How to buy things online from Jumia Nigeria

Posted by Chidinma on Tuesday March 3, 2015 at 10:32:58:

The internet has contributed in making our lives easier, especially with the online shopping system where people can order for products, pay for it with debit cards and have it delivered to them. Heck, they can even pay cash for it after they receive their order.

Jumia Nigeria is one of the top three shopping websites in Nigeria. They have thousands of products in various categories you can order from.

Let’s take a brief look at how to buy things from Jumia and have it delivered to you.

Things You Need To Shop From Jumia:
1. A computer or any gadget that can assess the internet
2. List of items you wish to purchase
3. a valid delivery address
4. a Debit/credit card or cash

With all these in place, first of all you do is head over to the Jumia website and create an account there if it's your first time. Log into your account and browse through the categories there and select the items you wish to purchase; when you are done, check to proceed to checkout, you will be requested to choose a mode of payment.

You can pay with your debit cards; that is Visa card, Mastercard and Verve. Nowadays, they even accept credit cards issued outside Nigeria like from US or UK banks. There is also option for payment on delivery; which you can use if you are still skeptic about online shopping.

So, even if you are staying in Lagos, Abuja or Port Harcourt, you can pay cash after delivery. Remember to include a valid address while filling the checkout form, to ensure that your items gets to you.

In terms of delivery, Jumia does delivery themselves and also work with DHL at times to ensure that items ordered from the site are delivered to owners in any location in Nigeria within 5 working days.