Vogue Nigeria Online Marketplace

Augustus is an experienced entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of working in the Technology Industry, Advertising and Media.

Creative full-stack developer dedicated to building and optimizing the performance of user-centric, high impact website, Android and iOS mobile apps for local and global companies. Leverage technical, analytical and problem solving skills to create dynamic and high speed websites, apps and platforms fueling competitive advantage and revenue growth.

Result-focused software developer and digital marketer with a thorough understanding of social media, content marketing, customer engagement and community building strategies.

Proven ability to drive sales gains and increase brand awareness.

Skilled in Web and mobile application development, digital marketing and strategy, marketing analysis, SEO, social media marketing and graphic design. A strong business development professional with TEF mini MBA certification.

Creative, Resourceful and flexible, Able to adapt to changes and maintain a positive attitude and strong work ethics.

Vogue Nigeria will be the biggest online marketplace for businesses of all class, the platform will offer high quality e-commerce infrastructure and functionality at barely no cost. Vogue Nigeria will offer unlimited possibilities from checking out with multiple currencies by buyers to managing the checkout process entirely by the merchant.

There are loads of big businesses and retail outlets doing well on physical store but are yet to tap into the e-commerce Industry. Customers need a reliable e-commerce outfit that can offer them the flexibility to buy products in their preferred currency. There is need for customer to save up for a particular products to be reserved for them. 

We provide free training and workshop to enable potential merchants and business owners understand the importance and benefit of selling online and how to take advantage of the system, then we will help integrate their business into Vogue Nigeria Platform

There are loads of big businesses and retail outlets out there doing well on physical store but are yet to tap into the e-commerce Industry. Customers need a reliable e-commerce outfit that can offer them the flexibility to buy products in their preferred currency. There is need for customer to save up for a particular products to be reserved for them. A customer needs a reliable retail outfit that can offer true return and refund for product that does not meet his expectations or requirements. Need for an e-commerce system that allows merchant to control everything about their store.

Nigerians need a true e-commerce system that will enable users buy original made in Nigeria products and services online from any location, and receive the products from the comfort of their home and office.

Vogue Nigeria is E-Commerce ecosystems that encourage you to save more, rewards you for purchases and provide a platform for you to earn. Buy various kinds of high quality product at low cost. Shop, Save, Earn and Learn on Vogue.ng.
Vogue Nigeria will become the number one made in Nigeria ecommerce marketplace which will promote and sell mostly made in Nigeria product in Africa.
Vogue Nigeria aspires to capture business across the country, Africa and beyond to promote and sell all kinds local and foreign products online. One of the most important parts of Vogue Nigeria business is that of training business owners who are ignorant of the e-commerce industry and the benefit of having their businesses online while providing the necessary tools and manpower to make the integration process easy and at no cost.

Our major aim is to scale the business to all major countries in Africa and beyond. The impact of this e-commerce platform can never be over-emphasized because it will provide more great employment opportunities to thousands of people across the continent. Vogue.ng will be extended to run on every major operating system like android, iOS, windows, MacOS etc.

Our customers are those that access to Internet. But we primarily target the Nigerian people, which we hope to win 25% of the market.

Although our customers can come from anywhere in Africa, we are narrowing down our target
market to Start-up based in Lagos and Nigeria as a whole. Lagos has an estimated population of 27.5million while Nigeria has an estimated population of 180million. Out of these, we are targeting 25%. Research shows that most of the people who prefer to make purchases online fall within the youthful age which ranges between 18 – 50 years, which account for 80% of the population. 80% of 180million in Nigeria is 144million, hope to serve 25% of 144million people which is 36million.

We provide free training and workshop to enable potential merchants and business owners understand the importance and benefit of selling online and how to take advantage of the system, then we will help integrate their business into VogueNigeria Platform. Buyers can reserve product and save up to acquire it later.

Vogue Nigeria provides Job opportunities  within  the  target  market. A  fully-fledged Vogue Nigeria will provide direct employment to over 500 people and indirect employment to  over  1000  people. 

