Sell your books/products on Rafu.
Rafu Merchant Services is a platform which allows Authors, Publishers and other General Merchants to partner with Rafu Company Ltd. The service allows merchants to embrace E-Commerce with ease by providing a dedicated online page , a management backend for Stocks and logistics for seamless same day delivery in Nairobi and Next Day to other parts of the country if needed.
162
Authors
6
Publishers
12k
Customers
RMS For Authors
- Create an account
- Add & edit your book(s)
- Storage of books
- Manage your inventory
- Track your sales & payments
- Initiate deliveries to your clients
- Payments settlement
RMS For Publishers
- Create an account
- Own a dedicated Storefront
- Add & edit your book(s)
- Manage your inventory
- Track your sales & payments
- Initiate deliveries to your clients
- Payments settlement
RMS For Merchants
- Create an account
- Own a dedicated Storefront
- Add & edit your book(s)
- Manage your inventory
- Track your sales & payments
- Initiate deliveries to your clients
- Payments settlement
Rafu Delivery Services
Rafu Delivery Services (RDS) is a value-added service which allows our merchants to initiate deliveries directly to their customers through our platform.
Through this service, Rafu acts as a courier service.
- Deliveries are done from Monday to Saturday (8am - 6pm)
- Cut-off for same-day delivery: 2pm
- Deliveries to Zone 3 begin from 2pm onwards
- This is a pre-paid service
- Deliveries are done from the Rafu premises. Pickups will only be done in Kilimani & CBD
Simple Tools. More Control.
The Rafu Merchant’s Shelf (RMS) allows you to:
- Add a book
- Track sales & payments
- Schedule for joint marketing
Easy steps to get started.
Follow the steps below to get yourself listed!
- Click on the link to register
- Add your trading name (if individual publisher, add your name)
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Add your payment cycle i.e:
- Fortnight
- Monthly
- Quarterly
- Add your preferred payment method (Mpesa or Bank details)
- Add authors name (your name as it appears on the book)
- Add your email and then set the passwords.
- You can add an additional contact person (i.e. PA or Co-Author)
- After registration, you can proceed to adding your book. However, the book will only become active once it has been checked and approved by a Rafu Staff.
- Click on the Plus (+) new book (Green button on the top left)
- Add the title of the book.
- Add the book subcategory( enter the category that best fits your book( i.e fiction, non fiction, kids book, biography)
- Add the description/synopsis of the book. Try and make it as detailed and descriptive as possible
- Input the price of the book. This will be the price which will be displayed on the rafubooks.com website. Also known as Retail price
- Input the quantity of the first consignment.
- Mark active
- Add book image(s) ( upto 3 images allowed)
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Choose your commission plan. This is the percentage commission which will be retained by Rafu Company Limited.
- 25% commission or
- 20% commission plus 150 added to the book price
- Under your book section, click on the 3 vertical dots on the right end.
- Click on edit book to edit your book details.
- Under your book section, click on the 3 vertical dots on the right end.
- Click on copy shareable link.
- Under your book section, click on the 3 vertical dots on the right end.
- Click on view on site to check how your book appears on our website.