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Sell thrift online in Kenya
You open a fresh bale from Gikomba, and by noon one jacket has twenty "mine" comments. To sell thrift online in Kenya, give each piece its own page and link on your website. Track its stock, and it shows Sold out the moment it sells. The first to pay gets the jacket.
KSh 0 to start,
no card.
"Mine" is a comment. Paid is an order.
The first "mine" is not the buyer. The first payment is. So answer every "mine" with the piece's own link.
Everyone who comes after sees Sold out on the page. That works because you set the stock to one and turned tracking on for that listing. No more selling one jacket twice and saying sorry to the second buyer in the morning.
Each piece shows the size on its label, the measurements you add, the brand and the one price. Buyers who hate "DM for price" see the price before they ask. That answers most of the questions under a mitumba post.
Show the wear and skip the refused delivery
You shoot thrift on the floor, the bed or a hanger, in a hurry, with a bale behind. Was your website built from your Instagram posts? Then Mybizna cut out each photo that passed its check. It gave each a plain backdrop in your website's look. The piece itself stays exactly as you photographed it.
Photos you add from your phone show as you took them. Either way, a faded collar or a mended seam stays visible, and that saves you a refused delivery. Mybizna also drafts the name and a description for you to check. That covers five drafts a month on Free, and any number during the trial.
What about the buyer who never shows up?
Nairobi buyers expect pay on delivery, and sellers know the no-shows. On Mybizna, one phone can place three cash orders a day at your website. A new business can have up to five cash orders waiting at a time. The limits grow as you get your ID and payout account checked.
Buyers who prefer it can pay online, by M-Pesa or card. Until your ID is approved, checkout shows them the paybill. After that, they get an M-Pesa prompt on their phone. Payouts to your M-Pesa or bank start then too, about two working days after each sale.
A cash order counts as delivered only when you or your rider tap Handed over. And cash carries no Mybizna fee.
How to sell thrift online in Kenya, one drop at a time
Thrift runs on drops. Free holds ten listings at a time, enough for a small drop. Starter, at KSh 999 a month, holds fifty and adds discount codes for a clearance. You can try the codes in the 14 days of Pro your first business gets.
Business holds as many listings as you want. Every order, paid or cash, sits in one list with the buyer's number and area. The ones that need you come first. Here is how to list your next Saturday drop.
How it works
Sign up with your phone
Use your number and the code we text you. Or put your Instagram handle into mybizna.com, and your posted pieces become listings in about a minute.
List the drop
Make one listing per piece, with its photo, size, measurements and price. Set stock to one and turn tracking on, so it sells once.
Say where you deliver
Add your areas with a fee each. Turn on pickup if buyers may collect from you.
Post, then paste the link
Each piece has its own link. Put it in the caption, your bio and every "mine" reply.
Questions
- How do I stop selling the same piece twice?
- Turn stock tracking on for the listing and set the stock to one. After the first paid order, the page says Sold out.
- Can buyers still bargain on the price?
- Not on the page. The price on the page is the price. To sell a piece sooner, change the price yourself or make a discount code. Codes work during your trial, then on Starter and up.
- What if the buyer refuses the piece at the door?
- You close the order yourself. It never counts as delivered on its own. Cash limits per phone and per business keep repeat time-wasters few.
- Will buyers see the size?
- Yes. Write the label size and your own measurements in the listing. When a batch has several sizes, a size option can have its own price.
