Lazada: What makes an online mall attractive

All local online users are familiar are familiar on how to browse online. Therefore, local Internet users usually have their own websites that they occasionally visit. Each website should give local online users a reason on why they should stay on their website. Website owners should make sure that browsing on their website should always be an ease for online users. It's very rare nowadays that no new websites is put to live once a day. It helps that online visitors enjoy the user interface of a website. This can eventually help improve sales. Try to think if a certain online mall will offer great deals but it is hard to navigate and understand. Sometimes great deals won't be enough since customers will just move on to another website that may offer a second best deal but very convenient to use. Credibility of online malls is usually reflected upon this.

Customers may give online malls a bad reputation if they encounter bad user experience with them. Badly treated online customers may lead for them to spread the word that a website is a scam, which is worse. Ecommerce is actually a rising industry in the Philippines nowadays. As far as I know, this only started last year. The local Internet community didn't even consider shopping online prior to last year. Local online users seek second hand items or products on local online classified ad websites. Customers are exposed with a high rate tendency of getting scammed online with online shopping.

This all changed when website like Lazada was launched in the country. They offered Cash on Delivery or simple called C.O.D. as alternative payment method, which allowed online users to try online shopping. Unlike other online malls, this convinced local online customers to not worry when dealing with them since they don't need to pay upfront. Advantage is on the online customers side since they are risking more ahead of the final transaction. After orders are handed over to their customers, that's the only time customers that selected Cash on Delivery as their payment method to pay in cash. This allows us not to be limited in payment method since credit cards is not the only option to pay online but also via cash. I also like how they presented their website navigation to their local online customers by making it as user friendly as possible.

No need to worry about not understanding their website navigation even if you are a visitor for the first time. They can easily understand how they can shop on their website by just having a glance at their website. Local online customers won't be lost on their website since they can easily access the category menu whenever they want wherever they may be on the website. They offer huge selections that are grouped accordingly that it will help local online users to browse thru their interest. Their category selection allows customers to directly go to their category interest.

Lazada Philippines: An online store for everyone

We know Internet is a very powerful tool for us nowadays. It has become a very helpful tool as well on making our daily activities way faster regardless if it is for personal or office use.  What we used to do offline can also be done online like shopping. But we all went to the phase were we ask ourselves: are the service from both online malls and offline malls comparable? I'm the answers of consumers is a big no if this question was asked to them a couple of years back. Online malls should have the credibility to back them in order for customers to even consider them. Customers just have a tendency to be very cautious in shopping online as a lot of online stores turn out to be scams in the past. Since the majority of the population don't have their own credit cards, online shopping is even hard for most people.

Evidently, this makes the local customers very skeptic about shopping online on online malls. Most importantly, customers usually check if the credit card line for transaction is fully secured. These are the issues that online customers consider before going with online shopping. Online shopping has drastically changed ever since Lazada online mall came into that picture a year ago. Once the Philippines’ Online Shopping Mall arrived in the country they have a solution on how they will the local Ecommerce grow in the country. This alternative payment method is their solution for both of the major Ecommerce woes in the country. 

They named it Cash on Delivery or C.O.D. as many refers to it. Customers will feel secured with this kind of payment setup with them. This also allows first time customers to try them out without putting too much risk from their end since they don't need to expose their credit card details. How will this help customers make their shopping easier? Any online customer can visit their website and view their huge selections. No need for customers to pay upfront as they find what they want to buy on the online mall website. Once the customer selects the “Cash on Delivery” as the form of payment method, the website only asks only a couple of details from them which is the name of the recipient of the order and the preferred shipping address.

As long as customers have provided their shipment details, they can just wait for their orders to arrive at their doorsteps, which usually take two to five days. Local online customers will only be required to pay cash once they delivers their order and handed over the ordered items to them. Assuming the order value is more than one thousand pesos, delivery fee will be covered by them. Customers can keep their money up until their orders arrived which is good from their end. It's actually surprising to see that an online store will agree to have this kind of setup with their customers.

Lazada: Great website accessibility for an online mall

Some local online websites are just re-visited often by their loyal online visitors most of the time. As an online business owner, it's their duty to know on how they will make their website worthwhile of its visitors. It's ideal that online website owners identify and implement features on their website so that their users will stay on their website. Currently, there are a lot of websites that gets to be published almost everyday. It's always helpful for websites who give online visitors experience great user interface. Online sales may even have a spike for some Ecommerce websites. Some of the online malls are having a hard time in providing better user experience making their great deals less attractive to their consumers. Local online users sometimes avoid great deals with a crappy user interface and go with decent deal but with great user experience. 

It also reflects the credibility of an online store. If websites have crappy website navigation, then chances are customers will view them as a crappy online store. Frauds and scams labeling may even occur from disappointed local online customers. Actually, Ecommerce website businesses is rising in the Philippines nowadays.. Believe it or not, it only started last year. Prior to last year, it wasn't even considered by the local Internet users. Filipinos usually check local online classified ads posting to check for good deal second hand items rather than go for brand new. The rate of risk in online scams and frauds exposure are high in the country.

