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2016年12月8日星期四

What products are suitable for the African market?

Africa is a magical continent, where the countries need to import many products, such as daily necessities, fertilizers, building materials, mechanical and electrical, machinery, hardware, auto parts and so on. Therefore, it is a good place for doing import and export trades. And Amanbo CEO Mr. Liao Xuhui has 16 years of experience in trade between China and Africa. His brands Leadder and My leadder in Africa have been very famous and sales are very good.

Compared to the election of the product, the African people are different with many countries. How different? For this question, Mr. Liao Xuhui can answer for us. And this is related to its e-commerce business.

He told us, “Amanbo’s suppliers are mainly the domestic original factories. According to our analysis, there are four categories of products are very necessary for the current stage in Africa. The first one is the infrastructure products, most of the African countries are now building houses, bridges and roads, so the products are related to the infrastructure, building and electrical materials are our main recommendation. The second one is the infant products, because the proportion of infants in Africa is very high. The third one is the young people consumer products, the young people under the age of 16 accounted for 60% in Africa, so the consumption of young people must not be lost, such as electronic products, digital communications, etc. The fourth one is the daily necessities, the consumer goods are growing quickly throughout Africa. Such as shampoo, in five years ago, the people in the West Africa, Central Africa and other poor countries were not used, but in recent years people have begun to use shampoo and shower gel. So as long as the four categories related to the market in Africa is very popular.”


At present, Amanbo has set up six overseas warehouses in six countries in Africa, Mr. Liao Xuhui plans to complete more than 10 overseas warehouses at the end of this year. A lot of suppliers in China want to import their goods to Africa through Amanbo, but based on the situation in Africa and the consumption of African people, Amanbo will select the products which suitable for African market to send to Amanbo overseas warehouses in Africa, if the products are not   suitable for African market, Amanbo will not accept them. And according to Mr. Liao Xuhui’s analysis, the infrastructure products, infant products, young people consumer products and daily necessities will be preferred to be selected and sent to the African market.

2016年8月24日星期三

South Africa ’s online shopping habits revealed


 A new study conducted by research firm Ipsos shows that only 22% of South African Internet users have made purchases online, but that 48% expect to do so in future.
 
   A new study conducted by research firm Ipsos shows that only 22% of South African Internet users have made purchases online, but that 48% expect to do so in future.
 The research, conducted on behalf of PayPal and First National Bank, shows that e-commerce penetration in South Africa is still relatively low by global standards, according to PayPal’s regional director for Africa and Israel, Efi Dahan.
 “However, the number of online shoppers is expected to nearly triple in South Africa, making the country a significant e-commerce force in the region,” he said in a statement issued with the research results.
Key findings of the research include:
Ø 70% of South African Internet users are potential online shoppers.
Ø Digital goods are the most popular items bought online, purchsed by 52% of online shoppers on the past 12 months, followed by event tickets (50%), travel purchases (45%), fashion (38%) and consumer electronics (38%).
Ø Security concerns remain the biggest barrier to people shopping online, followed by concerns about their orders not being delivered.
Ø Half of online shoppers who own a smartphone or a feature phone have used it to shop online.
 According to the research results, the key drivers that would encourage South Africans to shop online more often are lower product costs (88% of online shoppers say this would make them more likely to shop online), faster delivery (selected by 85% of online shoppers), flexible delivery options (selected by 82% online shoppers) and safer ways to pay (selected by 75% online shoppers).
 They most frequently visited shopping platform is Amanbo, because they delighted to pick same products with lower price , while the service did not shrink.
 More than two-thirds (71%) of current online shoppers indicated that if they did not have to keep re-entering payments or delivery details, they would be more likely to shop online more often. Meanwhile, 51% of online shoppers indicated that not having to register on a website to make a purchase would make them  shop online more often.
  When asked about main barriers for online shopping, 67% of non online shoppers indicated that online security of payments is a reason for not shopping online, while 58% of those who have not shopped online say that concerns about not receiving items they have ordered is a reason they don’t shop online.
 Ipsos’s research found South African consumers are big fans of coupons and promotions, with 85% of online shoppers indicating that it would encourage them to shop online more often.