Kenyan e-Commerce Company Brings Global Online Shopping Festival To Kenya

Piece by: Harun Momanyi
Entertainment

We all love a good bargain, don’t we? What if I told you I knew a place where you could bargain an iPhone 6 down from Ksh.70,000 to just 1 shilling? You would probably tell me to go tell it to the birds. But actually there is!

If you don’t believe this, maybe you should check out It’s all about the Kilimall’s #double11 Tu-bargain (Swahili version of let’s bargain) event where the e-commerce company, is letting Kenyans’ bargaining spirit run wild as they mark the singles day that is November 11th. Dubbed 11.11, the Asian originated event, uses this day to celebrate single people.

Based on this theme, will be following in the footsteps of e-commerce giants like Alibaba in marking this day by giving its customers discounts on various products. Kilimall is marking the day with three separate events under a mega discount sale dubbed

Under the Beba na Bob campaign, there will be three sub-events

This is the highlight event of the promotion.

Customers have the chance to bargain for smartphones such as the , , , , among others, down to just 1 shilling.

How does it work?

  1. A customer begins a bargain by sharing a link from on their social network (Facebook, Twitter & Google+).

  2. Each time a friend clicks on the link you shared, and clicks on the “help me bargain” button, the smartphone’s price reduces for you.

  3. The more your friends click & help you, the further the price reduces. Such that it is possible to bring the price down to just 1 bob, where you can then buy it at that price.

  4. Also your friends can start their own bargain campaign by sharing the link amongst friends their so that eventually the one who manages to reach the lowest bargain price of 1 shilling first takes home the smartphone.

Adding an interesting twist to the #double11 event, there will also be time limited discounts.

How do they work?

Time last for 24 hours only during which time the prices for various products will be heavily discounted. In line with the 11.11 twist of our #double11 campaign the discounted price will be;

  • 1 shilling,

  • 11 shillings

  • 111 shillings

  • 1,111 shillings

are Kilimall’s hallmark event. During this event, the company will have a dedicated page on their website on which products will sell for anything between Ksh 1 and Ksh 1111.

What’s the difference?

  • There will be a new flash sale every half an hour.

  • The Flash sales for #double11 (today) unlike on other days will be from 8:00am to 5:00pm. There will limited number products per flash sale.

  • The Flash sale ends when the products are bought out or once the 30min time limit expires.

  • Flash Sales are on a first come first serve basis.

How do you participate?

All you need to do is;

  1. Log into your Kilimall account.

  2. Check the Flash Sale page every half an hour (30min)

  3. Spot the product you’d like to buy.

  4. Click to buy at the offered discounts.

  5. You must check out within the Flash sale period after you buy.

Have a happy day.