25A – What’s Next?

Existing Market:

I feel like my idea of exporting salvaged vehicles in West Africa is a great one and is going to be successful. My product will be a good quality, with only some cosmetic damages that can be fixed for nothing. My service will be great as I’m giving them the chance to purchase the vehicle of their dreams at a lower cost.

During my 3 interviews, all the three people mentioned that what I should be doing for my business is to try to fix them myself before selling them to my customers.  They shared with me that I can start by selling just the wrecked vehicles, but that some of my customers would be asking for me to fix them the vehicles and charge them for that.

I believe that my business will be successful. I think that the most important thing for me is the fact that my business will be able to help people get the vehicle they prefer and save their cash for other investments. Also, I believe that my products will have some good qualities, which means that they won’t have any mechanical issues and will only need body work. All these new services that I’m bringing for my customers will help me be successful.

New Market:

My new market will be the online shoppers. I believe that there are people that still shop online in West Africa such as people that are not near the port. So, they prefer to shop online and make sure they don’t travel to the port and waste their time.

I believe that in order for my business to give that chance for online shoppers, I need to create a simple business website that is not complicated to navigate, and make sure that it has a French version as well since most of the West Africans speak French.

After interviewing the 2 people, they shared with me that I should be creating an application for my business and get some good photographers that can take clear pictures that are well seen by the online shoppers. Moreover, they told me that I should make the application easy to access to.

I’ve learned that my online shoppers will even make my sales bigger and my target as well. With me being online, I can sell not only in west Africa, but also in other countries.