Mini-Importation Without Getting Scammed

What mini-importation actually is in 2026, what the margins honestly look like once everything is counted, and why this course leads with compliance instead of product lists.

• Why this course exists (and what the others leave out) · 8 min
• Meet Chidinma and Musa — your two worked examples · 6 min
• The margin truth: what the 200–500% claims hide · 10 min
• Glossary: the 26 terms this course uses · 7 min

The two-gate selection engine — legality first, demand second — plus the unit-economics pre-check that kills bad products before they cost money.

• Gate order: why legality comes before demand · 6 min
• Demand evidence: how to check what actually sells · 9 min
• The unit-economics pre-check (before any money moves) · 9 min

The four-gate legality check, built from the actual prohibition lists, NAFDAC and SON rules, the $300 de-minimis, and the enforcement record — the module every competitor course skips entirely.

• The four gates (and the products gurus recommend that fail them) · 11 min
• The $300 rule, Form M, Form Q — the paperwork reality · 10 min

1688 without the mythology, the platform comparison with sourced price gaps, and what Alibaba’s Trade Assurance actually covers — including its five documented limits.

• 1688: the real rules of the cheapest shelf · 9 min
• Trade Assurance: what the escrow actually covers · 9 min

How procurement agents actually work, what they really cost (the fee is not the cost), the vetting stack that catches fakes, and the ₦369m case that anchors it all.

• What agents do, and what they actually cost · 9 min
• Vetting an agent: the stack that catches fakes · 10 min

The gate between planning and money: six checks, all of which must pass before a naira moves.

• Checkpoint 1: before any money moves · 6 min

July-2026 tariffs from real rate cards, the air/sea decision, volumetric weight, the clearing-fee surprise — and the worksheet that computes the only number that matters.

• The tariff card, decoded (July 2026) · 9 min
• The landed-cost worksheet — both personas, worked · 10 min

Guru classes, fake agents, supplier fraud and fake tracking — every exhibit documented, every red flag extracted from a case that actually happened.

• Exhibit A: the "importation class" and the guru economy · 9 min
• Exhibits B & C: fake agents and supplier fraud · 10 min
• Exhibit D: fake tracking and the customs-fee ransom · 7 min

The arrival protocol: camera on, clock running, claims filed in hours not weeks — and what recourse actually exists when goods are wrong.

• The arrival protocol · 8 min

The cycle-one autopsy: what the estimate missed, what the market says next, and whether cycle two is earned yet.

• Checkpoint 2: the first-shipment debrief · 6 min

The dominant informal channel, run as a system: catalog, content, broadcast discipline, closing scripts, and the haggling culture handled with a plan.

• The channel where 14 million SMEs already sell · 9 min
• The listing that converts, the calendar that compounds, the ad that earns its budget · 9 min

Jiji mechanics with the boost reality-check, Jumia/Konga commission truth, the POD math nobody publishes — and the delivery decision by cargo value.

• Jiji and the marketplaces, decoded · 9 min
• POD: the trust bridge that eats margins · 8 min
• Delivery: matching the channel to the cargo · 7 min

Fake alerts in four documented variants, the man-in-the-middle, the escrow that does and does not exist, and the "importation investment" Ponzi — with the checking tools.

• Exhibit E: the fake alert — four documented variants · 10 min
• Exhibits F & G: the man-in-the-middle, and escrow reality · 8 min
• Exhibit H: the "importation investment" Ponzi · 8 min

Both personas’ first cycles computed to the last naira — honest margins, the failed-order tax, the FX dial, and the reinvestment ladder from ₦80,000 to a real business.

• The Money Map: two real cycles, all costs counted · 13 min

The end-of-cycle decision, made from your log instead of your mood.

• Checkpoint 3: the restock-or-pivot decision · 6 min

CAC registration and what it unlocks, the legal payment upgrade path, records that survive scrutiny, and the 2026 tax reality at import scale.

• Formalising: what CAC registration actually unlocks · 9 min

The single first step, the launch-week sequence, the 30-day checklist, and every waiting period in one table.

• This week: the single first step (and the six after it) · 8 min

The whole loop as one worked timeline — every decision, document and naira, explicitly illustrative and fully consistent with the course’s sourced figures.

• Chidinma’s cycle one, day by day · 11 min

Drills with model answers: gate-checking, landed-cost math, scam-spotting — prove it to yourself before the exam proves it publicly.

• Drill 1: should you import this? (five products, model answers) · 9 min
• Drill 2: the landed-cost gauntlet (compute, then check) · 8 min
• Drill 3: spot the scam (four scenarios, model answers) · 8 min