E-commerce has experienced a big development in the whole year. The same thing happened in the countries of the 3rd world, and in this guide I will give you all the details you need to know about it and also I will guide you how to start.

First of all, I’m a Moroccan guy, I was always hearing about the impact that happened in big countries like USA and how the industry of e-commerce has been grown too much, I was really impressed by what they achieved and also I was really curious how we can do this in our countries of 3rd world.

As it is known to start e-commerce in USA or countries of first tier you need an online store and also the product and then you can run ads on platforms like google ads, meta ads , tiktok ads or snapchat ads… so you can bring traffic to your site and then interested people by your product they gonna made a purchase from you and you gonna ship the order directly to them, but in 3rd world countries this is not how it works and I will explain to you.

The purchasing power in our countries is weak if you compare it to rich countries, this major fact plays a big role in the e-commerce industry and also there is another fact which is online payment. People here don’t trust to put their credit or debit card on a “website” and make a payment, then how is it gonna work ?

COD, those 3 letters fix it all, Cash On Delivery is the key and this how you can right now benefit from it, simply instead of people putting their credit cards and buying your product they just order it without paying for it, and the payment is gonna be in cash while they receive their product.

Now and after I give key points I will explain to you in detail how it works. 

• Product : You need to find a good product. You can search on it using aliexpress or alibaba then when you find a good one with high quality and high value you need to test it.
• Testing : you need to create a store you can do this easily by using Shopify or Youcan or if you have knowledge on wordpress you can use Woocommerce, then you make a product page for your product and make it looks nice and simple, then you need to make a video that presents your product and I prefer if you do it with voice that explain and focus on the 3 seconds of the video and make a good hook so people watch your full video, then you can run ads using Google Ads or Meta Ads or Tik tok Ads or Snapchat Ads.

• Results after testing : if results were fine and you get the order with a low cost like 1$ this means that you have a winning product, if not or you did not receive any order this means you did not pick the right product and you need to try again and also try new methods while you search or while you run your ads.
• Next : after finding the winning product, here the game starts and you need to play it very professionally. First, 1st : order your product from China to your country. This process here in Morocco could take between 2 to 3 weeks. Second, you need to find a call center that is going to call and confirm orders with clients. Third, you need to find a good delivery company that is gonna pick and pack your products and give it to your clients and bring you cash.

E-commerce really simplified life for people and created new opportunities for work and this made a lot of rich people thanks to COD, because it is an easy business to scale and you can work on it from home.