Gift card trading in Nigeria has grown rapidly over the past few years. Many people now prefer to exchange unused gift cards for cash. It gives them the freedom to spend the money however they want. While this has created great opportunities, it has also opened doors for fraudsters who prey on unsuspecting traders.
Scammers use several tricks to steal gift card details and vanish without paying a single Naira. In 2025, as gift card trading continues to expand, scam methods are also evolving.
That’s why it is important to stay alert and know the red flags. In this blog, we’ll explore the most common gift card scams you should watch out for this year, along with practical tips to protect...
Nigeria’s fintech scene has come a long way. Ten years ago, most people were still paying cash for airtime at the corner shop. Now, millions send money, pay bills, access loans, and even invest—right from their phones. But while the front-end experience looks shiny, what’s happening behind the curtain hasn’t always kept up.
Too many platforms are still running on a patchwork of disconnected tools. Payment processing is handled here, fraud monitoring over there, compliance tracking somewhere else—if at all. The result? Teams are overworked, users get frustrated, and opportunities are missed. It’s the digital version of trying to run a Formula 1 car with bicycle parts.
Enter data orchestration. This isn’t just another IT buzzword—it’s the silent engine that’s powering...
The Managing Director of Jumia's food marketplace, Guy Futi has announced an on-demand pizza delivery partnership between Jumia’s food marketplace and Pizza Hut. The partnership is expected to boost operational performance and last mile delivery in Nigeria.
Futi made this disclosure at a press conference held at Pizza Hut, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.
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Giving more details about the partnership, Futi said:
"As the premier food delivery business in Nigeria, we are opening up our platform to enable our customers to order pizza from Pizza Hut while ensuring that it is delivered at record...
The internet has dramatically transformed the way people shop. However, with online shopping’s speed, accessibility, and convenience comes the great possibility of cyber crime. While you definitely cannot stop criminals from hacking, what you can do is to be familiar with and adopt good online shopping habits. Make sure to follow the tips below to further level up your shopping experience and never let cyber criminals ruin it.
1. Do not use the same password for your accounts
Having the same password for all your accounts (email, shopping, and social media accounts) makes things more convenient. Aside from this, we know that...
If you are looking to take your eCommerce business to the next level, you’ve probably come across lots of conflicting advice. With everyone putting in their two cents on what works, it can be difficult to decide on what advice to follow.
To make the most out of your effort and time, it’s best to follow industry trends over individual advice. These techniques and strategies work best for most people, and so they’re a safe bet.
To help you set off on the right path towards success, we’ve brought together 4 of the most prominent trends in eCommerce for you to...
Technology advancement is a topic that cannot be exhaustively discussed because when we think a man has gotten to an unbelievable and remarkable height, the standard gets broken again without something more sophisticated. We would love to look a little into the future and predict what man will do with the likes of Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and more.
These are the views of some experts in the line of technology
I want to mention two technologies that are slowly revolutionizing how most tech companies and tech platform work today.
Applied Natural Language Processing
For decades, NLP was a computer science field that had...
If you’re hesitant about starting a business because of large capital and expensive day-to-day operations, then online business is a great idea for you. With online business, you can start with minimum capital and you can even do it on your own.
The internet can help you become a successful entrepreneur like what you’ve always wanted. However, some people find internet a bit intimidating. Well, do not fret because in this post, we will share some guidelines to successfully start an online business that can eventually be your golden ticket to financial freedom.
1. Come up with a business plan:–
First...
When thinking of establishing your business online, one of the first and most important decisions to make is selecting a content management system (CMS).
The CMS enables you to manage and organize your website. It handles a lot of the technicalities that come with website design, so even those who are not familiar with website language can use it.
There is a wide variety of CMSs available on the market. You will find some systems are ideal for e-commerce, while others are more suited to informative websites.
So, which one is right for your small business? This really depends on...
Online stores continue to grow in popularity thanks to the convenience they provide in our everyday lives. With just a few minutes of searching and mouse clicks, you can purchase nearly anything.
What’s interesting is that ecommerce is not just reserved for big companies either. Amazon is obviously a well-recognized name but there are many smaller online stores operating successfully. If you would like to start selling products online, 2023 is a great time.
Launching an ecommerce business used to be a complex process, but today quite the opposite is true. Provided that you are willing to put in effort,...
Advancements in technology combined with reduced spare time has led to a growth in the adoption of e-commerce in business. The internet has made it easier for entrepreneurs to start a business with little investment and high returns. Hence, a lot of entrepreneurs can be seen jumping on the bandwagon.
Statistics show that e-commerce contributed $2.3 trillion sales in and this is expected to hit $4.5 trillion by the year 2021. In the US alone, e-commerce accounts for 10 percent of the retail sales and this is expected to grow by 15 percent each year.
In the past, developers insisted on...
Entrepreneurs can follow some proven steps to guarantee their success when launching an online business. One thing that has helped people to start and run their online businesses successfully is to identify a need and fill it. You might also need to design and develop a website that has an easy-to-use interface.
After that, drive traffic to the site using search results and establish an expert reputation for the venture. An entrepreneur can also increase their income through upselling and back-end sales and following up their subscribers and customers with emails.
Anyone from experienced online traders to newbie can benefit from...
