Most
of us think of online shopping as a helpful alternative in traditional
shopping. Besides it is a new and cooler way of doing shopping, it is very
convenient for us since we can do it from wherever and whenever we are. There
are a lot of other factors on why people consider it as their option. One thing
is can now have control over time when it comes to shopping. They are just
usually alive during night. These are consumers who are asleep during the day
and are at work during at night. Their lifestyle is unusual since they are only
free when malls are actually closed. Traditional malls are just not available
for them. They only manage to visit traditional malls during weekends only.
Obviously, it's harder for them to shop compared to people who work on normal
hours.
Good
thing they can now rely on online shopping to address their shopping needs.
Most of the businessmen are now shifting to online business. This only happened
last year in the Philippines. When Lazada Philippines showed up, other online
malls showed up as well. This makes them one of the first online malls to
service the local online users. This online mall also made it available in
other South East Asia countries. The Ecommerce industry really grew when they
arrived in the country compared to the days when the Philippines’ Online
Shopping Mall wasn't around yet. It can't be helped to learn that they made a
huge impact on the local online scene. It actually made sense for any online
business to try the local online market given that competition is very low. The
real challenge for them is how they will tell people to shop on their website.
Online
payment is a problem for most people that are why it was harder for them to be
lured. They are afraid that they may be victimizing of online identity theft.
What makes it more alarming for them is that there are only a few credit cardholders
in the country. It's probably one of the important factors on why it struggled
in the country for so long? It doesn't mean that most local online users are
not familiar with online payments. With online malls, we usually look to their
risk rather than the reward that may come. It's just plain and simple; we don't
trust online malls right away. We just tag them as a scam right away.
It's
safe to say that combing these two is a huge problem for online businesses in
the market. They came up with a solution to eliminate these two huge issues in
the local Ecommerce. Lazada introduced an alternative payment method called
Cash on Delivery or C.O.D. Their customers will no longer be bound to pay right
away as they can pay later after they received their actual orders in real
time. This makes customers feel safer rather than them paying in advance and
just hope that their actual orders are shipped and delivered to their homes.
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