# How to source for products

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[00:00] welcome back so here we are going to be
[00:02] welcome back so here we are going to be talking about how to source for products
[00:07] talking about how to source for products I mean a lot of us are here and we don't
[00:10] I mean a lot of us are here and we don't even know where to start from we are
[00:13] here because we want to export but we
[00:16] don't even know where to get this product from and trust me if you want to
[00:18] do this business and make the kind of
[00:21] profits you hear us mention it start from where you sawce
[00:23] if you want to do this business you are
[00:30] not going to be sing in the nearest market closest to you except the nearest
[00:32] market closest to you is if is a
[00:34] farmer's market or is a farmer that owns
[00:36] that market or is Association of farmers
[00:39] or wholesalers right so where you Source
[00:41] will affect the price you are going to
[00:44] give your your buyers it's going to
[00:47] affect how competitive you are your
[00:50] product is going to be in the market so
[00:52] for you to make this um
[01:00] for you to make this um um business is success for you to make business is success for you to make profit for you to have profit for you to have buyers okay coming after you for you to buyers okay coming after you for you to stay in competition you need to know stay in competition you need to know where to Source how to Source how to go about souring now you cannot do this business like I said earlier on I'm the souring from a retailer you have to find a way to to get this product directly from the source.
[01:22] The Source I'm talking about is Farmers The Source I'm talking about is wholesalers wholesale markets at that point where you buy from somebody who buy who bought from somebody that bought from somebody that bought from wholeseller that bought from another whol that bought from farmer as far as the middle man in between is much it's going to affect the price you are going to buy it's going to affect the price you're going to give your buyer it's going to affect the profit you're going to make so if you want to Source please Source directly from the farm okay if you know any Farm
[02:01] From the farm, okay? If you know any farm, please buy from the farm. If you don't, please buy from the farm.
[02:04] If you don't know any farm, please by all means join farmers group on Facebook.
[02:07] We have a lot of farmers group on Facebook.
[02:10] We have a lot of farmers group on Facebook.
[02:12] We have Coco farmers, we have fish farmers, we have um things farmers.
[02:15] We have farmers association.
[02:18] These are farmers that join those group.
[02:21] Yes, some of us we say, 'e, we not get the real farm'.
[02:23] But if you keep networking in those group, you will get real farmers.
[02:26] There are a lot of farmers I'm working with now that I got from those farmers group.
[02:28] As a matter of fact, okay, I have farmers that they will source this product and bring it to Lagos.
[02:31] To Lagos Port, as a matter of fact.
[02:33] And it's when they bring to the ports I pay them because what I'm giving them is called bank guarantee.
[02:37] So with that bank guarantee, they will just bring those product.
[02:39] When it gets to Lagos, I will pay them because I've given them bank guarantee.
[02:41] They confirmed that that thing is is guaranteed by the bank, so they...
[03:01] is is guaranteed by the bank so they bring it and once it gets to Lagos their.
[03:04] bring it and once it gets to Lagos their money is paid okay these are educated.
[03:08] money is paid okay these are educated farmer so please it start by joining.
[03:10] farmer so please it start by joining Farmers group so after this class you.
[03:12] Farmers group so after this class you can start going to Facebook groups on.
[03:15] can start going to Facebook groups on the search bar just type Farmers.
[03:18] the search bar just type Farmers Association and you see a lot of farmers.
[03:20] Association and you see a lot of farmers join their group or contact them yes.
[03:23] join their group or contact them yes I'll going I'm going to be sharing.
[03:25] I'll going I'm going to be sharing contact of the the farmers contact I.
[03:27] contact of the the farmers contact I have the farmers I've worked with the.
[03:29] have the farmers I've worked with the ones I trusted those that sell Ginger.
[03:32] ones I trusted those that sell Ginger habiscus.
[03:33] habiscus Bola um Gary jeu and a few others soy.
[03:37] Bola um Gary jeu and a few others soy beans rice and the rest I don't have all.
[03:40] beans rice and the rest I don't have all contact to but all the contacts I have.
[03:43] contact to but all the contacts I have all the farmers I've worked with I will.
[03:45] all the farmers I've worked with I will share with us okay after today's class.
