
Hello,
Thanks for the detailed write up.
I am still confused about payments. What if you want to sell internationally? Nigerians have limitations in terms of PayPal. Can we receive our payments from shopify this way?
Thank you
Thanks for reading through Amaka.
About receiving PayPal payment in Nigeria has been our greatest limitation.
However there has been a recent development to that effect.
I’ll suggest you look into Gtbank domiciliary account and link your dollar card to a new PayPal account.
Please speak with Gtbank customer care on this for better understanding.
With this you could be able to receive international payment.
If you want to receive international payments so far you have noticed this type of problem, I sincerely recommend you check G2A PAY, which supports local payment methods.
Thanks a million. This is helpful.
Thanks for reading through!
Hello David,
Thanks for the breakdown. I don’t have a credit card. How do I pay for the subscriptions?
You need to get a credit card to Pay for your monthly subscription.
If you are using Oberlo plugin since it’s free for 30 days I guess you can can use it to upload whatever it is you want to upload and do away with their service the question is do you have to disable it or it will automatically disable itself will
Yes David, it will disable after the 30days free trial if you didn’t upgrade your account.
Thanks alot for this useful info. My question is.. How do u market products with a linked Instagram account. Is this feature possible in Nigeria?
I’m not really sure I get the question. But I think you are talking about Social Media marketing tools that linked your store to other social media accounts for social marketing.
If that’s what you mean, Then this Shopify App is what you need. It’s Called Around.io social media marketing tool
One thing that is giving me concern on shopify that i will love to get is how to open paypal as a Nigerian without VPN.Thank You
You can reach me about that here … olusola.david@torchbankz.com
Hi dear thanks for the information.please I was just trying the 14 days trial when i got a debit alert of 5000 from my zenith bank for mc pos intl- shopify.please what does that mean?
Hi Jane
Is the trial up to 14 days? and which plan did you choose? Normally you are not supposed to be charged until after the 14days trial has ended!
Please contact them via support if you think its an error!
Thank you for the blog.
You are the boss.
Please do I really need a domiciliary account to start or am okay with my GTB Master card?
When my customer pays and paystack pay me the next day into my bank account will be paying for each customer’s myself individually or will Shopify send me bulk purchase per day by my customers and Shopify pays my suppliers on aliexpress?
Please can you guide me on effective Facebook advert marketing.
Thanks.
Your blog is #1 blog so far. Well written.
Thanks bro.
I will create a detailed article soon on how to run an effective Facebook ads.
If may ask, how do you intend to sell on Shopify? Your own product or drop shipping?
Thank you for the write up bro,
Please i want to drop ship on shopify, can you advice on how i could go about it.
thank you once again.
Felicia
Get a Verified PayPal account if you want to target the international market or use Paystack. Once your payment gateway is in place use oberlo to add products from AliExpress and start promoting them.
Seeing the payment plans for shopify as quite expensive for ‘some’ startups, my team and I developed an eCommerce platform that’s more affordable. The good thing is that it is made by Nigerians and for Nigerians. It has all the features shopify comes with and more. CLients would be paying more for less. For instance ‘Shopify lite’ costs an average N3,240. Our lite plan costs N2,200. I hope to see a review once we’re up and running. We launch on september 5.
Alright bro, I’ll love to check it out!
Pls can you explain this lite plan? Don’t understand it at all
Hi thanks for the info. I am a complete rookie when it comes to e-commerce but that Is what I want to venture into right now. A friend told me about Shopify, I googled it and I’m here somehow. I know some products that are fast selling. But how do I ship products to buyers and payment issh still remains my challenges. And Shopify monthly subscription is on the high side for a newbie like me. Is there no other indigenous platform similar to Shopify? or does jumia runs something similar to Shopify? I need good advice please.
Hi, there are other options to this. You can either sell with Jumia or create your e-commerce store with WordPress.
This way, you won’t have deal with monthly ish plan. About shipping of products to customers?
If you are selling with Jumia, they’ll fulfil the order for you, just make sure you drop-off the product to them within 48hours whenever you have an order.
