Mitumba moves too fast for word of mouth alone
What you have today is not what you will have on Thursday. A buyer needs to see it now and ask now, and that only works if they can reach you without walking the market. Your listing carries your photographs and opens a chat on the number you already use, so the question arrives while the stock is still there.
- Photos of your goods, your shop or your work
- A WhatsApp button that opens a chat with you
- Your own page with its own web address
A page that does not scroll away
The picture you posted to a status has gone by tomorrow, and the customer who saw it cannot get back to it. A listing stays where it is, keeps the photographs, and can still be found next month by somebody who half remembers your name.
- Your own page with its own web address
- A real page search engines can read, not a photo in a group
- Free to list, with nothing to pay later
Black November starts earlier for whoever supplies it
Kenyans now treat the whole of November as the season, running from the end of October through to Christmas shopping. Everything sold in those weeks is bought before them, so the resellers who stock from Gikomba are sourcing in September and October. Then December empties Nairobi upcountry and takes a great deal of clothing buying with it. A trader who is findable now is being found while the orders are still being placed rather than after the shelves are already full.
You keep the whole sale
There is no listing fee, nothing to renew, and no commission on anything you sell. When a customer pays you, they pay you: no M-Pesa payment ever passes through us, because the platform has no way to handle money at all.
- Free to list, with nothing to pay later
- No commission on anything you sell
- No account and no password, just one short form
Let buyers reach you when they are not in the market
One short form. No account, no card, and every customer who messages you stays yours.
Questions
Is it genuinely free with nothing to pay later?
Yes. No listing fee, no monthly charge, no commission and no card. We have no way to take payment at all.
Do I need a website first?
No, and almost nobody here has one. The listing is the thing customers find.
How does a buyer upcountry reach me?
Through the message button on your listing, using the number you put on the form. It works wherever they are.
How soon does my page go up?
Not instantly. Every submission is checked before it appears, which is why listing ahead of a busy season is worth doing.