@Theus Owicho  This is a conversation about E-commerce, instead of being critical look the bigger picture and appreciate the growth of E-commerce.<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.mamamikes.com">www.mamamikes.com</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.uzanunua.com">www.uzanunua.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.nimepata.com">www.nimepata.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://aceimagestrategies.com">http://aceimagestrategies.com</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>For a young industry, I am confident that in the runner up to the Christmass period you will hear of other exciting e-commerce initiatives creating more competition and more choice for consumer.<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Theus Owicho <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:owichot@gmail.com">owichot@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I once talked to a guy who used to deal with <a href="http://kalahari.co.ke" target="_blank">kalahari.co.ke</a>. First they took the failure who is Cobus Heyl to head it. Cobus did run down EAM and he has that arrogance and know it all attitude of people from down south. The sell now an average of only 30 products in a month. They arent moving even thousands.<div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 10:15 AM, [ Brainiac ] <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:arebacollins@gmail.com" target="_blank">arebacollins@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">

kalahari gets about <span>5,724            </span>
            pageviews a day. thats like 150k pageviews a month. I doubt they can move a million  cause that would imply selling about five items on each pageview. <br><br>It is an impressive figure though. <br><div><div>

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On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Willie Ong&#39;uti <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:williexm@gmail.com" target="_blank">williexm@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">


@Albert,<div><br></div><div>I have tried <a href="http://mzoori.com" target="_blank">mzoori.com</a> and actually u need to register to access. The upside is that the registration doesn&#39;t require much details (about 3 things). Plus there is no delay with confirmation of stuff like emails.</div>



<div>I accessed the registration through this link <a href="http://www.mzoori.com/iam" target="_blank">http://www.mzoori.com/iam</a></div><div>Or better still i have sent you a &#39;mzoori Invite&#39; :-)</div><div><div>


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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Steve Obbayi <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:steve@sobbayi.com" target="_blank">steve@sobbayi.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">



<div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">As @Willie has put it, @Joyce where do you think you fare with your competition and how do you compare with other global e-commerce websites in terms of volume of product and NOT pricing of products?<div>



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</div><div>From: &quot;Willie Ong&#39;uti&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:williexm@gmail.com" target="_blank">williexm@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>To: &quot;Skunkworks Mailing List&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke" target="_blank">skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke</a>&gt;<br>



</div><div><div></div><div>Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 10:15:03 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<br>Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] E-commerce in Kenya -<a href="http://Kalahari.co.ke" target="_blank">Kalahari.co.ke</a><br>
<br>Hi Joyce,<div>Thats commendable, i just wanted to know how you are fairing on with the competition from ecommerce portals like <a href="http://www.mzoori.com" target="_blank">www.mzoori.com</a>. I got this link from facebook <a href="http://www.mzoori.com/iam" target="_blank">www.mzoori.com/iam</a><br>




<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Joyce Lukwiya <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:lukwiyajoyce@gmail.com" target="_blank">lukwiyajoyce@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex">




@steve yes we actually move these products, books are the biggest movers on Kalahari at the moment. As I said you check out our prices.<div><br></div><div><font color="#888888">Joyce</font><div><div></div><div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Steve Obbayi <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:steve@sobbayi.com" target="_blank">steve@sobbayi.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">@Joyce, You&#39;ve said all this about <a href="http://kalahari.co.ke" target="_blank">kalahari.co.ke</a> including offering millions of books, music DVD&#39;s etc.... really???? In short you havent answered the question on whether you have the critical mass from Kenya or East Africa for that matter.... Just want clarification. So! Do you actually move these &quot;millions of products a Quarter, let alone a month&quot;?<br>





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Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 9:48:35 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<br>Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] E-commerce in Kenya -<a href="http://Kalahari.co..ke" target="_blank">Kalahari.co.ke</a><br><br>Hi John,<div><br></div><div>





I believe you have not heard of <a href="http://Kalahari.co.ke" target="_blank">Kalahari.co.ke</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://Kalahari.co.ke" target="_blank">Kalahari.co.ke</a> is a leading online retailer, offering millions of books, music, DVDs, games and more at the click of a mouse. </span></div>






<div><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px">With top-selling products, local payment options which include M-PESA , door-to-door delivery, wish list facilities, vouchers, and free gift-wrapping, <a href="http://kalahari.co.ke" target="_blank">kalahari.co.ke</a> offers convenient shopping!</span></div>






<div><font size="3" face="Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11px"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="3" face="Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11px">We are giving irresistable discount on all our shop categories.</span></font></div>






<div><font size="3" face="Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11px"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="3" face="Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11px">Log on to <a href="http://www.kalahari.co.ke" target="_blank">www.kalahari.co.ke</a> and check it out for yourself.</span></font></div>






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</span></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:30 PM, John Maina <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:mwasjunior@gmail.com" target="_blank">mwasjunior@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex">






<div>I used to hypothesis that the reason we don&#39;t have a vibrant e-commerce infrastructure in Kenya was the lack of payment solutions and lack of &quot;critical mass&quot; of people online..These two problems have been solved yet we still have nothing on the ground. So my question to y&#39;all experts is what is hindering e-commerce in Kenya?</div>








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