If you are selling with Shopify or WordPress you do have to handle the delivery yourself. Companies like… Kos.ng, courierplus, ace etc could assist you with this.
Finally, about payment gateway I’m using Paystack and I do have a verified PayPal account for target international market. You could look into them.
Wow.. Thanks a bunch. Will look into it
please I want to know, if after my customers by my products. Will shopify give my suppliers the details and give them there own cut of the money or after they buy my products will I have to pay and fill there details individually to my suppliers.
please this is my main problem can I get a suitable answer to this question.
You are the one that will send the order details to your supplier. But in other to avoid doing this your self is why you need the Oberlo app.
And you get to use oberlo if you register a plan am I right?
Sure, You need a Shopify Account to use Oberlo
God bless you bro for your help in answering our questions,please you mention that if you want to sell international, is either you use paypal or shopify gateway.So now my question is if I decide to use shopify as my gateaway does it mean i have to open a domicillary acct to get my money in dollar?please explain more on the shopify gateway i will so much appreciate i’m waiting for your respond thanks
Hi Jane
The Shopify payments doesn’t work in Nigeria for now, you can only use the PayPal option.
So I don’t think you need the domiciliary account for now!
Hello, thanks for this informative writeup. My question is, if I have a shopify account, are my orders going to be directly shipped to shopify? I’m a bit confused. Pls, I need a step by step guidance on how to get my order from 1688 to my customers, as I’m trying to startup something come October. Thanks a million.
Shopify is just a platform to showcase your products online. Any products you bought from China can be store by yourself.
What you need to do is get a delivery network or logistics company like courier plus to deliver your products to customers whenever you have an order.
Another way to this, is to keep your inventory with these logistics company too.
By inventory, I mean your products. So when ever you have an order just notify them… They will deliver the product on your behalf.
This way you won’t even need to leave your house while running your e-commerce store.
or you can simply drop-ship.
Nice one, very informative, I tried the 14 days thing several months back, but since I didn’t have guidance like this I stopped it…now am going to resume…thanks again!
You welcome Emma
Hi I just designed my Shopify store but the question I have is how do I
Promote my goods on social media for fast audience
Second is how do I make the website in a way that when someone make orders outside Nigeria it will show in dollars then in Nigeria it’s in Naira, your really doing great thanks
You can only make it show one at a time.
Okay but which do you think is better naira or dollars
It depends on your targeted market country.
Hi thanks for the info but I’m confused about one thing. How does shopify help you to market your goods. Which audience and where do they display the goods you upload on your store.
Shopify is a website builder and not a marketplace. After you’ve created your store with them you’ll be responsible for marketing products and not Shopify. One of its advantages is that its SEO optimize so there is a chance that your product will get indexed quickly by the search engine.
Hi bro..
I need a quick answer. If i go ahead with the Shopify Basic ($29), I will pay Shopify a 2% transaction fee for using a 3rd party (e.g PayStack) and I would also pay PayStack another 1.5% transaction fee + N100 for their service. So in total, for each successful transaction, I would pay 3.5% + N100.
Is this correct?
Yeah, you’re correct. Except for bank transfer and pay on delivery.
I am in Nigeria. Can I used the stripe setup to drop ship on shopify and receive payments from customers abroad?
Stripe doesn’t work in Nigeria. How do you want to set it up?
Please I really appreciate you and you answer to all the question we have been asking you. God bless you and increase you.
I want to start with this shopify, how much would it cost me to start with my website also
How do go about this shipping items also i need more light to this area please…
I don’t really understand the question but I assumed you’re asking how much it’s going to cost to set up a Shopify store.
The basic plan is around 11k and getting your custom domain should be around 4k although not compulsory.
So with 15k, that is, plus if you’re getting a custom domain name for your store.
This is very helpful. Thanks
Thank you Nwabueze!
Great job bro… but curious about one thing, so if i use paypal for international transactions, i will only get customers with paypal? I mean card transactions will not be possible on my shopify store?
Hi bro
PayPal accept credit card also but you have to manually turn that on yourself before you can do that.
