Buyer Safety Centre
Secuirity
Cheapcheap utilizes a variety of safeguards and monitoring tools to protect you, including proprietary technology solutions.
Transparency
Cheapcheap makes it easy to learn about items and sellers before you place an order.
Support
Cheapcheap has several teams working on your behalf to keep you safe, answer questions, and resolve issues if they arise.
How Cheapcheap is keeping you safe
Buyer Safety Algorithms
Cheapcheap has developed and continuously updates proprietary software algorithms to automatically monitor data for patterns, and quickly detect potential risks and violations.
Buyer Protection Program
Cheapcheap’s 100% Buyer Protection guarantee is among the most robust in e-commerce. If you pre-pay for an eligible item and your order doesn’t go as planned, you’re 100% protected — quickly and easily.
Merchant Quality Assurance
In addition to data-driven algorithms and automated tools, Cheapcheap has a number of teams focused on protecting the integrity of Cheapcheap’s marketplace by proactively investigating, sanctioning, and preventing various types of inappropriate behavior.
Community Reporting
We encourage our buyer community to report inappropriate or suspicious activity. To file a report please email trustandsafety@cheapcheap.ng or visit the Contact Us page.
Trust and Safety Teams
In addition to data-driven algorithms and automated tools, Cheapcheap has a number of teams focused on protecting the integrity of Cheapcheap’s marketplace by proactively investigating, sanctioning, and preventing various types of inappropriate behavior.
What you can do to improve your shopping experience on Cheapcheap
Quickly Find Your Preferred Items By Filtering Search Results
Cheapcheap has developed and continuously updates proprietary software algorithms to automatically monitor data for patterns, and quickly detect potential risks and violations.
Inspect Product Details and Ratings & Reviews Before You Buy
Inspecting details & reviews can help prevent surprises and confirm that an item meets your needs. Stronger ratings & reviews indicate safer, more trustworthy sellers.
If You Have Outstanding Questions Or Concerns, Message The Seller Before You Buy
If you have questions/concerns about a product, Cheapcheap makes it easy to contact the seller before you buy — just click the ‘Message Seller’ button.
Double-Check the Items In Your Order Before Paying
Before you choose your payment method, take a second to check that your order contains the items and quantities you want.
Double-Check Your Phone Number And Delivery Address Before Paying
Before you choose your payment method, check your contact details to make sure that you can be contacted about your delivery.
Pay When You Checkout To Receive Maximum Protection
When you pay at checkout, Cheapcheap holds your payment (temporarily) before forwarding it to the seller & can protect you 100% if things somehow don’t go as planned.
Check Your SMS & Email For Messages About Your Transaction
After you place your order, Cheapcheap will send you an order confirmation by both SMS and email. Check for communications about your order.
If You Chose Pay On Delivery (POD), Pay Only After You've Received Your Order
If you chose POD, do not pay before your item is delivered. If you’re asked to pay before delivery for a POD order, contact Cheapcheap immediately at trustandsafety@cheapcheap.ng.
After Your Order is Delivered, Be Sure to Rate & Review
After your item is delivered, you can help other buyers stay safe and choose the most trustworthy sellers by rating and reviewing your transaction.
What you should know
Not all products on Cheapcheap are sold by Cheapcheap
Cheapcheap is a true online marketplace that supports Nigerian entrepreneurs. Supporting ‘third-party’ sellers means Cheapcheap can offer buyers wider product selection, more choice, increased convenience, and better pricing. To learn more about selling on Cheapcheap, please click here.
Not every order goes perfectly every time, but if things don't go as planned Cheapcheap is here to help
Generally, Cheapcheap sellers have a remarkable track record. Most orders go wonderfully, but selling online may be new for some sellers and despite best efforts mistakes can sometimes happen. In the rare event things don’t go as planned, Cheapcheap has a number of teams working to help make things right. To contact us, email help@cheapcheap.ng or call 0809 987 8799
If you pay online at checkout before delivery, Cheapcheap can offer maximum protection
Paying for your order in advance means that you’re covered by our Buyer Protection program. When you pay in advance to Cheapcheap, we hold your payment (temporarily) & don’t release it to the seller until you have had a chance to bring up any issues. So when you pre-pay, Cheapcheap can protect you 100% if things somehow don’t go as planned. If you choose to Pay on Delivery, the seller, not Cheapcheap, may have your funds and Cheapcheap may be less able to help
Your feedback matters
When you place an order, you trust the seller to deliver a quality product as described and on time. So Cheapcheap makes it easy for you to research both the item and the seller before you buy. You can read the item’s description and check how past buyers rated and reviewed the seller and the item. When your order is delivered, we will ask you to rate and review the transaction and over time we remove lower performing sellers to make Cheapcheap safer for you
Frequently Asked Questions
Quickly Find Your Preferred Items By Filtering Search Results
Cheapcheap has developed and continuously updates proprietary software algorithms to automatically monitor data for patterns, and quickly detect potential risks and violations.
