Selling handmade furniture

Nancy

Nairobi, Kenya

27% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Nancy

Member since

May 2016

On-time repayments

191 installments  •  38%

About Me

I was born in Transnzoia county being the first born in our family of 6 children.I went to kipsaina primary school before i joined st Joseph's girls high school. Due to high cost of living my parents were unable to rise my fees and I had to drop out of school. I started growing vegetables and sell them to the nearby markets of which I saved at least 40%of my income. I decided to start my own business of buying furniture from Carpenters and sell them to people in town. As there was higher demands in the city than in my locality,I moved to the city where am still running it and is doing well. People in my area are very generous, religious and social. I would like my children to be business minded ready to serve the society and believe in God .

My Business

I sell furniture like tables, cupboards,wardrobes and wall units which I buy in wholesale from Carpenters and sell them to customers in retails I chose this business due to its high demand and profit returns. Since i joined zidisha my business has generally uncreased changenged my life as my profit has increased due to more stock have and sell i sell them to my customers at relatively low price compared to other sellers.In a good week now I spend $300 in buying furniture and sell them making a profit of over 45% and this has greatly improved through you support on my first loan that i was able to clear it on time.I use the profit to grow my business, pay rents, buying my daily needs for my family and pay school fees for my children and my brother who is to join the university.

Loan Proposal

I will some furniture on the stock that is tables= 90$, wall units= 240$,beds=180$ and relocate to a larger show room =70$ where I will plant a bed saw machine=300$ to aid in manufacturing of boards and timber into furnished furniture. I am planning to employ three workers who will aid in management of the business and pay them from the profit that will be made from the showroom. Each employee wage would be 100$ .Thus the profit expected to increase to 600$ per month as I hope.Thank you my lenders.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$876.00

