So there is this crazy idea that has been in my head all day but i will not be able to implement it due to lack of needed resources and school (3yrs till I graduate , 2019). So I decided to share it here to anyone with the capacity to do this.
How about an E-commerce for Cement or (and) Building materials? The main idea is to eliminate the stress of BUYING and most importantly , TRANSPORTING these materials.
I could be in my home , go online , place an order and x bags of cement or blocks will be delivered to my construction site within x period of time. I don’t have to worry about transportation.
The market : Evergreen. I haven’t done deep research to find out the exact market value but I know that buildings and infrastructure must be built.
The Strategy : Focus on Lagos before slowly expanding to other states.
So , what do you think?
On a side note : if you’re going to implement this , don’t forget me when you blow ooo… LOL
@kelz, so something like Uber for cement? I don’t think the idea is bad. My thing is are people really building houses like that? Like all the time? Also do you plan on limiting yourself to Nigeria or Africa as a whole?
Not cement fixtures. Selling cement online is like marketing pure water online. Fixtures on the other hand have huge differentiation with various levels of design,quality and price. Things like taps, shower heads, lighting covers, bath tiles, bath tubs, doors people shop for carefully.
Completely agree. Whilst I don’t have the numbers right now, I think for each product, there is an inverse relationship between the size and bulk of an average order and the realizable market size. Fittings (just like phones) are small, relatively cheap, and easy to deliver whilst cement orders are typically north of 100k, bulky and heavy.
On a different note, I spent a few months analyzing the processes at a giant cement factory in Ogun state, and I discovered that the urgent issues in the cement industry are linked to the efficiency of the factory to depot supply chain, and definitely not the last mile delivery.
