China's Singles' Day has a new bestseller this year, and you can't hold it in your hand. In 2026, prepaid AI subscriptions and AI token packs are being sold next to iPhones, Xiaomi phones, and AI laptops, with the same coupons, countdowns, and livestream hype.
The clearest sign came on the night of November 2. China's "Lipstick King", Li Jiaqi (also known as Austin Li), sold 100,000 monthly memberships of Alibaba's QwenWork office AI service in about 30 minutes on Taobao Live, according to Alibaba via Reuters. It was his first time selling AI products.
Reuters calls it the first Singles' Day sale where AI token packages are a significant consumer category. Here is what is being sold, who is selling...
Nigeria's National Digital Alphanumeric Postcode System went live on October 1, 2026, the country's 66th Independence anniversary. The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) now gives every addressable building an 11-character digital postcode, and you can look yours up at postcode.gov.ng or in the new Android app.
"Everyone in Nigeria has a location. Now every location has a postcode,"
said Postmaster-General Tola Odeyemi at the launch.
Communications Minister Bosun Tijani put it this way:
"Every Nigerian deserves to be found. Every business deserves the chance to reach its customers."
Before launch, our position was that the technology looked ready and adoption would be the hard part. After testing the live system, we still think so, and we can now be more specific about why.
The map is...
Lagos, Nigeria, 15 May 2018: Nigeria’s no. 1 online shopping platform, Jumia has unveiled a new campaign to position itself as the online platform with the cheapest merchandise in the country. Tagged ‘Last Price Campaign’, its objective is to offer customers the very best prices on over 1,000 iconic products across all categories on its platform.
The campaign kicked off yesterday (May 14th, 2018) nationwide with a promise: “if you buy it cheaper on other platforms, we will refund you 10 times the difference in price within the next 3 months.” The campaign is scheduled to end on May 25th,...
Like any other business, an eCommerce store has to work hard to bring visitors and sales on their website from different channels (Organic, Direct, Referral and Paid). The success of any eCommerce business depends on its marketing strategy, market trend and user behavior.
An eCommerce owner must be aware of these strategies and stay connected with the real world to explore new trends and technologies to drive more sales.
Generally, based on the customer, there are two types of eCommerce site: B2B and B2C. There are various marketing channels available for these types of business. However, working on every marketing channels...
The term "Growth Hacking" has just recently come to limelight and has shot to fame exponentially seeing how it was coined in the year 2010 by Sean Ellis.
Many perceive growth hacking to be some sort of shortcut to online marketing success whereas it is simply a concept that stands on principles such as designing an astute strategy, employing intelligent marketing tactics and bringing to light some out of the box promotional tactics focused entirely on business growth.
As a matter of fact, growth hacking is not simply for small budget, small scale and on the rise businesses or products. The...
Communicating with clients, customers, and targets has proven to be an effective way of growing your business size, customer base, and increasing sales and profit, even more than social media. In fact, you can use Email marketing to achieve almost anything you set out to use it for in your business.
However, marketing via Email will yield the right result only if done the right way.
Start your email marketing with Constant Contact or GetResponse, and you get a 14-day free trial.
There are many components that make email marketing successful: choice of strategy, choice of service provider, subject line, and a couple...
The world is literally at that point where any business serious about growth, making profits, and keeping up with the competition from rivals is online. Digital is the new growth currency for businesses.
However, going digital may be somewhat confusing and tiring as there are so many digital channels to get it done. Of those channels, social media and email are the top contenders, and marketers are almost always constantly torn between which is best, which is more effective, which is more appropriate for businesses, which yields more returns, and so many other arguments.
While many believe Email is king, many...
In our Email Marketing for Beginners, we listed a couple of basic steps, do's, why's, and what's about email marketing. Once you understand the concept, the next logical step is how to implement it for your business. Finding a suitable service provider that fits perfectly with your business or personal plan can be challenging. This is why we are here to share some of the best email marketing platforms you can consider in 2026.
The importance of choosing the right email marketing platform or provider cannot be overstated. I mean, there are a ton of them out there, and choosing...
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iThemes has been fairly prolific in the world of plugin and theme developers. They have introduced plugins of great value and significance and made life easy for content managers and website developers in innumerable ways. iThemes finally stepped into the world of ecommerce with Exchange. It lets you sell physical and digital products via your WordPress site just by installing a plugin. Just like anything new brought about by iThemes, Exchange has been the talk of the town in the ecommerce world.
One of the things that sets Exchange really apart from its counterparts and makes it unique...
As someone who owns, runs, or manages a (big or small) business, the goal every now and then usually revolves around reaching as many people as possible, attracting new customers (while servicing the old ones), outdoing competitors, making more profit, etc. Email marketing is a great way to discover new leads and nurture existing ones.
To achieve this, a lot of effort has to be put into getting the business or brand in the eyes (and heart) of as many people as possible.
Businesses can be promoted and marketed in a number of ways, especially digitally: Social Media Marketing, Email marketing,...
Free shipping only applicable to orders from ₦10,000 and above
Large items such as Air Conditioning, Dishwasher, Fridge/Freezer etc. do not apply
In response to customers’ unrelenting demands for free delivery service to be replicated in other cities within the country, Nigeria’s leading eCommerce company, Jumia has announced the extension of its free shipping via Jumia Express to more cities. The newly added cities are: Abuja, Port Harcourt, Ibadan and Abeokuta. Until now, the free delivery service only applied to orders above ₦15,000 within Lagos.