Alternatively you can use two payment gateway. You can use PayPal and credit card payment gateway if you have one that process USD.
hi
thanks for the article, want to clear something. so i open a spotify account, add products i want to sell from aliexpress, get an order, pay aliexpress for the product and get paid by the customer, now the issue is delivery, how will courierplus or ace get the product. will they go to aliexpress and get it or what?
lol… The Product will be shipped directly based on your customer address. The product will be shipped directly from AliExpress to the address your customer left. But most times post office.
Shopify keep translating to German language. what the cause
It’s your browser location… or probably you’re using VPN
can i dropship products from jumia or konga just like i can do from aliexpress and if its possible when the product is delivered jumia or konga’s name might be writtten on it instead of my shopify’s store name.
You can’t. Even if they allow you…there’s no way to integrate with their website. Else it’s going to be a tedious work.
Many thanks for the insight.
My question is if I put up a product from AliExpress on my store and customer come for it, will I have to pay AliExpress from my pocket and later get paid by the customer. Or the customer payment will be directed to aliexpress directly by Shopify and later pay me for commission.
I really want to know how the transaction happened. I want to know if one will need a huge amount of money as capital apart from the cash required for setting up the website.
Many thanks in advance for your assistance.
Once your store is ready, what people see is your online store and not Shopify. So when a customer buys from you, the money is collected by your personal payment gateway, if you’re using Paystack they usually remit the money the following day except for weekends and Paypal immediately but not on all cases.
You can either pay the supplier on AliExpress with your money or pay with the customer money if it’s convenient. Shopify on its own is just a platform that powers your store.
Wow! This is a detailed expository on how Shopify works. Thank you so much.
Please, I have two questions:
First, I need to know if one can use FCMB Visa Card for payment of Shopify subscription.
2. Secondly, I have a verified Nigeria PayPal account, but I have challenge with the verification of my FCMB Visa Card on PayPal platform. They told me to request the 4-diigit activation code sent to my Card issuer, but FCMB seems not to understand what my request is.
The Four digit code should be available if you check via your mobile banking app. if you’re sure they debit you but didn’t receive the code I’ll suggest you visit your bank.
Yeah, any valid credit card works with Shopify just make sure there’s money there while adding it to Shopify.
great work bruv,
My question is; how does shopify work under the payment plan ‘shopify lite’? are there any limitations? please advise accordingly.
The Shopify lite is the cheapest of all Shopify Plan and it’s limited. Basically, what it does is that it allows you to sell on social media, most especially Facebook.
Let’s say you have a Facebook page, you can easily integrate the Shopify lite and turn it to a store. Customers can easily pay you on Facebook and check out on Facebook.
Or if you have an existing website already, and you want to sell on that website, you can integrate Shopify lite to that website instead of creating a brand new online store separately.
So, you can call it a mini e-commerce store.
If I start with Shopify Lite can I upgrade any time to a higher plan?
What other advantages does Shopify basic have over Lite?
Sure, you can!
Hello Olusola, how can I accept international transactions on shopify if I want to go the dropshipping method. My target will be international audience. Since paypal won’t accept Nigerians.
Use PayPal or RavePay
Thanks for your response David. How can one add rave pay to shopify store, it’s not listed among the options for payment gateways.
Yeah it’s not. It’s only listed for Ghana. But I’ll suggest you visit the ravepay websites create an account then contact them about adding it to your store.
Hello. Detailed write up here. How can one get a receipt machines that works with the shopify app. Is this possible?
Of course it’s available.
please can you put me through I’m a newbie on e_commerce and I will love to deal in drop shipping thanks in anticipation
Mr Olusola thanks a million for this expository review. God bless you more.
Your post is great for us who want to sell with Shopify.
God bless
Bro can you drop your contact cause am having some issues on Shopify
Send an email to me
Hi david,
I must say u did a great job with this article. I sent u an email and am still waiting for your reply. I got some questions and clarification in using the Shopify platform.
Kindly reply
Thanks
Ok…can you resend it
OK I will
Hi,I have a business PayPal account and 1.95USD was deducted from my account.can I receive payment from my store via express checkout with this?
