WHY SELL ON SME MARKETPLACE NIGERIA
Join a marketplace where millions of buyers nationwide shop for unique items & services.
Low Fees
It is free to list your items and once you make a sale, MarketPlace commission is just 7.5%.
Powerful Tools
Our tools and services make it easy to startup, manage, promote and grow your business.
Support 24/7
Our Customer Care team is here to help via phone, live chat, and email. We always have your back.
HOW IT WORKS
It's easy to start selling online on our MarketPlace in just 4 simple steps
Register Your Brand and List Your Products
Register your business and create a product catalogue. Get free training on how to run your online business.
Our Marketplace Advisors will help you at every step and fully assist you in taking your business online.
Receive and Manage Your Orders
We has everything you need to start selling online. Start your new online store right away.
Sell in 100+ product categories open to all our sellers.
Package And Ship With Ease
Our local delivery module gives you a full feature delivery management system for your online store. You can easily add/manage your delivery person(s). Your delivery person(s) are automatically notified by email and have their dashboard to see customers’ details, delivery details, and mark orders as “delivered“.
Generate Revenues and Grow Your Business
Sharing commission with us on each order you have and we grow up our business together – we only charge a small percentage.
LOW FEES
Affordable, Transparent, and Secure
It doesn’t cost a thing to list your items on our marketplace, and you only pay after your stuff sells.
It’s just a small percent of the money you earn. See Fees and Payments Policy for more.
₦0
Listing Fees
7.5%
Final Value Fee
Here's what you get for your fee:
- A nationwide community of more than 50 million shoppers.
- Seller protection and support to help you sell your stuff.
- Sell your product or services without a physical store.
- Simple and powerful tools to manage your business.
- Education and training to grow your business.
We process payments with Paystack, an external payment platform that allows processing transactions with a variety of payment methods. Funds from sales will be deposited into your local bank account. 
Features
Powerful tools
to sell, market & manage your business
Spend less time managing your shop and more time on the fun stuff. We have tools to help you whether you’re just getting started or about to make your ten-thousandth sale.
Everything You Need To Sell Online
Sell online, in-store, on-the-go, and everywhere else – from a single platform.
Online Webstore
Get set up and list items quickly without having to manage your own web hosting or design.
Product Variations
Offer different variations of your products, such as multiple sizes, colors, sex, and more.
Advanced Products
Sell Accommodation, Appointment, Event, Rental, Tickets, Bookings, etc...
Digital Products
Customers can order and download your digital products right from your online store.
Group Buy
Offer products and services at significantly reduced prices on the condition that a minimum number of buyers would make the purchase.
Pre-Order
Let your customers order items in advance of it being available.
Wholesale Pricing
Sell at discounted rate to shoppers who buys in large quantities.
Store Invoice
Automatically create invoices for you and your customers in one click.
Store Coupon
Offer discount (Percent and fixed amount) off specified products and services. Create as you wish.
Auto Cart Recovery
Recover lost sales by automatically sending an email to prospective customers encouraging them to complete their purchase.
Enquiry Manager
View and answer questions asked by buyers about products they need help with - all previous enquiries will be listed as FAQ.
Multiple Sales Channel
Online store; In-person; Facebook shop; Instagram shop; and Google shopping.
Promote Your Store And Products
Reach your ideal shopper with content marketing, online marketing campaigns, store deals, etc.
Store Deals/Coupon
Set up irresistible deals and offers with flexible discount promo codes.
Store Blog
Build your audience and boost store traffic with Marketplace built-in blog.
Store Followers
Your store followers receive notification for your store activities.
Store SEO
Help potential customers find your store using search engines.
Google Shopping & Advertising
Get your products to the top of the world's most powerful search engine.
Store Geo Location & Radius Search
Allow searching products or services near the user’s current location.
Social Media Awareness
Automatic promotion of your store and/or listing on all our social media accounts.
Facebook Shop & Advertising
Choose and reach up to two billion active Facebook users.
On-site Ads
Use our free tools to share your items on our marketplace and social media.
