Is
online shopping the real deal in our shopping needs as an alternative option?
If this question were asked to the people then their answers would normally be
NO. For customers to even consider online shopping, the online mall should have
great credibility before it can eventually be considered. It's no secret that
most of us are scared to shop online since a lot of online scams and frauds
happen in online occasionally. Not having a credit card makes online shopping
more difficult for online customers. Evidently, this makes the local customers
very skeptic about shopping online on online malls. It's always important for
customers that online stores they are buying from have a strong and secured
line. These are the factors that customers assess before deciding if they
precede on shopping online. Actually,
there are other factors but these are main reasons why it is harder for
Ecommerce to penetrate the local online market.
Everything
changed once Lazada's presence was felt here in the local online market last
year. They came in with a solution for our local Ecommerce issues that plagued
us for so long. They introduced a unique payment method that will help solve
both of the major issues in Ecommerce. This was called Cash on Delivery or
C.O.D. payment method. It will allow customers to feel secured when they deal
with them. Since usual payment methods on typical online stores such as credit
card payment is not required, customers can try shopping on their website
without risking their money. How can this help their shopping more
conveniently? Any online customer can visit their website and view their huge
selections. Customers that selected what they want to buy n the website are
necessarily required to pay upfront. Customers who selected Cash on Delivery as
their payment method won't be required to pay upfront before their orders are
processed for delivery. This is actually
very helpful for customers, as they don’t need to worry if assuming their
delivery doesn’t push through. They can still shop and use their money for
probably an offline store. This gives them considerable advantage if compared
to what other online malls offers to their customers.
Customers
can relax once they have given their delivery details and wait for it to arrive
between two to five days. There are even some instances that customers receive
their orders on the same day. Customers are only required to pay in cash only
after order package is handed over to them in real time. Free delivery is only
available once order exceeds one thousand pesos. This is a great security for
customers since they get to keep their money up until their orders arrived at
their doorstep. It is actually surprising that an online store is willing to
have this setup with their customers, which is very unconventional. This just
shows how they are willing to prove to the local online consumers that they are
legit. It’s actually a necessity on their part to prove a lot to local online
consumers.