A real person who drives out every week.
I’m Dammy. I started BiddieVariety in 2023 out of Brunswick, Maryland because my family and friends in Lagos kept asking me to ship them the same US brands that a mailbox-forwarder can’t actually source. Three years in, I’m still the one who goes to the outlet. That’s the service.
The friends-and-family problem.
Every few weeks a cousin would text me from Abuja asking for Carter’s onesies or a Momcozy pump. The forwarding services wanted them to do the shopping, navigate US returns in a 48-hour window, and still pay $4.50/lb to ship. Boutique owners wanted bulk Nike Kids and couldn’t find a trustworthy supplier. So I made it a business. I handle the sourcing. You handle your life.
A mailbox with a website.
Global Shopaholics, Heroshe, MyUS and Shipito are fine at what they do. They give you a US shipping address. You still drive the transaction. BiddieVariety is the opposite: I take your list and turn it into a parcel at your door. One service fee. Real photos.
The same four numbers every week.
Three years of outlet runs.
Started in my own garage.
First customers were cousins in Lagos. BiddieVariety LLC registered in Maryland. No storefront, no inventory, just me and a packing table.
Figured out the workflow.
Locked in the weekday outlet runs, Monday cargo rhythm. Built the quote-first process after too many "it was more expensive at the register" conversations.
Opened to boutiques.
Boutique owners in Lagos and Port Harcourt started asking for weekly restocks of Nike Kids, Polo, Carter’s. I opened business accounts for them: a 20% fee and wholesale quantities.
Now.
The website opened. You can book a live shopping session on WhatsApp, follow an order on the site, and get a reminder before a quote runs out. Same premise. Still me at the outlet.