Send money to the PayPal account to confirm this
Hi Olusola,
Thank you for your detailed post. I plan to start with the $29 monthly plan but can you explain how other merchants can use my store to sell like a multi vendor marketplace with shopify.
my other question is will i be the one to contact paystack or it is something shopify will do once i register.
Thank you
You”ll need to create an account with Paystack and integrate it with your Shopify store. But you can’t have others sell on your store with the $29 monthly plan.
You’ll have to choose a bigger plan.
I read in one of your response to a question, I need clarification
Does Shopify advertise one’s online store to Target audience
You’ll do the advert yourself
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Hi David,
I started Shopify, still in the trial phase, however, I have encountered some huddles with designing my store. Do you think you can share your email with me please so perhaps you can give me some guidance?
Hi Lyn
You can reach me here…olusola.david@torchbankz.com
Hi, your blog post has been quite insightful, but I have a question, PayPal only receives payments , you can’t transfer to your bank as a Nigerian, so how do one cross this hurdle if you want to make a withdrawal? thanks
You’ll exchange it
Woow, nice writeup, my question is, will the supplier brand the good with my store name on shopify before sending to the customer?
You have to request for that… it’s called white label
Bro you were quite elaborate and absolute helpful for a newbie however, I really need to know more about the international gateway for example how will I withdraw money from my PayPal account to my business bank account?
You can’t do that with the Nigerian PayPal account
Nice and informative article David and for those in need of a paypal account with which you will be able to send and receive payment any where in the world. I can help you lot with that… You can reach me via whatsapp (+228 700 58745) or email: jeffman6901@gmail.com
Hi Sola,
I am interested in setting up a shop on Shopify and have a list of questions I would love for you to help me out with.
1. With regards to payment method, I am considering using Paypal. How do I set up a paypal account that accepts international payment here in Nigeria? Can I set it up with USD dorm account debit card of I have to have a credit card?
2. How much does Paypal charge me per transaction?
3. Are there cheaper and effective options out there like paypal that would work here?
4. How do I get my money in Naira after receiving my payment with Paypal?
5. When drop shipping from Ali express, do I have to pay my supplier down for certain number of the items I have on my shopify store even before customers order for them or I should pay my supplier after a customer have paid for the product on my website?
6. Do I have to order test products of what ever I have on my shopify store?
7. Apart from helping me to import items onto my store, what else would oberlo do for me? would they be the one to noitfy my supplier to send the item or I still have to just handle contacting my supplier and paying for the items directly myself?
8. Would i have an issue with a supplier on Ali express sending products for me after it has been ordered if I have no prior history of buying anything from the supplier or Ali express? what I mean is that can the supplier refuse or give me strict conditions of paying for certain number of items down before they would engage in business with me?
Thanks a lot for taking the time out to answer my questions
Great sacrifice sir, thank you so much.
1) Pls how do I integrate shopify with my facebook page?
2)I don’t want to dropship, I want to sell my own products. How do I do it?
https://web.facebook.com/business/help/646757258759189?_rdc=1&_rdr
Follow that article for more knowledge on that!
Good day Mr. Olusola David, I commend your effort the way you patiently answer these questions even though some are basic questions they could have looked up online.
Please, when it comes to this mini importation, a lot of people say you can import health products but nobody talks about Nafdac number or is there something I’m missing here?
Nafdac are for products created in Nigeria. If you shipped any products and it’s cleared that means its safe to enter Nigeria.
Except smuggled products.
Contact their support about that, I’m sure it’s fixable.
Unable to sign up on Shopify, under nigeria is showing invalid and also in the postal code area, how do I go about that.
