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Questions for
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Wholesale prices are the lower prices that are
charged to stores or other businesses who are re-selling these products.
Retail prices are the higher prices that a customer pays when they buy
something for themselves.
For almost all of the products that you see at
africaimports.com, the wholesale prices are one half of the retail prices.
If you are visiting our site without being signed in, you will see the
retail prices. The wholesale prices are almost always one half of the
retail prices.
When someone visits africaimports.com they will
see retail prices by default. The wholesale prices can only be seen by
wholesale buyers.
If you are a wholesale buyer, we can set your
account to a wholesale status.
You can then see and purchase online at wholesale
prices. This is done manually by someone working at Africa Imports. It is
not an automatic process that is done by a computer. This means that when
you first visit, you will only see retail prices until you have signed in;
and until we have set your account to wholesale.
If you fill in your company information (click
here); we will know that you want your account to be wholesale; and will
set your account to be a wholesale account. This way you will see and be
able to purchase at wholesale prices whenever you are signed in. You will
get an email from a real person telling you when your account has been set
to wholesale status.
Yes. The minimum size of a
wholesale order with Africa Imports is $50.
Click
Here
for a few quick and easy ways to jump start your business.
To pay wholesale prices, you need to be buying
these products for re-sale.
You do not need to own a store. You can work from
you home or be selling these products part time. There is a $50. minimum
order required for wholesale orders; and you are expected to be
If you are ordering products for yourself, you are
not a wholesale buyer.
You can order smaller quantities.
Creating a wholesale account is easy and fun with
Africa Imports.
Click
Here for step by step instructions.
We currently only collect sales tax on orders from the state of New
Jersey.
If you are in New Jersey, we need to collect sales tax from you when
you place an order. Sales tax is currently 7% of the cost for all
non-exempt items (such as clothing).
If you are purchasing for re-sale, we do not need to collect sales tax
from you if you supply us with your sales tax exemption certificate; and
with a signed copy of NJ FORM ST3 which you can download
here.
You
can find dozens of booklets, posters, business cards, and other tools
(most of them for free) by clicking here.
Not everyone can order from us at wholesale prices. When a visitor
comes to our website they see retail prices by default.
When a visitor signs in (or logs in) they will see retail prices unless
they are already set up in our system as an existing wholesale buyer.
A visitor only sees and can order at wholesale prices when they are
logged in under an existing wholesale account.
To register as a wholesale customer, first sign in, and next fill out a
form requesting to be recognized as a wholesale customer. We will then set
your account to wholesale status.
You
can take care of all of this easiest by clicking here.
The affiliate program is only for website owners who want to offer
these products on their website. This usually works best for customers who
are not selling these products as their main business. If you are selling
African products in a store, from your home, or some other way, the
affiliate program is probably not best for you. If you have a website
where visitors come for some other reason; and they might want African
products too; the affiliate program lets you get paid a commission when
one of your visitors orders something from this website.
To
find out more about our affiliate program, click here.
Yes. To find out more click
here.
Yes. To find out more click
here.
Click
here for retail catalogs.
To
get an African Website for your business, click here.
To copy a photo from our website to use on your own website, auction,
or flier, first find the photo that you want to use (if this is a
product photo, be sure to navigate to the largest photo of the product).
Next, right click on the large photo; and from the drop down box that
appears, choose "save picture as"; and then save the photo
with your own product name onto your computer hard drive. Finally, you
can either print out or upload the photo to your own website in the same
way that you upload any other photo.
Limited quantities.
Want
to know more just click here.
There are several reasons why we offer
some products made in other places. The main reason is that our
customers want many of these items. A significant goal of our business
is to help our customers have what they want.
To know more click
here.
If you
have ever noticed a leather smell coming from your leather bags, don't worry,
this is normal. Leather naturally has a strong cow-hide smell, and the dyes
used on the leather also have their own scent. You can get rid of the
odor with just a few simple steps,
just click
here.
The
length of time the product comes back into stock varies and depends on the
product. Click
here to find out more.
First
of all, I would like to start by giving my deepest apologies for
the problem with your drum. We are more than happy to replace the
drum or give you a full refund if you are experiencing any
problems. I can assure you that we inspect each drum before it is
shipped to you, but due to the handmade quality of our drums there
are still some errors that may have been missed.
Click
her to find out more.
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