I inspire to make a better and bigger version of e-commerce platform that will stand out. The e-commerce system is going to be able to resolve every limitations that all existing e-commerce companies might have.
To power an e-commerce institution that will entice business owners and retailers(Merchants) to open a shop online to sell their products to customers from various countries and people outside their current neighborhood. To build an eCommerce system that will offer merchants the flexibility to sell to customers in other countries in their own native currency. I basically inspire to solve this problem and more, thereby offering users across Africa an unlimited capability.

I aspire to make the business expand across several countries in Africa like South Africa, Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda.

Vogue Nigeria is E-Commerce ecosystems that encourage you to save more, rewards you for
purchases and provide a platform for you to earn. I have a great deal of passion for this business. It’s a business I wanted to establish long ago while I was in school. Secondly, the business has unlimited growth potential and most of all very lucrative.
Vogue Nigeria is built with high level of security in check. The platform developers observe secure coding standard, the system is backed up by powerful CDN technology. Security is one of the top priority while we scale.

 The  business  would  also  generate  revenue  to  government through payment of taxes like personal income tax, company tax and levies from the federal, state and local government. This would increase money in the  national  coffers  for  infrastructure  developments.

We provide free training and workshop to enable potential merchants understand the benefit of selling online and how to take advantage of the system thereby creating more revenue opportunities for businesses in the community.

During the cause of my tertiary education, I enrolled for Full Stack Web Development course at Aptech Institute Awka, where I acquired my first programming skill on build web solutions. After my graduation, I went further into Mobile Application development; I enrolled into Android and iOS software development using various Technologies. 

I have developed a whole lot of websites and mobile application for businesses, blogs, NGOs and corporate organizations. I also have a Live TV application serving people in Nigeria, Africa and beyond.

Currently, I am a Full Stack Software Engineer and have also build Mobile and Web software some of which are still live on the web and various App Stores. I have fully mastered PHP frameworks like Laravel, CodeIgniter, Magento for Web Development. My love for programming and computer related skills stern from childhood. I started using the computer and internet for personal research and information from very tender age of my Junior High School age, which is very rear among my peers at that time. I have worked with some Corporate ICT Companies and Institutions in Lagos as consultant from my graduation till date. Also, I started up my ICT Company in 2016, which has served numerous clients in Nigeria and United States of America. My Company is dully recognized by the Tony Elumelu Foundation, which is the biggest entrepreneur pioneer organization in Africa, and I am among the 2019 Cohort, the program train entrepreneur and aspiring entrepreneur on 12 weeks mini MBA.

I grew up in a family that’s living below average in our community, though my parents made sure they sent me to one of the best schools in the state from elementary to tertiary institution.

Right from my tender age I had a burning desire to do something differently, to do something very much bigger than I am and to make a difference in society. This led me to acquire different skill sets, and discover things that are rear or out of reach. Due to my fast learning capability, I used to stand out in whatever I put my effort into, even if they have nothing to do with my area of specialization. Sometimes I end up teaching professionals in their own field.

On the other hand, while running the business of vogue.ng the coronavirus lockdown hit us very hard, since a lot of our partners especially the logistics went on lockdown. Since our business is both physical and majorly online we only had to reduce some products in our inventory from all merchants on the website and are working hard to set up a mini-logistic outfit to cater for our small logistic needs, among other plans.

By fact, I am a socially active person with a friendly nature, a good communicator indeed who is blessed with many friends. I keep a keen view of the reality of life thus approach people with a positive mind and attitude and always prove to be helpful with honest efforts and true dedication.

I make sure that my team understands clearly the vision and set goal. Communication is a two-way street and I make sure that there is a constant flow of communication between me and my employees. I encourage and promote teamwork to boost productivity. I create a healthy environment that is enjoyable to work in and an office where my employees want to spend their time. Give positive feedback, applaud and reward achievements.
I provide opportunities for team members to learn and enhance their skills by focusing on teaching my team transferable skills they could use in different positions and encourage them to set themselves learning goals.

One of the most important parts of Vogue Nigeria business is that of training business owners who are ignorant of the e-commerce industry and the benefit of having their businesses online while providing the necessary tools and manpower to make the integration process easy and at no cost.

Our business is modeled to fit into time shift by apply changes, improvement and grow with changes in technology. We will provide a functionality for users to save up for a particular product they want to buy. We build and maintain the solutions ourselves, because the owner is an expert developer and entrepreneur in the field.
We are able to provide better customer care services. We provide best product for much lower price. We are always and continually improving our technology stack. Our team members are professionals in various parts of technologies that make up our platform.