Inspect Product Details and Ratings & Reviews Before You Buy
Inspecting details & reviews can help prevent surprises and confirm that an item meets your needs. Stronger ratings & reviews indicate safer, more trustworthy sellers.
If You Have Outstanding Questions Or Concerns, Message The Seller Before You Buy
If you have questions/concerns about a product, Cheapcheap makes it easy to contact the seller before you buy — just click the ‘Message Seller’ button.
How does Cheapcheap protect me from fake or substandard products?
Cheapcheap has a formal Authentic Items Policy that prohibits the sale of counterfeit items, and our team continuously monitors items offered for sale. Sellers who are found to violate the policy may be banned from selling on Cheapcheap. If you suspect an item displayed on the website is not authentic, please contact trustandsafety@cheapcheap.ng.
I just received my order and something is wrong, what should I do? What can I expect?
If you recently received your order and something is wrong, please email help@cheapcheap.ng or call 0809 987 8799 and provide details depending on the exact issue and whether you paid before delivery or paid on delivery, different resolutions can occur. But in all cases, Cheapcheap will offer support and will try to work with the seller to offer a resolution quickly, such as a repair, replacement, refund upon return, instant refund, or other form of compensation as applicable.
How do I avoid fraudulent individuals posing as genuine sellers?
We take various actions to keep fraudulent individuals out of our community including requiring sellers to undergo verification before listing products, but you can avoid negative fraud-related experiences by
1) Pre-paying and
2) not paying into seller accounts before delivery if you choose to Pay on Delivery (POD).
• Pre-pay for your order. A great way to safeguard against negative experiences with sellers is to pre-pay for your order online when you checkout. By doing so, Cheapcheap has control of your funds for a limited period and can more easily refund you if things happen to go wrong.
• If you choose POD, do not pay until you receive your order. If you choose the Pay on Delivery payment method, as a general rule, do not pay directly to sellers until you receive your order. If a seller requests that you pay into his/her account before your order is delivered, please contact trustandsafety@cheapcheap.ng to verify. Cheapcheap advises that if you do internet bank transfers before delivery, you should pay only into the Cheapcheap accounts listed here.
If you feel that a seller is potentially fraudulent, please contact trustandsafety@cheapcheap.ng
Can I trust all sellers on Cheapcheap? How do I know which sellers to trust?
Cheapcheap has several processes in place to make sure sellers are safe and worthy of your trust. All sellers go through verification processes and we continuously monitor seller behavior. In addition, you can inspect a seller’s ratings and reviews — stronger ratings & reviews indicate safer, more trustworthy sellers. Finally, our more established sellers can be identified by a “verified premium seller” badge when you search for an item. Cheapcheap regularly updates the list of verified premium sellers to account for changing seller behavior. We take our responsibility to provide a safe marketplace very seriously, but sometimes bad behavior does happen. If you feel that a seller has violated your trust by misrepresenting an item or otherwise acting inappropriately, please contact trustandsafety@cheapcheap.ng.
I appreciate Cheapcheap's efforts on my behalf. What can I do to help?
We thank you for you business and we will continue to make sure Cheapcheap remains the safest and most trusted place to buy and sell online in Nigeria. You can help by:
• paying online at checkout when you place an order (so we can offer you maximum protection, and help delivery couriers spend more time delivering and less time with cash/POS issues on delivery)
• making sure you are available by phone and in person to accept your delivery (so you and other members of our buyer community get orders delivered more quickly)
• providing honest ratings & reviews for all of your items after delivery (so you and other members of our buyer community have more information about items and sellers)
• interacting with us on Twitter or Facebook (so we can hear your feedback and suggestions directly)
• referring us to your friends and family (so we can increase the size of our community and help more Nigerians experience safe & secure online shopping)