However, large items such as Air Conditioning, Dishwasher, Fridge/Freezer, Fitness machines, Home furniture, Mirror, Rug,...
Blockchain is basically a ledger; a distributed one. All transactions that occurred on that particular Blockchain are recorded and then stored on the ledger in a form of block data. Once the ledger successfully stores a transaction, it can be removed. This means that with each transaction, the longer the chain of data blocks become.
One of the implications of this is that the complete history of transactions from the recent ones to the first entry is available for verification always. A complex cryptography protects all the data recorded in the distributed ledger and when you possess the key, you...
The western world developed much faster than the rest of the planet. That saw a lot of technological advancements that was lost on the other parts of the world. With the advent of the internet though, that gap was bridged in some ways.
Then, a new problem arose – transacting financially, and doing so seamlessly.
Even though there are a lot of payment gateways (PayPal, Skrill, Neteller et al), only a few of them could be used by those on the other end of the seas from the founding countries.
Falling into that category a lot, the launch of Paystack came to...
Below is a step-by-step guide on how to build a Shopify store. If you have been looking to build an e-commerce centre with the highly-popular CMS tool, you are soon to find out that building a Shopify store is as easy as pie.
Well, that’s if you follow all the instructions in here to the letter.
If, for one reason or the other, you run into snags during the creation of your online store, reach out to me in the comments section and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.
What is Shopify?
Shopify is a CMS package which was...
Technology has taken over the world and previously no one thought that there will come a time when people will be able to buy and sale things online but guess what? Technology made all the impossible look possible and today eCommerce sector is on top of all the other sectors.
The last couple of years have been amazing for eCommerce as a lot of new impressive additions were made to this sector. 2024 is expected to be a great year for eCommerce.
If you are someone who wants to take his eCommerce game to the next level then here are a...
WordPress is the most popular platform for building websites in 2026. If you are planning to build a website, WordPress will probably be one of the top platforms on your list. This is why hosting companies now offer Managed WordPress Hosting services optimized for the speed and security of the platform. In this article, we have compiled some of the Best WordPress hosting for your next project.
Whether you are a small business owner, a blogger, or an aspiring entrepreneur, these hosting providers offer top-notch features, reliable performance, and stellar customer support.
So, if you are planning a WordPress website or...
Sending and receiving money has always been problematic in the past but now, the table has turned. PayPal has appeared as a miracle and an easy way out for sending and receiving money. Transferring money has never been this easy!
Sending money anywhere on the globe is now just one-click away. Do you want to know the amazing features of PayPal? Here we are going to enlighten you with the seven smartest features of PayPal that can make you a fan of this amazing thing and make your life way easier and stress-free.
1. Deals in a number of currencies
Stressed about...
Our lives were changed beyond comparison when the internet was first created. We have embraced this technology, and since its development, we have ensured it feels welcome in every imaginable field. Today, no activity, work, or pleasure can be carried out without stumbling onto the web.
Opportunists saw this as a chance to strike big, and the world of e-commerce was born. The use of the internet in order to create a platform where consumers and sellers come together to carry out transactions is the new ‘it' business. Many, such as Amazon, Flipkart, and eBay, have cashed in on it,...
It is true that the road to being a successful freelancer can be a long and torturous one. I can attest to this as I have been through the rough path before I finally found my way in the world of freelancing. When I first started on this journey, my initial thoughts were along the line of ‘how hard can freelancing be’.
I got to find out pretty quick that it can be as hard as anything. One of my misconceptions was that all I need to do is dump my day job, get a laptop and sit at home...
When you build a website on WordPress, know that your internal search matters a lot. You see, it’s pretty simple to understand, when you build a website, the number 1 thing you do is write content on your site.
Now, no visitor will just come to your site roam around randomly without any purpose. It is a fact that every visitor would come to your site looking for a specific topic and that is the basic reason why you need to improve your internal search in WordPress to help them easily find what they are looking for.
We all know that...
Jumia – currently holding the position of the leading online marketplace in African countries – has posted its financial results for the last quarter (Q4) of 2017 and full year 2017 and they are showing no signs of slowing down.
The company has been around for a while now and despite the fact that they had no infrastructure to build on, has managed to establish itself as the go-to e-commerce provider in the country.
One of the biggest highlights of the company’s financial report is their GMV growth which soared by a massive 64.5% in the fourth quarter alone.
Comparing these figures...
It is a sad reality that in a world where we are ready to spend thousands and millions of dollars on expensive cars and gadgets, we are not ready to spend a few hundred dollars on air purifiers.
Even if today you go up to someone and tell them that they should get an air filter, you will get a whole lecture on how it’s a waste of money. But the reality is totally different, you see we together have polluted the world so much that the air in which we breathe is no longer safe for us.
Want to...
AliExpress is an online shopping mall owned by China's top online marketplace, Alibaba.com. On AliExpress, you will find thousands of top Chinese exporters and...
Virtual dollar cards have become central to accessing the global digital economy, especially as an African. Whether you want to pay for subscriptions, shop...
