During a recent conversation with a friend, we discussed our shopping habits. I couldn’t help but express my pride in everything Nigerian and how I often purchase items from Nigeria. To my surprise, my friend preferred buying their items from abroad and shipping them to Nigeria. This conversation, filled with our personal experiences, led me to bring the same question to our X account community, hoping to hear more about their experiences.
As a dedicated window shopper and active user of Instagram, the algorithm has learned my interests and picked up on my intentionality to buy items made and sold by Nigerians living and producing in Nigeria. Now, my Explore page is always filled with one unique item or another made in Nigeria and shipped worldwide. Similarly, it has made me a contact point for friends wanting to explore more items that can be shopped in Nigeria and shipped within Nigeria or abroad.
Currently, Afrobeats seems like our biggest export, with our stars’ names being on the lips of people who, in the past, would have butchered their names or mispronounced them. But beyond music, books, and movies, the Nigerian market is brewing with talents. From fashion to art, skincare (face and body), and even scents, there is always something to be found in Nigeria.
In this article, we released a breakdown of how our Budget Service shipped items in 2023, and the items most commonly shipped from Nigeria were skincare. Until recently, I was also a keen user of beauty products that weren’t from Nigeria until I fell deeply in love with body butters and oils from Nigeria and took it a step further to trust Nigerian skincare products for use on my face.
At Topship, we bridge the gap for Nigerian businesses to thrive, whether they need to import supplies to help their businesses succeed or export items to customers worldwide. Each service Topship created is done with business owners’ success in mind. We aim to ensure that wherever you are in the world, your top picks of items will be items from Nigeria, and you will rest assured knowing that your shipments from Nigeria reach you in pristine condition.
Why are we pro-Made-In-Nigeria?
Other than the famous saying, “Buy Nigeria to grow the Naira”, Nigerian businesses are excelling like never before, showcasing their resilience and innovation.
From the creative scene with names like Anthony Azekwoh to the fashion spaces redefining the essence of style and luxury like Rendoll, to even other art forms like gardening, space beautification like Just Planters Ng, skincare like Skinfinite, and food for businesses who cater to ensuring that Nigerian food is available to you wherever you are in the world.
Nigerians are creating businesses to expand our horizons of what we know and how our needs can be met, both at home and abroad.
How is Topship ensuring that items produced in Nigeria are being shipped worldwide?
The gap between the source, the producer, and the final consumers (the customers) is bridged through the constant creation and improvement of shipping services.
What are these services?
Importation Services
China Imports: If your business in Nigeria relies on shipments from China, this service is for you. Our China Imports services deliver straight from merchants in China to business owners in Nigeria, regardless of the quantity of the shipment.
💲– Starts from 9 per kg
📦Ship from suppliers and manufacturers in China
💳Inclusive of customs clearance charges
🚚Delivery in 6 – 10 days
🚫No pickups
🚫No doorstep delivery
Express Imports: This service is for business owners needing items imported quickly!
💲Starts from NGN 69,093
🌎Import from over 200+ cities
🚚Doorstep delivery
📦Delivery in 3 – 7 working days after pick-up
🚫Not inclusive of customs clearance charges
Exportation Services
Saver Priority: This service is cheaper than “Express” and faster than “Saver.”
📦Delivery in 5-7 working days (Saver Priority)
🚚Doorstep delivery
🗺️Worldwide shipping
📍Live tracking
Express: Our Express service is the fastest service for international shipping and delivers to over 200 cities worldwide. And to make it even better, the price of our Express Service has just become significantly cheaper!
This service includes features such as:
📦Delivery in 3-7 working days
🚚Doorstep delivery
🗺️Worldwide shipping
📍Live tracking
Budget: Let’s say you want your customer to save money on their international order and, most importantly, don’t want them to pay unpredictable customs costs for your items. Then, the Budget service is for you.
✨No customs clearance charges
📦Doorstep delivery in 7 – 14 days
📍Live tracking
You can’t ship the following items with the Budget Service
- Fruits and vegetables
- Ammunition
- Bank bills, notes, or currency
- Fireworks
- Hazardous waste
- Radioactive materials
- Illegal items, according to law enforcement
- Perfumes
- Unground Ogbono, pepper, melon
- Dairy products
- Yam
- Beef/Ponmo
- Medication
- Luxury goods (This applies to internationally recognised brands only. May require additional cost to ship; please contact support)
Wherever you are in the world, you can shop from Nigeria, knowing that Topship will be right at your doorstep to deliver your items safely.
🛳️ Get started with your international and local shipping today. Start here
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