September 2018, I wasn't so sure about how my life would go

The thoughts to end it all has been on my mind

I had just finished my BSC program from the university of Ibadan

It was 6pm in the evening

I was quietly sitting at the security post of the Factory where I was working,

waiting to take the night shift from my colleagues

I was paid N18,500

As a graduate, I really do not have a choice

I couldn't get a better job

So, I had to stick with this one

N18,500 was never enough for me, I needed more

I was 25 and I knew I was going to get married and raise a family someday

I didn't want such hard life for my children

N18,500 couldn't even pay my bills not to talk of that my family

My girlfriend left me

She said, ​she needed a better man

And, then it dawn on me that I needed to elevate my financial life to be a better man

So, I knew I needed a better source of income

And then I made a decision and embark on a journey for a better financial life

So, I started searching for another better source of income

I started surfing the internet looking for a business opportunity

I finally found one

A legitimate and fast profiting one

The business of buying and selling

Which many people regard to as ecommerce or mini importation

Ecommerce is about buying & selling, you buy & import product at a very cheap price and sell it to make a good profit - you can make as far as N20k or even more on each product you sell

I jumped right into it using my life savings

N33,721 was all I had in my GTB account - that was my life savings

All I wanted to do was import products and start selling just as many other big ecommerce guys does

I imported one funny iron I thought people would like and buy from me

Lolz

I learnt my lessons the Hardaway, I didn't even know how to sell them

I was trying to sell to everybody on my WhatsApp contact list.

Only one person bought.

A neighbor in my street, she promised to pay on install-ment

She had only paid 500 thrice (that's 1,500 out of 15,000 till date)

I was stubborn and determine to attain a better financial life

Giving up wasn't an option for me

I knew the business was profitable because I have seen & read a lot of success stories of Nigerians like me who were able to better their financial life through this business model

​All I had in mind then was, if they could do it, I too can 

I just knew there was something I didn't do right that made me fail at the first attempt

Eventually, I started asking questions and realized my folly.

I was focusing on importing and selling the product that I love not the product that the people loves and want to buy

As at then, there was this guy I met online that was doing really well in eCommerce

I decided to start following him bumper to bumper

I learnt all his strategies and started applying them one after the other

The next product I imported was an automatic body massager

I sourced and imported from a Chinese website called 1688.com

A piece of this product was selling for 60 Chinese yaun

60 Chinese yaun = N3,000 as at the time I was selling this product