Yesterday, we received the news that Amazon will now deliver to Nigeria and Kenya, with no third party involvement. They will also handle custom clearances. Customers will be able to track their orders as they arrive.
We headed to Twitter to gather reactions to the story and here are some of them:
This guy was so excited that he tweeted at Amazon
@amazon thank you for now shipping to Nigeria!
— Tuminininu (@AudioMonkeyNg) October 5, 2015
And their Customer Service account replied, thanking him for the shout out. Cool.
@AudioMonkeyNg Thanks for the shout out, Dada! ^KD
— Amazon Help (@AmazonHelp) October 5, 2015
Someone had to bring Shakitibobo into the matter
EYIN OMO WOBE! Amazon Now Ships Directly To Nigeria and Other International Destinations: This come as a… http://t.co/mo1tluiftG #Naijapals
— Naijapals (@Naijapals) October 5, 2015
Hallelujah!
https://twitter.com/JAYKINGZ_/status/650973481748856832
Looks like someone has been waiting so long for this, doesn’t it?
In other news….@amazon Now ships all things to Nigeria.
IT'S ABOUT TIME.
— Emmy (@Emmykeyz) October 5, 2015
And She finds it “interesting”.
https://twitter.com/GirlNextFlat/status/650966315533008896
Edim says it’s “good news”.
"@NigeriaNewsdesk: Amazon Marketplace now ships directly to Nigeria https://t.co/nLfttg2yEs via @todayng http://t.co/l5ZHXgPGzS" good news
— RoyalTipz (@RoyalTipz) October 5, 2015
And Ifemidayo has already started telling some people to pack and go.
https://twitter.com/LayGiri/status/651122369474334720
I, too, was excited. So, I asked what people thought about the news and what it spells for some Nigerian-based eCommerce companies.
https://twitter.com/DavidIAdeleke/status/651355599356198912
I got these responses:
https://twitter.com/Fope_/status/651358233886638080
https://twitter.com/DEJIDOPE/status/651365862864211969
On few selective items and high cost of shipping https://t.co/iJf79deTTZ
— Jaegerist🔺 (@timijobs) October 6, 2015
It would be nice to see how things will play out with existing eCommerce players like Jumia, Konga and proxy international eCommerce stores like Mall for Africa.
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