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2024

E-commerce Report On
Nigeria's Business Landscape

 In a year that tested every business owner's
resilience, smart entrepreneurs found
new and
better ways to do business in Nigeria. They worked
smarter by using data to
make better decisions. 

With Bumpa, you can easily track your sales,
manage your inventory, and understand
your
customers better. The app helps you record
everything happening in your
business which in
turn provides insights that help you make better decisions.

Businesses Moving Online

This significant jump indicates 2 things:

  • Businesses are finding it easier to move online
    due to platforms like Bumpa
  • More businesses are looking to expand their
    horizons and sell to more people

38%

increase in stores created on Bumpa in 2024.

What this means for your business: Your business needs to BE online.

Yes, there's more competition, but that also means there are more customers shopping online than ever before. The key is finding your special corner of the market.

When and How People Shop Online

Here, we looked at 347,479 orders, and found something cool:
Customers seem to have favourite shopping times! Why should this
matter to you? You could:

Launch your sales campaigns at the perfect moment

Plan your ad spending for the hours when people actually buy

Schedule your social media posts when most shoppers are online

Make sure your website is running smoothly during peak shopping times

when to make moves

Take a look at the cheat sheets to know when to make your
moves and achieve the best results.

Hours of the day with Most Orders

Hours of the day with Least Orders

Hours of the day
with Most Orders

Hours of the day
with Most Orders

Days with most to least shopping

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Looks like the weekend is still reserved for owambes, bingeing Netflix and panicking about work on Monday, and not
actually shopping online.

Each month with shopping percentage

We took this local and international, and
broke down where people
are ordering from
the most, both in Nigeria and the world.

regionsregions

Internationally, these are countries people also shopped from:

United States of America

United Kingdom

Ghana

Canada

France

channels with most orders

Some shopping channels work better than others. From 347,484 orders analyzed,
here are the top 5 channels with the most orders in 2024.

Website

49.56%

Walk-in (Store)

19.86%

Instagram

15.45%

WhatsApp

13.21%

Others

1.92%

Website

49.56%

Walk-in (Store)

19.86%

Instagram

15.45%

WhatsApp

13.21%

Others

1.92%

What this means for your business: Focus your energy (and money) on channels that work best. But remember - don't put all your eggs in one basket! Most importantly, start tracking your orders to understand your best channels for better conversion in 2025!

Start Tracking Your Orders

Finally, what are the hottest business categories?

Here are some of the most popular products sold on Bumpa in 2024.

Bags

Mica Powder

Tote Bags

Sleeved Bodysuits

Bodycon Tops

Earrings

Tongue Scrappers

Free pants

Bracelets

Lip Masks

How Bumpa will help your business win

Running a business means juggling a lot of tasks - tracking inventory, managing
orders, talking to customers, and more. In 2024, over 100,000 businesses used
Bumpa to make the process easier.

Bumpa has many features, each designed to help you stay on top of your business.
We looked at what helped our users the most last year, and these features came out on top.

Feature

Products

This feature lets you add products in different variations - size, colors and more - and helps you track and manage your inventory

Get Started

Orders

This feature allows you record and track every single order, no matter where you sell, get instant alerts for orders on your website, and sync your inventory neatly, so that you easily know when you’re running out of stock.

Get Started

Bumpa Terminal

Bumpa Terminal makes it easy for your staff to collect and confirm payments without waiting for you. You can add up to 5 staff, and they get WhatsApp alerts when payments come in, without seeing your bank account.

Get Started

Collections

This feature allows you create multiple categories for your products, making it easier for your customers to shop on your website.

Get Started

Discounts

This feature makes it easy for you to create discounts or coupons, without additional math. You can set time frames for when they expire, manage how many times they can be used and more.

Get Started

Products

This feature lets you add products in different variations - size, colors and more - and helps you track and manage your inventory

Get Started

Orders

This feature allows you record and track every single order, no matter where you sell, get instant alerts for orders on your website, and sync your inventory neatly, so that you easily know when you’re running out of stock.

Get Started

Bumpa Terminal

Bumpa Terminal makes it easy for your staff to collect and confirm payments without waiting for you. You can add up to 5 staff, and they get WhatsApp alerts when payments come in, without seeing your bank account.

Get Started

Collections

This feature allows you create multiple categories for your products, making it easier for your customers to shop on your website.

Get Started

Discounts

This feature makes it easy for you to create discounts or coupons, without additional math. You can set time frames for when they expire, manage how many times they can be used and more.

Get Started

What business owners like you are saying

In 2024, Bumpa app helped me manage my inventory, orders & customers , and setting up discounts has become a lot more easier since I started using Bumpa. Plus The app / website is also very easy to navigate.

The Bumpa app is beautifully designed to make running sales seamless, and my brand is a testimony to this fact. It’s so much easier to process the large volume of orders during sales through the website and set up coupons & discounts.

Running sales with Bumpa in 2024 was a game changer for my business! Bumpa is simple to use, keeps everything organized, and has boosted my sales significantly. Highly effective!

Female

Oghenetejiri - ogodo

www.latejcreations.org

In 2024, Bumpa app helped me manage my inventory, orders & customers , and setting up discounts has become a lot more easier since I started using Bumpa. Plus The app / website is also very easy to navigate.

The Bumpa app is beautifully designed to make running sales seamless, and my brand is a testimony to this fact. It’s so much easier to process the large volume of orders during sales through the website and set up coupons & discounts.

Running sales with Bumpa in 2024 was a game changer for my business! Bumpa is simple to use, keeps everything organized, and has boosted my sales significantly. Highly effective!

Female

Oghenetejiri - ogodo

www.latejcreations.org

In 2024, Bumpa app helped me manage my inventory, orders & customers , and setting up discounts has become a lot more easier since I started using Bumpa. Plus The app / website is also very easy to navigate.

Want to know more about growing your business with Bumpa? We’d love to help!

What’s Next?

It doesn’t end at reading this. 2025 is just starting, and there’s enough time to shape
the year into a successful one for your business.

Do These Things 👇🏽

Check when your customers shop most - are you ready for them?
Make sure your website works great during busy hours
Take a good look at your best-selling products - do you have enough in stock?
Start tracking and recording everything if you're not doing it yet.

Plan These Things This Month: 👇🏽

Look at where your customers live - could you sell to more areas?
Try selling on a new channel where your customers hang out
Add more products in your most popular categories

Think About These For The Future

Could your products sell in other countries?
How can you stand out from other online stores?
What new product types could you sell?

You can also take one or two quick, FREE courses to improve yourself and gain more
knowledge to grow your business!

Try Bumpa Academy

Conclusion

You've seen the numbers. What they mean is:

More people are shopping online than ever before

Customers have clear patterns in when and how they shop

Smart business owners are using tools like Bumpa to stay ahead

The best part? You don't have to figure this
out alone. Thousands of business owners are
already using Bumpa
to grow their businesses
and make their lives easier.

Remember, every big business started small -
but they grew because they had the right
tools and made smart
moves at the right time.
Ready to grow your business? We’re help to
help you.

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Have any questions?
Please send an email to
growth@getbumpa.com