Payments can be made in full or in installments once you developed a relationship with the sellers and waybill is a usual aspect of the business meaning your goods can be delivered to you wherever you are without hassle. Most merchants from around the country patronise the main market because of the cheap prices of goods and availability, whether in wholesale or retail quantity. And guess the best part, they are ridiculously cheap. Variety of goods are sold here ranging from clothes, to foods stuffs, to jewelries, to households merchandise, plumbing materials, vehicle spare parts, paints, boxes, and what have you.
Onitsha main market is located in one of the biggest largest cities in the Eastern part of Nigeria, Onitsha-Anambra State and its mostly populated by the Igbos. It is massively patronized by merchants in the ECOWAS sub-region including Accra, Abidjan, Douala, Niamey and Cotonou and various other parts of the continent, to mention a few. The market can rightfully be described as the commercial power house of West Africa. The market is secured by the Onitsha Main Market Vigilante Services working under the auspices of the Nigeria Police Force. It is bounded by the River Niger to the West and Fegge through Osumaru Road from the East. These include jewelry, clothing, household, industrial and office equipment. Some of the major importers do more than 200 consignments of 40 tonnes of goods per year. The average traders in the area are known to bring in at least six consignments of 40 tonnes (40-feet containers) of goods annually. Most of the major import merchants from Eastern Nigeria have their head offices within the market. Onitsha Market is the largest market in Africa based on geographical size and volume of goods. It is based in the city of Onitsha, the commercial capital of Anambra State in southeastern Nigeria and governed by one of the most revered traders associations on the continent, the Onitsha Market Traders Association (OMATA).