Refresh and try again
thank you bro…I have a business paypal account, can foreigners from anywhere in the world buy my products from my shopify store with their credit/debit cards and I’ll receive it on my paypal account?
secondly, after opening a domiciliary dollar account, can i go ahead and integrate 2checkout or stripe into my shopify store?….so money gets transferred from my stripe/2checkout account to my domiciliary dollar account
Yeah exactly
Hello, i want to ask. Emm i just found out i’ll need a credit card to fulfill orders and i would need to collect that from the bank but they need an evidence of business..what do i give them?…
Show them your CAC copy if your business is registered
Thanks for your detailed information on Shopify. My question is I tried the free trial of Shopify and it expired without me knowing what to do then. Now that I’m a little enlighten by your write-up, I want to do dropshipping using Shopify. Please advise me on how to go about it and also
how to sumount the payment gateway issue since I will be dealing with international customers
if you have the funds I’ll suggest you register your business in the US so you can use Shopify payments and stripe even PayPal if you want
Please how do you register your Shopify in the us??
US address
hello ,i have a complain to make, when i click on my image with text overlay it doesnt link me to the botton link “new arrivals” -was what i type in.but anytime i click on the image from my website it doesnt link me there what can i do? also i need the direct shopify line for nigeria
Excellent post.
Please i want to know more about this CASHENVOY.
What are the required documents/details for their account setup?
Just create an account you’ll see all the formal procedure to start using their platform.
can I use paystack for customers base in the united states or outside Africa……thanks for your article
Yes, you can. But you’ll need to contact them first before you can start using it.
Thanks…. But how can I contact paystack before I can start selling too customers outside Africa
You can use the chat icon inside your account to message them directly
Tnks for the elaborate explanation. Pls when someone buys from your shopify store, do you receive the payment immediately assuming you’re using PayPal as a means of receiving payment or would you have to wait for some time.
Tnks
Its immediately
That’s quite enlightening Bro, keep it up.
Pls can I use Shopify to build Jumia affiliate store, if so How does it work?
It’s going to be expensive cos you’ll have to pay every month.
WordPress is mostly preferable.
Ok, That great, but what traffic source will work best for the Jumia affiliate store?
Social media and SEO is ok
Morning….please do I need to charge Tax on Shopify from Nigeria when selling online in the…
It’s not necessary in Nigeria
Very very interesting article .it been helpful for and my worries about staring online business is gone .thanks
Im glad you like it
Thank you for this update it’s very helpful but my concern now is I don’t know how to go about a point of sale system
Thank you for the update. When a buyer pay for the goods, will the seller receive the buyer details to be able to send the goods to the buyer. How will the buyer know how much to pay for the waybill. Is there a provision for that in the payment section
You re doing a wonderful job here, Sir. Bt there are some things dat still confuse me on this Dropshipping business.
1)When a customer buys from my store wt his/her credit card or paypal. How do i order d products from the Supplier on AliExpress?
2)How will the Supplier get the customer details since i’ll be the one to pay him(the supplier)?
Finally sir, how do i activate RavePay on my Shopify store? Thank you.
Great job Olusola, I commend you.
More grease to your elbow.
I’m going to start dropshipping on Shopify.
Thanks for the write-up. You did not talk about shipping though. How do we ship our order?… You know, logistics and all
That’s a third party work
Yes.. You can!
You’ll see the procedure inside your Shopify account at the payment settings area when you choose rave by flutterwave
Hi bro, please i am in canada but i want to open a shopify business mainly and only for nigerians… do i need to go back home in other to get documents and all? As i do have my business here registered and all my products are in Nigeria..
It depends on the payment gateway you want to use that will determine the where your business is registered
I really Find This Helpful ,Now I Cant Sell On Shopify If My Business Isn’t registered
Yes you can if you’re not going to be using PayPal
Is there a way to accept Cedis and Naira at the same time? Like the customer can choose to switch between currencies? If so which Shopify app because I have not seen one.
Yeah, you can use multi-currency switcher
Can. I use Stripe payment gateway in Nigeria
yes you can
Please can we know how?
Can my customers in USA pay(USD) directly to my paystak without using paypal or stripe and i receive the money immediately to pay my manufacturers in china. While I’m in Nigeria
You can receive dollar payments when you activate it on paystack.
However, you’re going to need to pay your supplier with your own card
That’s for Dollar payment if you want to use paystack to receive dollars you need to activate it manually by contacting paystack support.
