A new e-commerce platform was recently launched in the south-eastern part of the country. Please we would appreciate it if we can go through it and critisize it so as to enable us serve you better. the url is www.ahioma.com
thank you.
Little to say besides Godspeed.
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Thanks, but do you checkout the site?
Still have it open. Did it change overnight from the off-the-shelf cart with a lazily customized theme?
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May the God of Sim Shagaya be by you!
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I don’t see any competitive advantage whatsoever.
There is nothing (at least from what I can see on the site), that gives you an edge over Jumia and Konga, which are huge and already established.
If you had come in with your USP as a marketplace where all the PRODUCTS are EXCLUSIVELY from the East, that would have been a million times better because it’s a niche that you can position yourself in and dominate.
Right now all you have is an ugly copycat of Jumia / Konga, and nobody has any reason whatsoever to shop there.
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This line is not helpful at all. You should at least respect the fact that a lot of hours was put into building this product. The site being ugly is subjective and a bunch of other services started out “ugly”.
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Emphasis: Visual Marketing Builds Trust
Improving your UX/UI will pave way for profitable conversions. Give users a sleek and simple landing page that stands out from the rest. Be Innovative.
Furthermore, you should consider re-marketing.
If a customer’s mouse hovers over the exit button, clicks to close tab or types in a new URL, then an “Exit Offer” could pop up showing users a special discount before they leave the site without purchasing.
You can also use targeted newsletters and setting up a referral campaign.
Best of Luck!
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You should at least respect the fact that a lot of hours was put into building this product
@ncodes Be honest, do you care how many hours went into making Uber when you use it? Would you care how many hours went into Jumia if the site was ugly, or it didn’t work properly, or you placed an order and it came one week late? Even if you did, you would be in the 1% minority.
These guys are giving fair criticism because the OP asked for it. I checked out the site, and the first thing that bothered me was this huge image link to download the app on Google Play that didn’t take me anywhere. In fact I went ahead and searched for the app in the Play store and couldn’t find it 
Yes, it’s tough building an e-commerce platform, and yes a lot of hours must have gone into it, but unless “We have put a lot of hours into this” is Ahioma’s slogan and it’s pasted on the homepage, it’s really not an excuse for poor design and functionality.
@ofemi Please, pay attention to what the others have said, especially @sugabelly. If you really want to be successful, you need to sit down and think about what you can bring to the table that the big players can’t (or don’t yet). You claim the platform launched in south eastern Nigeria. Maybe you can start by giving top priority to the people in that region. One-day delivery/special regional coupons/X Ahioma membership points for free…anything to stand out.
Good luck bro! 
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I understand you. But you cannot compare this product with that of well funded businesses like uber/konga. I am just saying helpful feedback on why the site is seen as ugly could help (e.g change color, remove this image etc).
But Konga, Jumia and ahioma are are competing in the same marketplace. There is no prize for participation.
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This is the kind of Nigerian dedication to mediocrity that keeps our economy rubbish.
A product is substandard, you want us to throw a pity party because many hours were put into building it.
People put many hours into building nonsense every day. It doesn’t change the fact that it is nonsense.
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I am loving this, we have taken note of all the points and comments raised and we are working on them already, like i said this is aimed to serve the general public better. still expecting more comment.
Honestly, take @sugabelly advice seriously,people like me would not even care to mention to you because I think it’s pretty obvious. You don’t want to waste your time and energy you consider really precious.
How many ecommerce sites/platforms do we have in Nigeria now?
Bros you for just use WordPress jeejely. Ecommerce doesn’t depend on the amount of coding hours you’ve spent to be successful, it depends on your stock, service quality and delivery. Focus on that.
From a developer’s standpoint, be ready to accept and appreciate harsh criticism of your works from people who are kind enough to give them, before your users make decisions based on it. People here are friends, it’s a harsh world out there.
Plus I don’t think there is any such thing as a localised ecommerce site. Most sites are available to everyone online, so even Amazon is in your space. It’s only your stock and delivery time that can be tailored to focus on your immediate locality. Focus on that.
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I am okay. Thanks for asking.
I personally would have flared up at your statement too. Criticism should be constructive. Calling someone’s work “ugly” is not polite. There was nothing you said in your original post that can in anyway help him make his product better.
We need more Konga and Jumia copycats please. There are over 140 million people here 
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@logbon72 @ncodes if this guy was showing off the result of an assignment where he was asked to design a shopping site, then perhaps you’d be right. However that is not the case. I for one don’t want to encourage this crappy mindset where some joke with basic php skills downloads opencart, drops in a theme, and then declares war on the competition. If this one isn’t told off as frankly as possible, others will read your design and color advice and follow suit.
We don’t want that, do we?
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