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Posted by on Saturday January 17, 2015 at 9:16:10:

If you are living in Nigeria but want to buy things sold in the USA or America without having to travel all the way there, well one way you can do it is by buying it on the internet at any of the USA shopping websites that are open to Nigerians.

I've bought a lot of things online in Nigeria and some of these things have actually saved me more money than if I were to buy them in Nigeria from retailers.

Here are 5 simple steps that you may need to follow in order to buy things at US retail stores using the internet:

1. Fund your Nigerian bank account: Without having money, you can't buy things sold in the USA and so the first thing to do is ensure that your bank account is funded with enough money and it should be sufficient for the cost of things that you want to buy.

2. Get a Visa or Mastercard: If you don't have it yet:
Visa and Mastercard are internationally accepted brands and cards that work on many US websites. In the past, Nigerians didn't have access to these cards but now they do thanks to the banking industry. Any account holder in Nigeria can easily get a Visa or Mastercard by application and it could be a debit or credit card and can be funded in Naira or US dollars/

3. Register with a US shipping agent:
Most US Shopping websites that I know of don't ship outside the USA and I guess it's because they just want to protect their business and sellers. Shipping outside the USA offers them little protection

4. Sign up with a US shopping website: The best US shopping website I've signed up with is Amazon and this is because they have the widest range of products and also accept payments from Nigeria through Visa or Mastercard. Amazon sells books, clothes, shoes, computers, electronics, motor parts and so on.

5. Do your shopping: Since you have already setup everything necessary, the next step is to do your shopping on the US website. Buy what you want and ensure that it is delivered to the US address given to you by the US shipping agency you signed up with. You should ensure that you only buy things that are not prohibited from importation by the Nigerian Custom service and so things like guns, bullets or banned products are not allowed. Once you'be ordered for the items you want and made payment, the US website will ship to your US address and from there you can get your item shipped to Nigeria.

Get a US shipping agent

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