franzis:
Why leaving out those who will see price boldly stated and they keep asking you how much is it , or the I will get back to you crew, its a two way thing

Teewhy2:
Most seller don't put prices because they believe that in Nigeria there are too much copy and paste sellers, people trying to take advantage of the next person.
even with the DM price, you will see someone asking you for price and the next few days S/he has also started selling the same product on the same platform, (though the market is big enough) and will remove maybe NGN 10- 200 from your price in order to make sales even some goes to the extent of selling inferior product at just a small discount from your own which might be at higher quality to make sales.
many people are not really passionate about the business or their integrity in this part of the world but just the money to be made in a particular business at that time before jumping to another business.
Take for instance the face shield and nose mask that came out during the coronavirus period well many people that sold initially, sold at ridiculous cost but the way people jumped at it and start selling you will think that is the only business people can do, it has it's positive as it helped to reduce the cost but a lot of counterfeit came out just to maximize profits. Some face shield after like a month you will notice it's not that clear again while the first ones that came out have lasted 4 months and still clearer than the one only used for one month, also useage depends on individual. How many people are now selling the face shield now that the price is down?

pocohantas:


Why do they do this? What are they hiding? It is annoying, stressful and scares clients away. Maybe I am wrong and it actually works for them. Any of them here should please explain to me the idea behind this.

Kendumazy:


You don't term them con artist bro. Don't generalize. All you have got to do is to look away and jump pass like you said.

Remember, every one has his or her way of doing his or her business. It's up to the prospective buyer to determine if such ways are okay with him or her.

With the same DM pattern, na people still dey patronize them cos it's okay with them.

I come in peace!

Sixfeetbelle:
This might sound crazy but I think it's sort of a mechanism for making maximum profit off unsuspecting customers. Going to their DM for price means A doesn't get told the same price or given the same discount as B.

pocohantas:


I am sure it annoys me more o. That thing dey make me vex ehn! It isn’t transparent to me and I don’t do business with such people. I just want to be sure I am not judging them harshly. Maybe their intentions are noble.

idu1:


What is exotic chicken?

Sixfeetbelle:
This might sound crazy but I think it's sort of a mechanism for making maximum profit off unsuspecting customers. Going to their DM for price means A doesn't get told the same price or given the same discount as B.

Rodwave:
If you want to buy a product, engage the seller. If you don't have time to ask a simple question like 'how much"? then you are not a serious buyer. Most people complaining are just passers-by . Stop looking for something to buy when you don't have money . Why are you guys not complaining of landlord not putting the rent on the' house for rent' card? Has that stopped people from renting house?

Landlords put the price for rent in their houses. Check Nigerianproperties.com
As long as it's online, a price tag is added. Like jumia and co

KillerBeauty:

ezenwajosh:
Reason is because you tell them price on comment section or in public they will say OK....then come back three months later when there has been a change in price to point out you made it public here that the price is so so and so


Some will ask you all questions and all details only to tell you on comment section that he has a friend online that sells cheaper

Even when some make their prices known in public someone will say in comment section that its expensive that they sell cheaper



So sellers now ask you to DM them to show your seriousness to buy and to give you the price and any negotiations in private....


Some will even tell you that your price is unreasonably high that you shouldn't be selling things online....


Some will storm the comment section where you made your price public and be telling buyers they will give them a better price



Just what I have observed though

IncredibleWrite:
If you don't know the reason people do things, ask politely, than going ahead to assume. I see some ignoramuses calling the sellers names. That's because they haven't walked in their shoes.

Running an e-commerce business in Nigeria is hard on another level. A lot of people would frustrate you. It's something I've done and still doing.

Most of these people who ask about the price in the Public domain are unserious. Some just want to know if they can be better competition. Any serious buyer wouldn't be aggravated when asked to DM for price.

The primary aim of an ad is not to sell directly, but to aggregate leads for conversion. If you are a seller here, don't make the mistake of dropping price randomly. Don't mind what these people say here.

protocol:
I have a business online where I sell items to mostly Americans. For the past three years I excluded prices on my sales letter. This month, I started putting my price on the sales letter and so far I have sold about 14 items compare to atmost 4 I sell monthly.

FuckHomophobes:
I think they don't want competitors to know about their price. Talk about keeping your secret safe.

How about giving you the price and you ghost them? That shit is painful from the client end

pocohantas:


I am sure it annoys me more o. That thing dey make me vex ehn! It isn’t transparent to me and I don’t do business with such people. I just want to be sure I am not judging them harshly. Maybe their intentions are noble.

FuckHomophobes:
I think they don't want competitors to know about their price. Talk about keeping your secret safe.

How about giving you the price and you ghost them? That shit is painful from the client end

Kendumazy:


You don't term them con artist bro. Don't generalize. All you have got to do is to look away and jump pass like you said.

Tayeni:
I think it's because of indecision on the seller's part. They can't stick to a segment of the market for fear of missing out on sales. They want to sell to highend buyers at crazy prices and also to price sensitive buyers for low margins.

Sixfeetbelle:
This might sound crazy but I think it's sort of a mechanism for making maximum profit off unsuspecting customers. Going to their DM for price means A doesn't get told the same price or given the same discount as B.

FuckHomophobes:
I think they don't want competitors to know about their price. Talk about keeping your secret safe.

How about giving you the price and you ghost them? That shit is painful from the client end

FuckHomophobes:
I think they don't want competitors to know about their price. Talk about keeping your secret safe.

How about giving you the price and you ghost them? That shit is painful from the client end