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NEWS WWW.THEASIANTODAY.COM 99 PROBLEMS ...BUT SHOOPING AIN'T ONE! HOW SULEMAN SACRANIE QUIT HIS STUDIES TO BECOME 99P ENTREPRENEUR! YOUNG Achiever By Zakia Yousaf A YOUNG Leicester entrepreneur"My Dad opened the shop on the 99pShopper.com. and ran to tell my dad. He immediate- is becoming a household nameday I was born dashing out of the He said: "The idea came to me last ly said, Brilliant idea let's make it hap thanks to his budget online shopping hospital to sign a contract and thn summer. I was lying in the bath rack- pe His support was really fantastic." dashing back again to be at my moth- ing my brains. I knew I didn't want to Family connections helped when it came to sourcing suppliers but turn website! Discount shopping website er's side return to university where I was bored My Grandad also has a string of and unfulfilled. 99pShopper.com caused a sensation when August, offering popular brand-name items at just 99p or less. ing his business dream into a reality launched on the web in shops in Leicester so I grew up around "I was thinking about my Dad's wasnt al plain sailing. Suleman had problems with web developers before finally finding the right company to business and that certainly rubbed off on me shop and the rise of discount stores such as Poundland during the reces- The site was launched by 21-year-But despite this family background sion. It hit me like a bolt of lightning. build his site. old Suleman Sacranie who is already in retail, when it came to launching his hoping to franchise the concept and own business Suleman said he faced expand into shops across the UK and some opposition from his family Europe. Why don't I build online He said: The one piece of advice I would give to any other entrepreneurs store? A shop is don't outsource your web develop- that sells every ment outside the UK. I tried and it was a terrible experience. It's taken every ounce of my determination and supermar self belief, to come back from that and ket but al make the site a success. I finally found a great UK based developer who has helped me to create a site Im very discount He said: "My parents urged me The site is proving to be a hit with to go into one of the professions ex-pats eager to snap-up thei rather than go down the business favourite British food brands online road. So I ended up studying and is also already popular with UK chemistry at Leicester University based bargain hunters with an amaz- but the academic life just wasn't ing 12,000 orders taken in the first two for me." weeks of trading. thing you can get in a for 99p or less. He was so unhappy that he I proud of. Suleman said the idea for decided to launch his own busi 99pShoppercom was inspired by his ness and has now placed his father Aziz, a former shopkeeper from chemistry studies on indefinite jumped out of t he bath Suleman's web developers have helped him create an easy to use site which presents his bargains well and which has already had a huge impact Leicester hold while he concentrate I grew up above a small supermar solely on with British shoppers. A return to chemistry studie fair to say retail is in my blood, Suleman told The Asian looks unlikely! Today. NUT ER 4 2A tss EIN 3ひ by vito Do you know a YOUNGAchiever who deserves to be recognised? E-mail us TODAY zakia@theasiantody.com

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