Cash Back Offers
Encourage shoppers to buy from you with cash refunds after making their purchase.
Making Management Simpler
Control everything smoothly from a single dashboard with centralized inventory, order management, pricing, shipping and more.Â
Store Shipping
Offer specific shipping methods for each area: Flat-rate shipping; Quantity- or weight-based rates; Free shipping; Store-pickup.
Easy Bulk Upload/Edit
Import or export your products using Excel/CSV file and edit your products information at once.
Customers Notifications
From order confirmation to parcel fulfillment, every notice to customers will be automatically sent.
Delivery Management
Manage your product delivery by your own delivery team. Add, assign a delivery person to an order, and get instant delivery notifications.
Inventory management
Track stock counts, and automatically stop selling products when inventory runs out.
Inquiry, Support & Chat
A direct mechanism of communication between you and the buyer to make better purchase decisions.
Store Policies
Easily manage your store refund, return and exchange and shipping policies.
Abandoned Cart Recovery
Recover lost sales by automatically sending a notice to prospective customers with a link to their abandoned shopping carts.
Store Hours/Vacation
Ideal for businesses that are seasonal or operate between fixed hours. Let your shopper know when your store is open or closed
Sales Report & Analytics
Besides advanced sales reports you will also have store and product analytics which will help you to plan your sales strategy.
Delivery Team
You can add unlimited number of delivery persons, assign a delivery person to an order, and get instant delivery notifications.
Shipping Tracking
Add tracking code or URL to your sold items and mark them as shipped, similarly, on receipt customer can mark them as received.
Store Invoice
You can process store wise invoice to your customers and can also configure the invoice slip as per requirement.
Store Staffs
Need to be away or need extra hands? You can add staffs users to your store and filter the access as required to the users.
Seller App
Update your store, manage inventory, fulfill orders, and contact a customer - On-the-go.
Life Doesn't Wait, Neither Should You
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Here are some common questions about selling on SME MarketPlace NG
SME MarketPlace NG provides a marketplace for small businesses, entrepreneurs, local producers, and manufacturers. You can sell products and professional services among these categories: Electronics, Clothing and Apparel, Phones and Accessories, Computers and Technology products, Automobile, Health and Beauty, Baby products, Books, Household Supplies, Office Supplies, and Professional Services (Laundry, Internet broadband, Web Development, Content Writing, Coaching, etc)
The name of your store is important and must be unique. This is what buyers use to identify you. You can use your registered business name if you have one (click here to register your business name). Make sure your propose name is also available on SME Marketplace. To check, visit the vendor register page now. Please note that once you choose a name, you cannot change it.
It’s easy to set up a store on our MarketPlace. Create a seller account (if you don’t already have one), fill in your personal information, choose a shop name, create a listing, set a payment method (how you want to be paid), and finally set a shipping method.
There is a powerful Seller’s Dashboard section to manage all aspects of selling on SME Marketplace. You will be able to manage your seller’s account, add new products/services, add your business information, and more.
Yes. All plans are available month-to-month with no long term commitments so you can change your plan at any time.
We don’t offer refunds, however, our Start-up plan is FREE and enables to you start selling on a fully functional webstore. You can upgrade to a premium whenever you’re ready!
If you want to close your account permanently, Please contact our Seller Support to assist you. You can suspend your listings, or remove it entirely but keep your selling account open.
Payments made from sales will be transferred to the bank account details you maintain in your account.
Our dedicated seller support team manage what products and sellers are featured on our home page and dedicated featured page. If you have a product you would like to feature then please contact seller support at seller-support@smemarketplace.ng:
To ensure your product has the best chance of being featured ensure:
- Your product has high quality images.
- Your products contains detailed description of its features and benefits.
- Your store and profile details are fully completed.
- You have a minimum of 5 products listed.
Joining and creating a webstore on our MarketPlace is free. However, there are two basic selling fees: a transaction fee, and a payment processing fee. It’s also free to publish a listing or product to our MarketPlace. A listing lasts until the item is sold. Once an item sells, there is a 7.5% transaction and processing fee on the sale price. See Fees Payment Policy for more
