To purchase more stock for my handbags business

Esther

Buruburu , Near Makadara, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Esther

Member since

April 2014

On-time repayments

80 installments  •  100%

About Me

THIS LOAN WILL FACILITATE EXPANSION OF MY HAND-BAGS BUSINESS

I am Esther Kanini, 30 years old,mother to two lovely boys and a committed business lady .Since my childhood days and at the age of 10 years , i portrayed an entrepreneur's mind, i would harvest some 'kales' from the 'shamba' with my elder sister and display them at the local market center for sale. All along, i have had a passion for establishing my own business which will see me as an employer in the near future.

Our local area in the countryside is endowed with sceneries that include a hill named "Karue", a forest named "Kirimiri" and a water fall named "Mbui Njeru". We frequented these sites during our childhood days especially during the Christmas period and i could wonder why no investor had made use of those sceneries to invest in an hotel and site-seeing for tourism purposes.We have since moved from the countryside to the city. I would recommend these sceneries to any adventurous individual , they are unique,unexploited and little known of.

Currently , i am in the business of purchase of handbags at whole sale prices for resale, I developed interest in this business way back in 2013 and vowed to establish it after the birth of my second born child , my aim was to start small and rise and my biggest challenge has been capital to expand the business.I look forward to expanding this business and venture fully into importation of handbags and other ladies accessories in the near future.

My Business

I am into the handbags sale business, my business has so far picked up well with the positive contribution from Zidisha. So far , Zidisha has enabled me to raise capital on three occasions the last being a loan of $158 which went a long way in assisting me in purchase of more stock for the business. I have been ploughing back the proceeds into the business with an aim of expanding the business and partly using them for repayment of my loan.Due to the relatively large capital requirements am looking forward to more funding from the great Zidisha Team to progressively expand my capital base and move into importation of the handbags and resale to retailers at wholesale prices.I believe that the loan i receive from Zidisha, which highly favors small time entrepreneurs will assist me grow my business to a level that will see me create employment for the youth in our country.I look forward to a positive consideration.

Loan Proposal

If awarded the loan, i will purchase more handbags for my business.I will partly utilize the proceeds from the sales to settle my loan installments while the rest will be ploughed back into my business with a sole aim of progressively expanding the business.

I will utilize the entire amount of $301 to purchase the handbags , each piece goes for between $16 and $27 depending on the make and the quality. Those are approximately 11 pieces on the higher side. The retail price from my end is approximately 22$ to 33$ depending on the purchase price. I look forward to increasing the sales volume in order to get more profit and at the same time to acquire the bags cheaply since volume of purchase highly determines the wholesale price.

I look forward to as positive consideration from the lenders.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$306.00

Date disbursed

Jan 4, 2015

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

13 months

Lenders

Daniel

Brussels, Belgium

investor

Candiac, Canada

cyrus0302

San Francisco, United States

L

Lemon

Switzerland, Switzerland

EmilAsker

Lomma, Sweden

B

blue0green717

St-Lucien, Canada

M

mastodons

Chicago, United States

P

PaulHwang

Alexandria VA, United States

PipPipHooray

Brixton, United Kingdom

A

Anna01012

Bucksport, United States

A

Austrian

Graz, Austria

ShelbyDove

Los Angeles, United States

P

PhilACK

Brampton, Canada

E

EnhanceLife

Heber City, United States

T

thomashult

Bromma, Sweden

M

marcelitohb

Bremen, Germany

zphelj

Dallas, United States

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

T

texasags

owasso, United States

calvero

Bergen, Norway

Zal0m0n

Atlantis!!!! x), Mauritania

dmirpuri

Bangkok, Thailand

markpearson

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

E

E

Marin county, United States

pvilliger

Zurich, Switzerland

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

J

Jmatasovsky

United States

joshuacollinson

Vienna, Austria

A

ajayhk

San Jose, United States

pixelsebi

Berlin, Germany

R

Ruj-ura

Thailand

KM

Kirsty M

United Kingdom

Family Mueller

Petershagen, Germany

Fabian Linzberger

Vienna, Austria

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  • Esther    Jan 21, 2016

    My hand bags business is really doing great. Am almost completing my loan repayment and I am glad that my profits can enable me to complete the remaining installments much faster

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  • Esther    Feb 6, 2015

    Hi Team, I have reduced my installments due to unforeseen financial commitments that have seen my earnings channeled to meet these commitments. I look forward to increasing the installments again when this is through.

    However, the business is doing good and I continue to restock my business.

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  • Esther    Jan 3, 2015

    Thank-you lenders for funding my loan, i am more than grateful.

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  • Esther    Dec 31, 2014

    Hi Lenders, thank-you for the support thus far.Let's unite together and thank God for enabling us come to the end of this year.I give all thanks and honor to Him for the favor.

    For year 2015, i pray for protection, blessings and God's favor.

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  • Esther    Dec 26, 2014

    Hi great people! I hope you enjoyed your Christmas.Its boxing day today and am sure most of us have their own interpretation of this day.Enjoy the rest of the season!!Love you all.

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  • Esther    Dec 22, 2014

    Hi Lenders, on this day am glad to have fully re-payed my loan, i am grateful to each one of you for your kind gesture.The loan aided me in stocking up my handbags business which is progressing well. I know its that time of the year when we get to enjoy our Christmas . I am wishing you all a merry Christmas and a fun filled new year.

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  • Esther    Nov 26, 2014

    Hi Lenders , Christmas is around the corner, i wish you all a Merry Christmas.Esther

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  • Esther    Aug 31, 2014

    What!! 100%!!Am so glad Lenders for your support , this is so so encouraging. THANK-YOU ALL!!!

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  • SeeMeeFi    Aug 31, 2014

    All the best with this loan, Esther! I hope you are able to increase your stock and your profits!!

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    • Esther    Aug 31, 2014

      SeemeeFi, thankyou so much for the wishes I look forward to improving my business.Enjoy your week ahead.

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    • Esther    Jul 13, 2022

      Thankyou SeeMeeFi

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  • Esther    Aug 31, 2014

    Hi Lenders, blessed Sunday all

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  • Esther    Aug 23, 2014

    Hi lenders hope your enjoying your weekend.Have a great week ahead!

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  • Esther    Aug 23, 2014

    Hi all

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  • Esther    May 19, 2014

    Hi lenders thankyou for funding my loan looking forward to full funding.Thankyou

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  • Esther    Apr 24, 2014

    Hi Lenders hope you had a great Easter weekend.Pushing on from my end and trying to work on my business.Thank you for the support.Have a great day!

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  • Esther    Apr 14, 2014

    Hi Lenders thank you very much for the loan, I am in the process of purchasing more stock.Have a great day.Cheers!

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  • Esther    Apr 8, 2014

    Looking to expand my business a and become an employer to the many unemployed youth who engage in risky activities due to lack of a reliable source of income.

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