How to Sell on Jumia Kenya

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Jumia is known as the African Amazon given its expanding continental reach. The e-commerce platform boasts of over millions of shoppers and affiliate traders and brands. Most of the products listed are owned by traders who use the platform as a source for a  ready market for their clients. Jumia offers delivery services and packaging of their vendors’ products.

Another advantage of listing your commodities with Jumia is the 24/7 availability of your product. Perhaps the key benefit of using this platform is the weekly payments that the site avails to traders whose commodities have been purchased by online shoppers. This business model is ideal for SMEs, startups, and businesses ran from home. Jumia virtually takes over the advertising of your commodity, sale, logistics, and collection of payments on your behalf.

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Registering for a Selling Account on Jumia Kenya

Just like any other online platform, Jumia requires registration of vendors in their site. Is may include details of the business, acceptance of terms and conditions of using the platform.

Jumia is pretty much straight forward  takes 5 minutes maximum when it comes to registration a quick search entry on any browser directs to a SELL CENTER

  1. Follow this link to the Jumia seller account registration page
  2. Fill the registration form accurately
  3. Set up a password that is easy to memorize
  4. Accept the e-contract Kenya  terms and conditions
  5. Proceed to the next step that requires your business information and bank account details
  6. Confirm all your entries and save the entries. You will get a confirmation email from the seller center and verification through a link welcoming and notifying you of your Vendor account.

 

jumia seller center filling the form

Jumia Vendor services

Jumia treats its vendors as members of a community. Several vendor services are listed in the platform that offers local communities the opportunity to earn a living.

Dropshipping on Jumia Kenya

This process is relatively straightforward.

  • Log into your sellers’ account
  • Go to the orders and click on “Manage orders.”
  • Confirm the orders
  • Select an order for processing
  • Select the shipping provider or drop off the hub
  • Make necessary documents then mark the commodity as “ready to ship.”

The rest is done by Jumia, and the package will get to your client.