Mauco Enterprises is a legitimate online business in Nigeria. Mauco Enterprises has been in digital marketing in Nigeria now for over a decade.
We offer several businesses in Nigeria bespoke digital and social media marketing solutions.
During all these years one question that people ask us regularly is: what genuine online business opportunities are there in Nigeria?
In this post, I shall highlight a few legitimate online business opportunities in Nigeria that you can exploit.
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Since we have been offering digital marketing in Nigeria, one of our main challenges over the years has been to try to shine a favourable light on online business opportunities in Nigeria.
We need to highlight these business opportunities because of all the negative press the country has been receiving over the years.
1. Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is a legitimate online business in Nigeria. Affiliate marketing is a commission-based arrangement where you receive a commission from merchants for sales or leads that you direct to their website.
When you sign-up with a merchant, you will get a unique link.
Using this unique tracking link, which you can place on your blog, email, social media or anywhere you like to direct interested persons to the merchant’s website.
You then get a referral commission for every time someone buys after clicking your link
In most cases you will be provided with a dashboard where you can see details of all the sales, leads you’ve made for the merchant and your commission.
It’s advisable that you only market genuine products or services that you have used yourself.
2. Blogging
Blogging is another fantastic legitimate online business in Nigeria. A blog is an online diary or journal updated regularly in chronological order by a person or group that focuses on news or views.
The content of your blog does not have to be intimate. It can also be corporate, but the important thing is that you have to have a strong passion for the topic you wish to blog.
For your blog to thrive, you need to update it regularly with great content that is of value to your blog visitors.
If you are fortunate, regular visitors to your blog may become subscribers. Subscribers will get notification of any new updates to your blog.
By growing your subscribers, you would be creating a community around your blog.
Once you’ve created a community around your blog, you can then start monetising your blog by displaying Google AdSense ads on your blog.
Or if you’re not interested in Google AdSense, you could use other customised solutions or plugins to sell ads directly.
You are wondering how to get started? You can use platforms such as Blogger, Tumblr, Medium or WordPress.
Be sure to register a unique domain name to use with your blog to make it more professional.
3. Vlogging
Vlogging is a new legitimate online business in Nigeria that has caught on especially with the youths. What if you have a passion for a particular topic, but you’re not into writing? Don’t despair.
You can always do a vlog! A vlog is a blog in which the postings are primarily in video form.
In recent years there has been an increase in video content and is very popular on social media.
What platforms can you use for your vlog? You can use YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion and even Facebook!
Yes with the recent launch of Facebook TV, Facebook has shown their interest in catering to this niche of video content creators.
Once your vlog gets a lot of traffic and subscribers, then you can consider monetising it by placing online adverts.
4. Podcasting
But what if writing isn’t your thing, and you’re also camera shy and won’t be caught dead in a video? Then you can consider Podcasting.
Unlike vlogging, with podcasting, your gear needs to be your voice and a voice recorder.
What platforms can you use to host your podcast? You can use SoundCloud, LibSyn, PodBean and Amazon S3.
As with blogging, you need to be passionate about the topic of your podcast.
Remember your voice is now the primary focus and if you sound insecure or bored, nobody will listen to your podcasts.
You need to capture the attention of your audience through the passionate way you speak to your audience. Your podcast needs to provide value and be entertaining.
The mode of monetising your podcast is also similar to how you go about monetising a blog.
5. Website Design/Development
Website design and website development are some of the tried and tested legitimate online business in Nigeria.
The two are interchangeable, but they are different.
Website design as the name implies is the design and graphic elements of a website which you see on the front-end.
Website development, on the other hand, has to do with the transformation of the standard design of your website into a fully functional site through the use of PHP programming, Javascript, etc.
Most web development aspect focuses on the back-end of a website.
6. Forum
A forum is an online discussion site where you can hold conversations around a particular topic with other community members in the form of posted messages.
If your forum becomes famous, you can monetise it by placing ads similar to how you monetise a blog. You can even convert it into a paid membership site.
It’s interesting to note that one of the most popular websites in Nigeria is a forum. It is substantial evidence that having a forum is a legitimate online business.
7. Directory
An online directory is a listing of information within niche based categories.
Your directory could be about products, services or general business listings. You can monetise your list through the use of ads or paid placements.
Owning a niche directory where you can collect payment for listings or payment for placing ads on your site is another profitable legitimate online business in Nigeria.
8. Job Board
A job board is a website that specialises in employment or careers. You can also monetise your job board through the use of ads or paid memberships or job placements.
With regards to the actual development of your job board, you can use an off the shelf job board software or create a customised job board from scratch.
9. Consulting
As a consultant, instead of offering services you offer advice and strategy so that your clients can become more active.
Using your website and social media channels you can have a commanding online presence and build your brand.
10. Coaching
Whatever your passion you can provide one-on-one coaching. As a coach, you offer your clients advice and guidance.
You help your clients set goals to improve their business and make them accountable for reaching those goals.
Conclusion
These are my choice for the top 10 legitimate online business opportunities in Nigeria.
So if you’re looking for new business opportunities, you can try any of these that you have a passion.
Remember that everything has beauty, but not everyone can see it. Strive to see the beauty in the above online business opportunities.
Which of them appeals to you? Have I missed out any opportunity that you feel should be on this list? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
Do you own a legitimate online business in Nigeria? Share the link to your website below.
Disclaimer: The content provided in this post is for informational purposes only. You should always obtain independent, professional accounting, financial and legal advice before making any business decisions.