Monitoring the pricing policies of your resellers is a huge task. Keeping track of them can be time consuming, but it needs to be done to identify violators and take appropriate actions against them. So, what is the solution, how do you make this process more efficient and accurate?
The Need for MAP Monitoring
Your Minimum Advertised Price (MAP) policy helps you to get some control over the way your products are priced. It helps prevent price undercutting as a way to eliminate competition. Enforcing your MAP policy consistently installs confidence among your resellers that no single or group of sellers...
Nigerians often get gift cards from various sources, maybe through purchase or as a gift from friends and families. But they find it difficult to sell gift card in Nigeria just in case they have no need to redeem it.
Well, this problem statement is no longer a problem, as a new platform has now evolved to help you with your gift card trades and pay you for them instantly.
So, if you are willing to exchange gift card in Nigeria, you should do so on Cardnosh.
Little Information About Cardnosh
Cardnosh is a gift card trading site on which you can sell...
The technology behind contactless payments is continuing to evolve at a frightening rate, with biometrics playing a pivotal role in this. Last year saw Gemalto launch the world’s first biometric EMV card for contactless payments, which included a fingerprint sensor on the right of the card body to enhance user security.
This is also part of a wider move to do away with cards altogether, with biometric solutions helping customers to pay with their smartphones and similar devices without compromising their safety.
For now, however, we continue to use standard and contactless debit cards to complete everyday purchases, while credit cards...
No one will deny to some extra bucks without actually doing anything special. Affiliate marketing is the way that allows one (mainly bloggers and online marketers) to increase their monthly check value by a certain extent without actually doing anything extra or special. For example, you can join CallHippo Affiliate Marketing program for this.
With simple linking and page directing, it is one of the best easy ways to make money. That is why it has created much buzz in the business world.
There are various affiliates marketing program that claims to give away easy money. However, the main point to...
Sharing your thoughts, to reach a large number of audience, has never been this simple, easy and fun. With the rise and growth of different online platforms to express yourself, it takes only dedication, determination, good content, and the best platforms to project what you have to offer, and who you are to the whole world.
Some people have chosen different social media platforms, such as Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, to project their ideas, while others have gone in the direction of creating websites, to reach a wider and centralized audience.
Creating and running a website can be fun and exciting, ...
Trust is the cornerstone of every successful business arrangement.
From simple retail sales all the way up to big company mergers, none of it happens if the people involved don’t have trust between one another.
Only when both parties believe – and feel confident – that their counterpart is being forthcoming and holding up their end, negotiations end and deals are struck.
Why would it be any different online?
If anything, trust is an even bigger issue when it comes to doing business over the internet. When you are standing across from someone, you can convey your ideas quickly, and get a good...
No one can deny it: Although technology has had some negative effects on people’s lives, it has made life whole lot easier. Gone are the days when you could stand on ques for hours to pay bills when we could rely on fewer resources of communication just to mention a few.
Today, you can pay bills from the comfort of your home, send or receive messages anytime from anywhere and more. Saving money is also possible today. However, to save money does not mean you don’t buy anything, but to save money using online coupons. All this has been made...
Want your restaurant to stand out from the rest? You’ve got a great menu and now want to excel at service? Consider, a full stack restaurant management system.
A restaurant management system is the complete integrated software system for your restaurant that helps you stay on top of all your essential processes. It is the solution a restaurant needs, across online ordering, table reservations, billing, inventory management, accounting, security, marketing & CRM, analytics, loyalty, payments, employee scheduling, and payroll management.
A restaurant management system lets your software carry out the day to day functions. Customer data that comes into...
Whenever we hear this word ‘DISCOUNT,' our blood rushes in our veins, and we are above ninth cloud because it means we can avail certain pleasantries regarding our favorite brands at a more economical price range.
With the increase in the price value, the discount codes are like rays of hope. Imagine, you have a discount code for a branded clothing line or any food restaurant, how immensely happy you will be.
This is what the marketing companies aim for. All those people who have discount codes, they will definitely go for it.
Basic Logic Behind Discount Codes:
Usually, the logic behind the...
So you want to learn Referral Marketing? I got you covered. Today, I will talk about referral marketing and why you should do it.
I will also go through the whole setup process step-by-step and give you the best practices in referral marketing.
Are you ready? Let’s dive in.
What is Referral Marketing?
Referral Marketing is a form of marketing where you let your customers do all the hard work of referring customers to your website. This can be a simple ‘refer-a-friend’ program in your website or it can be an affiliate marketing program where the business owner recruits affiliates to promote their...
The crypto-wave collapse continues with full force. Today, the leading digital coins continued to depreciate after their decline last week.
Serious losses were also noted with digital coins such as Cardone, Monero, throne, jota, dash and more were reduced by more than 10%.
What caused the unprecedented depreciation of crypto cells?
What is the reason for the exceptionally strong decrease in crypto cellular levels? Generally speaking, a "civil war", a result of last week's "hard fork" in the battlecake cache.
What is a "Difficult Fork"?
This term is linked to a change in the cryptographic protocol that is not comparable to older versions of the digital coin. For...
You need the best marketing automation software to scale your business fast and convert more leads to customers.
Marketing automation software is software tools that...
Zmobile is a mobile banking service from Zenith bank. Zmobile (meaning Zenith mobile) enables customers of Zenith bank to carry out various banking and...
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...
