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by notsureaboutpg 1810 days ago
How do you guarantee next day delivery? Do you currently limit merchants to being located in certain areas or how does that work behind the scenes? Even 2 day shipping is a complicated feat to achieve requiring lots of forecasting, data, and personnel.

It's a great idea, B2B connectors of businesses (esp. up-and-coming) to suppliers is a great space to be in.

I wonder if you would consider opening up your manufacturers / suppliers list to countries outside of Africa? Like Alibaba / Indiamart but for West Africa.

Good luck!

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We limit delivery to mom and pop stores within 1 hour reach from a warehouse within the city. All orders during a day are assigned to delivery associates that load the next morning and deliver to several stores based on proximity. Our business operations are local to enable next day delivery. As we expand, we will open up to manufacturers in countries outside Africa to launch their products into Africa using Suplias.