You are supplying the whole country, not one street
A shopkeeper in Mbeya restocking cannot come down every month, and does not need to. They want to see what you carry, agree a price and arrange transport, all in writing so both of you can check it afterwards. Your listing is the step before that conversation and the reason a buyer who has never met you has your number.
- A WhatsApp button that opens a chat with you
- Photos of your goods, your shop or your work
- Your own page with its own web address
Three floors and a hundred doors is not an address
Directions only help somebody who was already coming. A listing gives you a name that can be searched, a page that can be forwarded, and a button that starts the conversation before anybody works out which staircase.
- Your own page with its own web address
- A real page search engines can read, not a photo in a group
- Listed under your category and your city
Kariakoo stocks the season before the season starts
Whatever the rest of the country sells over the festive weeks is bought here in the weeks before them, so the heaviest sourcing enquiries arrive well ahead of the crowds. The same is true of the tourist towns, which restock through the middle of the year while their own visitors are still arriving. Being findable during that window puts you in front of a buyer while they are still choosing a supplier, rather than after the lorry has already gone.
You keep the whole sale
No listing fee, nothing to renew, and no commission on anything you sell. The customer pays you straight to your own mobile money, exactly as they do now, and no mobile money payment ever passes through us because the platform cannot 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
Be the supplier they find before the lorry leaves
One short form. No account, no card, and every buyer 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 in Kariakoo has one. The listing is the thing buyers 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 from anywhere in the country or outside it.
How soon does my page appear?
Not immediately. Every submission is checked before it goes live, which is why listing ahead of a busy stretch is worth doing.