Date disbursed

Jun 10, 2017

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

33 months

Lenders

investor

Candiac, Canada

davelowe100

Perryville, United States

AdamP

Sunnyvale, United States

BelleStarr

Albuquerque, United States

O

Oliver

Geneva, Switzerland

ErikN

Stockholm, Sweden

T

ToddK

Indianapolis, IN, USA, United States

C

crpwme

Philadelphia, United States

C

cjmenchaca

Austin, United States

J

Jessica

Patagonia, Argentina

OliverSouthwick

London, United Kingdom

JimVandegriff

Trinidad, California, United States

C

chrisherron

Chicago, United States

Pierfausto

Rome, Italy

SeeMeeFi

Ontario, Canada

Erica

Caledon, Canada

Cloudways

Malta, Malta

G

Goodwill

Oakland, United States

L

leniwiec

Poznan, Poland

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

C

CloCkWeRX

Rosewater, Australia

A

Andy

Berlin, United States

nakamura

United States

sarna

Toronto, Canada

L

LindsayB

Sydney, Australia

MichaelOsburg

Hochheim, Germany

H

HomesteadSchool

Glen Spey, United States

BF

Bob Fitzjohn

Fontvielle, Monaco, Yemen

Anto82

Eraclea, Italy

Hedwich

Gorssel, Netherlands

A

AndrewC

London, United Kingdom

H

HobbyCollector

Beach City, United States

gseletko

South Perth, Australia

F

Forfex

Zurich, Switzerland

Hank

Göteborg, Sweden

thomas2666

Brisbane, Australia

Matthieu

Switzerland, France

xtrahardware

Cazenovia, United States

B

BMcDermott

Washington, DC, United States

E

E

Marin county, United States

NedRyerson

Munroe Falls, United States

sderickson

Berkeley, CA, United States

M

Malibu

Westwood, United States

G

GreenTomato

United States

jonnyhj

Stockholm, Sweden

lyalljellyman

Wellington, New Zealand

F

FSO

Canada

R

Russell81

United States

T

tomspalla

United States

E

emosler

United Kingdom

J

Jrung

United States

T

thenwhen

United States

mepster

San Francisco, Ca, United States

TyWee

Manila, Philippines

B

bscent

Hong Kong

Buzzel

Frankfurt, Germany

Grant Xavier Storer

Seattle, Wa, United States

J

jdelaporte

United States

Loungin

United States

A

adamdreaming

United States

J

jowde

Germany

SuperMario28

Cudahy, United States

T

thehigginsons

United Kingdom

S

Stephan

Netherlands

KM

Kirsty M

United Kingdom

Tanya

Nelson, New Zealand

Karijn

Amsterdam, Netherlands

MD

Miles Dodge

CORVALLIS, United States

MW

Matt Willis

United States

W

Wade

United States

SK

Stefan Kruell

Muenster, Germany

Kevin

San Francisco, United States

TT

Ted Tomlinson

United States

TB

Taylor Brown

United States

V

Vivek

Arlington, VA, United States

Pedro Lopez

United States

Sandra

Böblingen, Germany

GN

Geoffrey Nelson

United Kingdom

Martin Nielsen

Aarhus, Denmark

F

Frits

Rotterdam, Netherlands

PG

Paul Graham

United States

Kavitha Amarnath

Sydney, Australia

N

Nick

United States

A

Allie

Australia

Paul Smithson

Leeds, United Kingdom

Christopher Hey

Sudbury, Canada

T

Tucker

United States

Cliff

United States

AO

Ahana Ogle

United Kingdom

NR

Nick Rioux

United States

B

Bramlage

United States

R

Ryan

United States

SH

Steven Huntington

London, United Kingdom

Carlo Cruz

Cincinnati, OH, United States

Thomas

Sweden, Sweden

L

LK

United States

EthicalHost

Toronto, Canada

RC

Rudi Chen

United States

SR

Sharyn Ribich

United States

SB

Sue Bucholz

Sacramento, United States

WL

William Lisa

United States

KT

Kate Turner

United States

E

EABF

Netherlands

J

Jo

United States

RB

Ruth Brown

United States

J Laufs

Germany

JA

Jan Andresen

Hamburg, Germany

Sinan Taifour

Munich, Germany, Germany

J

Jon

United States

LR

Laetitia Rocha

United Kingdom

The Zinc Team

San Francisco, United States

S

Susan

Switzerland

Benjamin Kniaz

Boston, United States

MO

Mark Owens

United States

RR

Rory Rohloff

United States

WS

Warren Shen

United States

Humble Bundle Community

San Francisco, United States

Curious Customs

Austin, Texas, United States

Geoguillot

California, United States

JA

Joshua Axtell

United States

Day Family

Melbourne, Australia

HD

Hardik Desai

United Kingdom

V

VJ

Canberra, Australia

RH

Robert Harris

United States

R

Ralf

Germany

D

Dalton

San Francisco, United States

Haroon S

United States

NH

Nancy Hull

United States

DW

David Westmoreland

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Jean Wren Chan

United States

GS

Gary Sinard

Franklin, TN, United States

MH

Meika Harris

United States

GB

George Bohlender

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

M

Mack

Harbor, Oregon, United States

Brandon Wright

Salt Lake City, Ut, United States

A

Andrew

United States

Christian

Vienna, Austria

R

RMIM

United States

AH

Axel Hoogland

United States

Mike

Indianapolis, United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

Bryce Bow

Bloomington, In, United States

SS

Sandi Smith

Pimpama. Queensland, Australia

John Barnett

United States

RF

Ruth FT

Manchester, United Kingdom

AB

Ashira Blazer

United States

JG

Jake Gibson and Beverly Picardo

San Francisco, United States

MW

Matt Winkler

United States, Canada

Jane

California, United States

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  • Nancy    Oct 27, 2018

    Hallo my lenders,Igot a problem which made not be able to pay my husband was prisoned for now 2yrs so my life sent too down and i was the mother and the same time the father but now the situation has started to become better ,so lender s I'll try and pay the amount due

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  • Nancy    Mar 4, 2018

    Hello lenders.
    I want to lower my loan weekly payment from ksh 4000 to 100.I have been sick and used the profit on setleling medical bill.
    Thank you

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  • Nancy    Oct 7, 2017

    I want to update the past due loan slowly this was due of I didn't have a phone for those weeks it was spoiled

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  • Nancy    Jul 29, 2017

    Due to election s in our country business has drastically come down so I request to pay like that to avoid losing my credit limit , I will adjust when the business gets back normal and thank you my lenders

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  • Nancy    Jun 23, 2017

    I have decided to reduce for the smooth payment from the profit so that icannot affect the business so that it grows big and not affected when the business is down

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  • Nancy    Jun 10, 2017

    Hello my lenders, I have received 84160KES from zidisha. I am planning to buy machines,add stock and move to a larger showroom. You have been my lenders and I am very grateful for your trust. Thank you my lenders

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  • Nancy    Jun 8, 2017

    I will buy machines that I said,move to a new spacious showroom and I will continue well.It will help me greatly in boosting my profit and invest more.Thank you very much my lenders.

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  • Jane    Jun 3, 2017

    Hi Nancy, Your furniture is really beautiful. Good luck in your business, God bless you, Jane

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  • Nancy    Jun 1, 2017

    My business has picked very well I need money to continue smoothly so that Ican make good profit

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  • Nancy    Apr 22, 2017

    Thankyou my lenders and zidisha for supporting my business.

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  • Nancy    Dec 31, 2016

    my sells have gone down i need to make my repayments more affordable.

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  • Nancy    Nov 26, 2016

    From your support I have now employed a youth to help me in supplying the goods be blessed richly

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  • Nancy    Nov 26, 2016

    Thanks for your support my lenders my stock has increased.

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  • Nancy    Nov 26, 2016

    Thank you my lenders I received my loan of 59060kes and I have already bought new stocks

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  • Nancy    Nov 24, 2016

    thanks thanks thanks my lenders for this great support for funding y loan.may the most high bless you all.

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  • Brian    Nov 16, 2016

    Nancy, thank you for paying your previous loan on time. I am pleased to support you in this loan, and hope your business continues to prosper.

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    • Nancy    Nov 21, 2016

      thank you sir brian for your great contribution and support be blessed richly to help more needy people.

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  • Nancy    Nov 16, 2016

    Zidisha you have taken me to another level I never thought before.its a BIG THANK YOU my lenders and Zidisha team.

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  • Nancy    Aug 11, 2016

    thank you my lenders received my loan of kes39,373 which am using it to expand my business by adding more stock to my workshop. Be blessed all of you.THANK YOU A LOT.

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  • Nancy    Aug 8, 2016

    Thank you my lender for this great opportunity and the trust you have given me through your contribution to support my business.This loan will be of big boost towards my business considering the many orders i have from my customers and with your support i will be able to expand my business and provide basic goods to my family since my profit will have increase with over 45%THANK YOU SO MUCH BE BLESSED RICHLY.

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  • Nancy    Jul 28, 2016

    Wow!am greatly happy to you my lenders towards your contributions on my loan thank you a lot.

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