Post by Trade facilitator on May 13, 2021 20:31:45 GMT 1
Crayfish is one of the most profitable export products in Nigeria. There are too many Africans abroad yearning for our local crayfish. Therefore this is a lucrative business to go into; as a player in this business, you can do it at a local level or you go into the exportation business.
We will do justice to both local business and the export angle too. The business is very simple to start and it is something you can be doing from anywhere without anybody knowing.
For you to start this business there are certain things you need to understand before going deeply into it.
We need to understand how to preserve the crayfish, the selling process and pricing. Your target market is also very important before you can make it well. You equally need to understand where you can buy the product to make good profit.
The way and manner crayfish business is done in Nigeria has changed since the emergence of the internet. You can do the business from any part of the world; your customers can also come from anywhere.
We are going to cover a lot of areas in our series on this business. You can participate in the business as a retailer, wholesaler, farmer, and of course as an exporter. We shall give justice to all of them to see where best you can fit in.
You know that crayfish comes in fresh, just like shrimps and prawns. So the first thing is to know how to properly preserve it in order to stay long.
How To Preserve Crayfish
The major problem facing crayfish farmers is preservation. Farmers also face the problem of transportation from the farms. But these days there are many means of transportation that are being introduced thereby solving the problems.
Without learning and mastering how to preserve crayfish, then please do not bother going into the business.
If you enter into the business without mastering the preservation, then you will incur unnecessary losses. In that case you must buy the quantity you can finish selling within a short period of time.
Crayfish preservation is not difficult; it only requires some steps that you must follow. People unknowingly lose so many of their products at the farms because they have little or no knowledge of how to preserve the products from the farm.
For example, if you are a yam farmer and you do not know how to preserve your yam for the next planting season, you will surely run into problems with your goods. So it is very important to learn properly how to preserve your farm products.
You may have seen fish that look as if it has dried but by the time you open it up you will be seeing maggots inside the fish. The reason for this is that the fish was not properly dried and preserved before bringing it to the market.
The seller or the owner of the fish will definitely run into losses as nobody will like to use his or money to buy rotten fish.
This is the same way you will see maggots in crayfish if they are not properly dried and preserved. In order to avoid this, you will have to spend time learning the process of drying and preserving crayfish.
You can do the business as a wholesaler by selling the large quantities you bought from other big time producers or from farm gate. In most cases you will have to advise your supplier on the type of packaging your customers love.
Crayfish business is a type of business that you cannot regret doing because; it is a product that is consumed by almost all the tribes in Nigeria and other African countries.
You should therefore be confident when going into the business. Try as much as possible to spend some time with someone who has done the business before so that you can shorten the period it will take you to master.
If you have a shop in the market it is possible to be both a wholesaler and a retailer at the same time.
As a wholesaler, once you are back from the market the retailers will come to collect their products; while you now start selling to your local retail customers. This way you will maximize your profit and have more customers.
Please stay with us as we are still going to discuss how to farm crayfish, dry and preserve it and also how to export it.
Stay with us.
We will do justice to both local business and the export angle too. The business is very simple to start and it is something you can be doing from anywhere without anybody knowing.
For you to start this business there are certain things you need to understand before going deeply into it.
We need to understand how to preserve the crayfish, the selling process and pricing. Your target market is also very important before you can make it well. You equally need to understand where you can buy the product to make good profit.
The way and manner crayfish business is done in Nigeria has changed since the emergence of the internet. You can do the business from any part of the world; your customers can also come from anywhere.
We are going to cover a lot of areas in our series on this business. You can participate in the business as a retailer, wholesaler, farmer, and of course as an exporter. We shall give justice to all of them to see where best you can fit in.
You know that crayfish comes in fresh, just like shrimps and prawns. So the first thing is to know how to properly preserve it in order to stay long.
How To Preserve Crayfish
The major problem facing crayfish farmers is preservation. Farmers also face the problem of transportation from the farms. But these days there are many means of transportation that are being introduced thereby solving the problems.
Without learning and mastering how to preserve crayfish, then please do not bother going into the business.
If you enter into the business without mastering the preservation, then you will incur unnecessary losses. In that case you must buy the quantity you can finish selling within a short period of time.
Crayfish preservation is not difficult; it only requires some steps that you must follow. People unknowingly lose so many of their products at the farms because they have little or no knowledge of how to preserve the products from the farm.
For example, if you are a yam farmer and you do not know how to preserve your yam for the next planting season, you will surely run into problems with your goods. So it is very important to learn properly how to preserve your farm products.
You may have seen fish that look as if it has dried but by the time you open it up you will be seeing maggots inside the fish. The reason for this is that the fish was not properly dried and preserved before bringing it to the market.
The seller or the owner of the fish will definitely run into losses as nobody will like to use his or money to buy rotten fish.
This is the same way you will see maggots in crayfish if they are not properly dried and preserved. In order to avoid this, you will have to spend time learning the process of drying and preserving crayfish.
You can do the business as a wholesaler by selling the large quantities you bought from other big time producers or from farm gate. In most cases you will have to advise your supplier on the type of packaging your customers love.
Crayfish business is a type of business that you cannot regret doing because; it is a product that is consumed by almost all the tribes in Nigeria and other African countries.
You should therefore be confident when going into the business. Try as much as possible to spend some time with someone who has done the business before so that you can shorten the period it will take you to master.
If you have a shop in the market it is possible to be both a wholesaler and a retailer at the same time.
As a wholesaler, once you are back from the market the retailers will come to collect their products; while you now start selling to your local retail customers. This way you will maximize your profit and have more customers.
Please stay with us as we are still going to discuss how to farm crayfish, dry and preserve it and also how to export it.
Stay with us.
