One of Nigeria’s leading ecommerce platforms, WebMallNG has revealed that it offering Nigerian businesses more solutions that are beyond ecommerce. In a statement, it said it is now providing Nigerian small businesses with website development and management tools.
In a statement made available to Innovation Village by the company’s Head of Marketing, Mr. Unwana Ekanem, the company stated that this was a solution driven by months of requests by businesses especially those in the services industries.
He said: “Over the last 12 months, we received hundreds of calls monthly about request for tools to create online presence, especially for business other than those in retail which is the segment our platform currently caters for.”
Speaking further he said the platform caters to the needs of the average service provider who has little or no knowledge of developing and managing a website but wants to increase brand awareness, service engagement by creating an online presence. With the technology, websites are setup within minutes and comes with domain registration, hosting, mobile capabilities and marketing tools.
In an exclusive chat with Innovation Village, Wole Faroun Managing Director of WebMallNG said the company has developed tools to create and manage websites seamlessly.
He said: “Many SMEs in the non-retail segment have asked us to provide tools to create and manage website seamlessly and that’s what we have developed.
“With the tool, you can create a business website in minutes using one of the templates that we have provided. You also choose your domain and we host the website on our platform.
“After site is created, the user will have a username/password to the admin area where they can customize your site with pictures, videos, banners, colors etc.”
He also told Innovation Village that the company has included tools to enable for reviews and ratings by customers
