This may seem like rants but I’m just a hurt business woman.
Why is it so hard to get guys to do business with you in fields that are male dominated.
For example, I redeem Giftcards for a living and it’s been close to three years now doing this business and I even trade Giftcards for big brands based in Nigeria and Ghana that have apps; that’s how good, experienced and well connected I am in the business. Trading Giftcards is a business dominated by guys mostly, both the buyers and sellers. One would think as a lady getting customers to sell their giftcards to me will be easy but the reverse is the case. I used to think it was an issue of trust, because if you are really conversant about giftcards trading; you will know that there are lot of rippers. I found out recently that the issue was not trust, let me explain. There is this guy I know, I dare say we are friends. He sells his giftcards to people like me, I then told him I buy/redeem all Giftcards both physical and ecodes at a good rate. He told me he has someone he sells to, I then asked for that person rate. It turned out that mine was a lot higher and I was still going to make profit on my rate. If I’m trading Giftcards for big platforms that have thousands of customers on their apps, imagine how huge my rates will be..
Back to the story…..
He then promised to sell his cards to me since my rates are high, only for me to find out from a mutual friend recently that this guy was looking for someone to trade his Giftcards. Guess the reason?? He later confessed that he didn’t like the idea of me transferring funds to him.
Honestly, this has been an issue for me to the extent that I sometimes remain anonymous to new clients and use masculine slangs whilst conversing with clients. I love gift-card trading business and it’s something I’m really good at and I don’t want to have to do another business.
So guys do you think this is fair and do you have the same mindset as my friend. My fellow businesswomen, have you experienced such a thing before?

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