lookin for baby clothes
| Nairobi's online clothing store for kids |
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Totally Toto, Nairobi’s online clothing store, last week received a shipment of over 60 lines of children’s clothing and accessories from the UK, for their next-day delivery service in Nairobi, offering buyers the chance to shop online and pay cash or by M-Pesa. Quentin Faulkner, the proprietor, opened the online store in October 2007 as a part-time job, but launched it formally in February this year, and has most recently expanded to include jewellery, bags and bedding to the website’s stocks.In the main, however, the store stocks clothes for the under-12s, costing from Sh150 to Sh800 for baby wear, and Sh500 to Sh800 for larger sizes. Buyers within Nairobi pay a flat fee of Sh250 for delivery to their doorsteps the same or the next day, while those in Mombasa pay Sh500 for delivery within three days at the collection point at the Coast bus offices. The inspiration for Kenya’s newest online mart was their own son, says Quentin. “We had a son and were struggling to get nice clothes in Kenya so we thought, if we can find them cheaply in the UK, why not sell them online?” An online store seemed a better way forwards than a walk-in store, as it meant shopping could be cheaper, easy and convenient, with no need to charge shoppers for the store’s rental and insurance costs. It also swept away the limits of opening hours. “If you are working, you can spend half an hour over lunch time making your orders online, so it’s really easy and convenient.” Quentin also had a leaning towards online shopping after the last six years working in Kenya’s IT industry: “something like this needed to be started where you do not necessarily have to use a credit card.” Totally Toto also hires out Tens Machines to expectant mothers, to help them relieve pain during birth. The machine comes with a full manual and, according to Paige, also of Totally Toto, is really convenient. “I used it during my second labour and the difference was dramatic,” she said. The rental fee for the machine is Sh5000 for one month. Written by Rose Muragu of African Laughter |
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