Shopping for owanbe party souvenirs in Nigeria? You will find this post very useful.
Owanbe parties have been a part of the Nigerian culture since forever; the same thing can be said about owanbe party souvenirs. In popular Nigerian slang, “owanbe party souvenirs are the follow-comes of owanbe parties in Nigeria.”
In other words, owanbe parties and owanbe party souvenirs go hand-in-hand. So planning an owanbe party without making provisions for the ‘follow-come’ souvenirs is an incomplete preparation. This is the focus of this article.
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5 Things to Consider When Shopping for Owanbe Party Souvenirs in Nigeria
To help you properly plan for this crucial aspect of your owanbe party, below are 5 Things to Consider When Shopping for Owanbe Party Souvenirs in Nigeria.
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UTILITY – how useful are they?
The first thing that you must consider when shopping for owanbe party souvenirs in Nigeria is the utility of the items you want to share. Utility refers to the usefulness of the particular souvenir you choose to buy.
Owanbe party souvenirs are shared to guests in appreciation for honoring your occasion with their presence. You don’t want to leave a negative impression behind by giving them souvenirs that are not useful to them. That’s one sure way to ruin your chances of inviting them to your next occasion. Bearing this in mind, be sure to purchase only party souvenirs that will be useful to the kind of guests you have invited to your event.
This will require a little bit of creativity and deep thinking to enable you shop for party souvenirs that are readily usable by your guests as soon as they get back home. The lazy way out is to go for the common owanbe party souvenirs around, but stop to think about it for a minute; since they are common, wouldn’t your guests already have them at home?
One of the advantages of shopping online for owanbe party souvenirs from us at Lucy.ng is the variety of items available for you to choose from at the comfort of your home or office. Truth be told, the reason why so many people settle for the common party souvenirs is to avoid the stress of going round the market in search of unique items.
With us, the whole stress associated with shopping for owanbe party souvenirs has been lifted off your shoulders. Relax, shop and we deliver to your doorstep. No stress. No delays.
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QUANTITY – how many are they?
Owanbe parties in Nigeria are never scarce of guests. As we discussed in our last post, there will always be party crashers – the mo-gbo-mo-yas. These are the uninvited guests at your owanbe party. Apart from these uninvited guests, usually, owanbe parties are known to attract a lot of family and close friends.
So in most cases, the least number of people you can get at a conservative or exclusive owanbe party in Nigeria is 50 guests. That’s why it’s important to also consider the quantity of the kind of souvenirs you plan to share. Since you already have an estimated number of guests, it’s usually better to make room for additional guests when shopping for owanbe party souvenirs.
It’s not polite to your guests when they honour your occasion and they are told the souvenirs you planned to give them have finished. With this in mind, always shop for souvenirs with the number of guests in mind and make room for the mo-gbo-mo-yas as much as you can.
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SIZE – how handy are they?
Owanbe party souvenirs are rarely given to be used at the event only, they are also shared to be used after the event. This is where the issue of size comes into play. Because your guests aren’t going to spend the rest of their lives at your event centre, it’s crucial you consider the size of the kind of party souvenirs you intend to share.
Giving out party souvenirs that are going to be an inconvenience for the guests to take home is a big turn off. There’s a reason why they are called party souvenirs in the first place and not long service awards/gifts where people are given items such as fridges, TVs, cars and other heavy items.
Owanbe party souvenirs should be handy enough for your guests to carry back home either in their personal cars or public transports. And perhaps if you are buoyant enough to give out such physically heavy items as party souvenirs, it’s best to present them as gift cards that can be converted to those items from the seller.
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BUDGET – how much are they?
Remember, owanbe parties are rarely empty. Meaning you it will usually cost you some money to get the number of souvenirs that will be enough for your guests, both invited and the extras. This is why you should also consider your budget when shopping for owanbe party souvenirs in Nigeria.
In most cases, your budget will usually influence the kind of souvenirs you will eventually buy. So it’s important the souvenirs you have in mind are affordable enough for you to buy the required quantities to cater for your guests. You don’t want to run into debts after your owanbe party because you spent more than budgeted for the souvenirs.
Again, with an online platform like ours, you get updated prices for the items you are considering. With this, you can easily calculate the cost of the party souvenirs you have in mind easily and budget for them long before the event itself. This eliminates any sudden changes in price which is usually common when you go to the market.
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RELEVANCE – how acceptable are they?
The first point to consider when shopping for owanbe party souvenirs in Nigeria as highlighted above is utility which means the usefulness of the souvenir. It is closely related to this last point of relevance, which means how acceptable are they?
A souvenir can be useful to a certain caliber of guests and end up as trash for another kind of guest. So the issue of relevance is a very subjective one and mustn’t be taken lightly when shopping for owanbe party souvenirs for your next event.
That you have spent money to purchase some party souvenirs for your guests doesn’t necessarily mean they will appreciate it. I’m sure you’ must have been to an owanbe party where some of the guests left their souvenirs behind. Now that’s a classical example of relevance. It doesn’t mean the souvenirs weren’t useful, it just meant they weren’t acceptable to that particular guest.
So how do you handle this issue of relevance?
The answer is simple but not obvious; know your guests. If you know the kind of guests that have been invited to your occasion, then it will be easy to segment them when shopping for owanbe party souvenirs. As much as we would love to say that all humans are equal, we mustn’t also deceive ourselves by thinking that all guests are equal. That’s a lie. Some guests are more equal than others. So bear that in mind when you go shopping for party souvenirs.
The least you could do is to segment your guests into two broad categories; general guests and special guests. While doing that, still bear in mind that the souvenirs for the general guests must also be acceptable by them. That they are general guests doesn’t mean you should get them souvenirs that aren’t relevant to them.
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