Yes., your currency should be in dollar
Thanks for this highlight bro
Glad you like it
Hello Sola, thanks for the article. Very helpful.
I will like to know how to get Shopify to work on Instagram.
I have used a USA address to setup but now have to cross the hurdle of which payment gateway to for Nigerians.
It depends on your target market
Target Market: USA, Europe & Africa.
Your preferred currency should be USD
Bro thanks for the article. My question is what is the best way to get my shopify products to the customers
Drop Shipping
Hi Olushola,
Thanks for the time you took to write this article and also enlighten others. I’m currently on the Shopify trial account. Is it possible to receive payment via PayPal if I don’t have a business account?
If you answered yes to the first question, I have a dollar master card which can be used to setup account on Paypal, for items purchased on my online-store, will I receive the payment directly to my dollar master card account?
This’re questions begging for answers.
I commend your effort oga boss. But I want to make some point clear.
Nigerians ain’t eligible to use the following payment gateways;
PayPal
Stripe
Shopify payment
As well as 2checkout
Have been there and done it but am glad you rectified it in your Q&A below.
https://www.fiverr.com/dgshopify
Please how can i pay for the shopify monthly plan I’m from Nigeria because they don’t accept our regular naira debit card?
They accept any Visa vard
Hi please can my customer make payment in my Shopify store with credit card in Nigeria
Yes, they can
Good day please my challenge is the shipping days and fee they charge when I use orbelo or ecomhunt please is there a better way to go about this. Thanks
They are both free to use. At least its comes with free version.
Thats not what I mean. I mean the shipping days and cost is high 25-40 days is there any other platform that’s is faster and cheaper
You don’t neccesarily have to sell to Nigeria from China.
You could target other countries with ePacket shipping option.
Thanks for the article, it helps a lot. Quick question, how can you subscribe for Shopify In Nigeria without a credit card? If for any reason at all you use a us address to set up would it affect on the long run?
Which account can be used to place orders to supplies when it is received from a customer? As credit cards don’t really work In Nigeria
Credit cards work in Nigeria… You can use your AliExpres account
I sent you mail twice now but no reply yet. Pls check
Ok! I will check.
I really appreciate this article but I wanna ask… considering the fact that importing/exporting goods in Nigeria is expensive.
How can someone go on with it cause clearing charges alone might be more than the price and profit?
custom fee are not heavy on Imported goods, custom clearing is N500
Thank you for this great article. My question is when you set up a Shopify store in Nigeria and your target market is US, Australia, Europe, and Canada. What currency will these customers see when viewing your Shopify website to make purchases, or do I just set my currency to USD to be able to sell to these target customers?
USD will do just fine… however, there’s multi currency app on Shopify that can display currency based on country.
Thanks for this, my questions are, how do I make people to visit my Shopify store so I can make sales, do I have to link it up with social accounts like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat. if yes, how?
You can do that by running Facebook ads
Please which payment gateway is suitable for a drop shipper who is not registered?
You can still use paystack but it’s limited
Now that Shopify does not use debit cards, which other options are available for us to kick start
You can use any VISA card
Hello mr Olusola, I really appreciate your in-depth explanation of what Shopify is.
I want to drop ship, how do I add image for that directly from the product site. I also want to know other shops that one can drop ship from , I ask because it’s only AliExpress that has been mentioned a lot considering the fact that I intend to delve into female Luxury fashion wear In the USA
There are several other dropshipping suppliers you can use. Check my supplier category here…
Hi Shola. Its interesting that you’re still getting questions and answering them on an article you wrote in 2018!!! Having said that, do you offer any training on e-commerce? This is 2021 and I guess lots of things may have changed. For example, I don’t think Payoneer was popular when you wrote this. Can it be used as Alternative to Paypal?
Well, to some extent it can. But you can’t use Payoneer as a payment gateway as PayPal does. You can only use it as a bank deposit from customers or receive direct transfers.
Sir, Like a start with the beginners can I change my plan to another plan at anytime I want to
Sure, you can do that.