[03:48] share with us okay after today's class right so but I mean you have to join.
[03:51] right so but I mean you have to join those Farmers group on Facebook search.
[03:54] those Farmers group on Facebook search you will see them secondly you have to.
[03:56] you will see them secondly you have to ask family and friends for the contact.
[03:59] ask family and friends for the contact you can you may not know anybody who is.
[04:02] you can you may not know anybody who is a farmer but you can call like then when
[04:04] a farmer but you can call like then when I started I didn't know where to se from
[04:06] I started I didn't know where to se from for for sorry for palm oil I
[04:09] for for sorry for palm oil I remember calling I'm from the East I
[04:11] remember calling I'm from the East I started calling people back home and
[04:14] started calling people back home and they started looking for oil me going to
[04:16] they started looking for oil me going to meal to give me contact so you can call
[04:19] meal to give me contact so you can call family friends who are in those location
[04:21] family friends who are in those location ask around they can direct you for to
[04:24] ask around they can direct you for to people who who have this product in
[04:26] people who who have this product in wholesale or the Farmers themselves let
[04:28] wholesale or the Farmers themselves let me tell you what I did I remember having
[04:30] me tell you what I did I remember having a guy that from from the north that
[04:32] a guy that from from the north that sells Y and I asked him I want beans in
[04:36] large quantity and he told me that he's
[04:38] he's from Soo or thereabouts I can't
[04:41] remember now and he said they have farm
[04:43] that the farm beans a lot guess what he
[04:45] gave me contact of somebody in their
[04:48] their Village that has farm that that
[04:50] Farms beans and the price he gave me was
[04:53] ridiculously low so you can even ask
[04:56] those people when you go to the market
[04:58] right those ners that that sell all
[05:00] those yams and or you can ask them if
[05:02] those yams and or you can ask them if they have those products in their
[05:05] they have those products in their Village and if they can give you contact
[05:07] Village and if they can give you contact this is my own strategy this is what I
[05:09] this is my own strategy this is what I did this is how I got some of the
[05:12] did this is how I got some of the contact of farmers right so you can ask
[05:15] contact of farmers right so you can ask you can join Facebook groups and you can
[05:18] you can join Facebook groups and you can also ask people you can go to the market
[05:20] also ask people you can go to the market to especially the those wholesale
[05:23] to especially the those wholesale markets where they offload like I'm in
[05:25] markets where they offload like I'm in Lagos right there are days I go to my 12
[05:28] Lagos right there are days I go to my 12 market and see when I see those people
[05:30] market and see when I see those people offloading tomato and Co sometimes I
[05:33] offloading tomato and Co sometimes I approach the drivers to ask them for
[05:35] approach the drivers to ask them for contact of people that sells those thing
[05:38] contact of people that sells those thing in B UPN or wherever the location is
[05:42] in B UPN or wherever the location is right so you can apply this few strategy
[05:45] right so you can apply this few strategy if it doesn't work please join the
[05:47] if it doesn't work please join the farmers's market trust me you are going
[05:49] farmers's market trust me you are going to get farmers's contact in the farmers
[05:51] to get farmers's contact in the farmers contact Market on Facebook and not only
[05:54] contact Market on Facebook and not only that I'm going to be sharing a few
[05:56] that I'm going to be sharing a few contact of farmers and you can use them
[06:00] contact of farmers and you can use them depending when you get your own Farmers
[06:01] depending when you get your own Farmers or wholesalers okay as much as possible
[06:04] or wholesalers okay as much as possible eliminate middle man so that it does not
[06:06] eliminate middle man so that it does not eat deep into your profit please don't
[06:09] eat deep into your profit please don't Source from the market closest to you
[06:11] Source from the market closest to you except the market closest to you is a
[06:14] except the market closest to you is a wholesale market right because your
[06:16] wholesale market right because your profit start from the place you Source
[06:19] profit start from the place you Source your product so I know and I hope you
[06:23] your product so I know and I hope you got a few tips on how to source for
[06:25] got a few tips on how to source for Farmers okay and source for your
[06:28] Farmers okay and source for your products right keep asking you cannot
[06:31] products right keep asking you cannot get it from asking where to source for
[06:33] get it from asking where to source for your product thank you