A progress in shopping flexibility

Online shopping is becoming an acceptable option in the country, finally! More people are now open to skip their traditional shopping and go straight to their computers or smartphone right on their bedroom. This is clearly one of the most convenient options for any shopper for a long time. No need to worry about getting to traffic or be annoyed with the crowd when shopping. But the question remains if it can be relied on. Are the service from both online malls and offline malls comparable? If this was a question asked a few years ago then I'm pretty sure that everyone in local community will definitely say no. The credibility of online malls is usually considered should a customer decide to shop on their online mall. It's just hard to ignore that online frauds and scams happen making online customers avoid online shopping. Unlike other countries, there are only a few local consumers who have their own credit cards.

Evidently, this makes the local customers very skeptic about shopping online on online malls. Having a secured credit card online is very important for an online store have. A lot of these are highly considered first by online customers before proceeding to any online malls. The local Ecommerce industry had upward shift ever since Lazada came into the picture last year in the Philippines. Once they arrived in the country, they brought with them a solution that will solve the local Ecommerce issues in the country. This alternative payment method is their solution for both of the major Ecommerce woes in the country.  They call this payment method Cash on Delivery or C.O.D. Customers will be relaxed that they are secured and can be trusted. 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. So how does it work for the customers? Any online customer can visit their website and view their huge selections.

There is no need to pay right away in case customers figured out which one they want to buy. No need for customers to pay upfront since they can just leave their delivery details and have it processed for delivery if they selected Cash on Delivery as their payment method. Once customers provide their delivery details, they can now just relax and wait for their orders to arrive at their home. Customers will only be subject to pay in cash once their orders are handed over to them upon delivery. Assuming the order value is more than one thousand pesos, delivery fee will be covered by them. With this setup, customers will be assured that they are covered since they won’t need to pay right away until their order arrives their address. This is actually unusual setup for an online business since customers hard the upper hand on this case. This only shows how they are willing to show all of their cards to their customers just for them to give them a chance.