We plan to deploy Point of Sale systems across various states, thereby making it easy for customers to instantly buy our product and receive there package almost immediately without having to wait for days to get their product from logistic. Customer can choose to pickup their product at the nearest point of sale location in their community.

Our project is currently service about 5000 active users, we hope to scale this number to 50,000 active customer in the next year and then 500,000 active customer in 5 years time.

Expand business presence to Abuja, Kano and Port-Harcourt

Build more own store inventory
Establish more pickup and pos location
Hire and train more Staffs
Increase Staffs salary
Establish a branch in Ghana
Establish a branch in Kenya
Establish a branch in South Africa
Become the e-commerce giant for Africa

• Our company has little market presence or reputation.
• We have a small staff.
• We are vulnerable to vital staff being sick or leaving.
• Our cash flow will be unreliable in the early stages.
• Lack of adequate start-up fund to expand the business.
• A small change in the focus of a large competitor might wipe out any market position we achieve.
• Initial poor service or product quality could discourage customers from returning.

• We will apply high level of integrity in service delivery.
• Hire more staff with relevant skill set.
• Providing medical insurance for staff.
• Apply for grant as we do, to raise fund to properly execute this plan and have a stable cash flow.
• Study our competitors closely and adjust our strategies accordingly.
• Maintain quality service delivery at all time.
• Sell only the best quality products and services.

We partnered with about 50 manufacturers/distributors of various products, who promote and sell their products through our various platform, this number will increase drastically while we scale.

Paystack to automate payment process.

GTPAY to provide more online payment option.

REVENUE STREAM

1) Selling products from our inventory store: Our store inventory takes up a major priority in our revenue stream. We sell our various product for profit.

2) Collecting Sales commissions from vendors: All merchants enrolled on our platform pay a tiny percentage from their sales on the store.
3) Providing premium shipping service to customers: User will pay more for instant delivery packages which is lower than the actual value of the services.
4) Collecting handling fee for packaging the products

BUSINESS IMPACT

Vogue Nigeria will  have  impact  within  the  community  and  country  via:  
1.) Job opportunities  within  the  target  market. A  fully-fledged Vogue Nigeria will provide direct employment to over 500 people and indirect employment to  over  1000  people. Expansion to other areas in the country and beyond will multiply the numbers.  
2.)  The  business  would  also  generate  revenue  to  government through payment of taxes like personal income tax, company tax and levies from the federal, state and local government.
3.) We provide free training and workshop to enable potential merchants understand the benefit of selling online and how to take advantage of the system thereby creating more revenue opportunities for businesses in the community.

4.) Foreign Exchange Generation: Since Vogue Nigeria is an online platform, we  anticipate  this  will  help  generate  foreign  currency  and  have  a positive  impact  on  the  national  economy  of  Nigeria.
5.)  As  part  of  our corporate social responsibilities, we intend to support 100 mothers of kid(s) with cerebral palsy every year

We seek to raise funds through grant and equity so that we can be able to properly execute our mapped out plans.

Build, equip and staff our major headquarter in Lagos. Budget: $190,000.

Build, equip and staff our major branch in Portharcourt and Abuja. Budget: $240,000.

Enhance, rebuild and repackage all our technology stack across platforms and acquire all relevant mapped out country-code domain names. Budget: $60,000.

Disruptive physical and digital Marketing Campaign: Budget: $50,000

Most important part of my application is that i want to leverage on Professional management and development services, mentorship and coaching, educational training, capacity building, and connection with influencers, industry leaders, and experts through Elevate Prize Foundation’s two-year program. Also take advantage of the networking opportunities it offers.

With elevated prize fund I will build our new headquarters in Lagos, Abuja, Owerri and Portharcourt. We will rebuild and repackage all our softwares in various operating system. I will carefully execute our mapped out plans which involves our short term and long term plan. I will carefully provide everything that my business needs to grow including more manpower by carefully hiring the needed skills for all branches. Finally, I will carefully boost our marketing strategy. Also, implement other social responsibility.

We aspire to partner with over 1000 business owners, manufacturers and various distributors to have an online shop on our platform to sell through our platform.

We will also partner with major logistic companies, internet service provider.

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