The local Ecommerce industry changed when website like Lazada came in the picture. For them to convince local online visitors to try them out, they offered Cash on Delivery or simple called C.O.D. as an alternative payment method. This allows them to avoid getting scammed since they don't need to pay right away unlike conventional online malls. Customers actually have less weight in risk since it's all on the online mall. For those that selected Cash on Delivery as their payment method, they can pay only after their orders are handed over in real time. Credit cards are no longer a mandatory requirement to have when thinking of online shopping in the Philippines.

I really appreciate how they made their website very user friendly to their online customers. No need for first time visitors to worry as they can easily understand how to use a website. Their website is quite easy to understand on first glance that almost any first time user will find it easy to navigate. It's hard to get lost on their website since their category menu is present on all of their website pages. Having a well group category menu will make easier for customers to select which category they fit best. It's way easy for customers to narrow down the category that they will visit based from their shopping interest.

An edge for online shopping

How do you usually address your shopping needs? Are you a traditional shopper where you still go to traditional malls when you want to buy something? Or are you part of the new digital age where online shopping is your preferred destination? These are the questions that lingers, does online shopping justify our needs in our shopping needs over traditional shopping? If this were asked in the mid 2000, a lot of us would have said no on online shopping. Customers always consider credibility if ever they will be shopping on an online mall.

It's just hard to ignore that online frauds and scams happen making online customers avoid online shopping. Credit card owners are actually few in the country, making the penetration of online shopping harder. As a customer, it's pretty easy to understand on why customers won't easily budge in shopping online. Online malls should always have a secured credit card transaction for customers to find them trustworthy. These are actually factors that customers usually refer to when deciding where to shop.

The local Ecommerce industry had upward shift ever since Lazada came into the picture last year in the Philippines. They came in with a solution for our local Ecommerce issues that plagued us for so long. An alternative payment method was introduced to solve most of the Ecommerce issues in the Philippines. They referred to it as Cash on Delivery while other customers usually call it C.O.D. This online setup allows customers to trust them and feel secured right away. Their service can be tested without having too much risk since they won't be demanded to pay via credit card and give away their cred card details.

How can this help online shopping in the country? Local online consumers can easily check their huge selections on their website. Customer can actually pay later and doesn't need to pay right away once they are set on what they want to buy. For customers who opted for Cash on Delivery as their payment method, they will only need to fill a few details before their orders are processed without spending a single dime upfront. Once customers provide their delivery details, they can now just relax and wait for their orders to arrive at their home.

Customers are only required to pay in cash only after order package is handed over to them in real time. Customers can avail free delivery if their orders go beyond one thousand pesos. Customer can feel assured that they have security on their money since they can keep it up until their orders arrived. Seeing customers having an advantage over online stores is very unusual when you come to think of it. This is something that made them stay on top among their online competition. It is their edge while more people are trying their online stores. In the end, the more people they please, the higher chance that the word about their brand will spread around both offline and in online.

Lazada: A well-accepted payment method online

It is no secret that using the Internet can be a very helpful tool to make our daily activities much easier. It initially was used to get boundless information overtime. But it eventually to more than what it was originally intended. First it became a tool to communicate worldwide. Now it has become an online shopping venue for the local online users. It is expected, rather than go with traditional shopping, which is offline; it's good to know that we can also avail online shopping. These allow Filipinos to have more option and be in control of their time. They just have a tough schedule and work lifestyle. These are the people who don’t have time during daylight and are at work at night.

 Traditional malls are usually closed already by the time they are free. They just can't visit the malls anytime they want. Traditional malls are only available during weekends or holidays. It's obvious with their time schedule; they can't just gain access on malls at their will. Now that online shopping is rising, it's good for these kinds of customers who have a weird schedule. Currently, were no going online where you see a lot of offline businesses migrating to it. It has only begun to expand last year in the country.

This rise took place when Lazada arrived in the Philippines The Philippines’ Online Shopping Mall is one of the online mall to offer huge selections similar to an online mall. You can also check them on other South East Asia countries. The Ecommerce industry had a spike once they arrived in South East Asia compared to the previous years. The local online scene was never the same again after they arrived. The local online scene has no competition so it only made sense to launch it in the country. However, the challenge lies on how they will entire the local online users to try their website. It was hard for them to lure people since online payment is a trouble for most online users. It is because exposing our credit card details online is quite dangerous.

Actually, credit cards are not widely used in the country. This is one of the main reasons why Ecommerce growth was slowed down. Local online users are not relatively unfamiliar with online payment. We usually think of risk first and disregard the reward that we may get if we push through with dealing on online malls. A customer in general judges an Ecommerce website right before it is given a chance to introduce themselves to their market. For us, all online malls are just put up to scam local Internet users. It is what makes Ecommerce very hard to penetrate for online businesses. But they made a breakthrough to eliminate these two problems in the country. They are one of the first online stores to offer Cash on Delivery or C.O.D. as an alternative payment method. No longer will customers be required to pay upfront only until they actually receive their orders once it is delivered at their very homes.