Lazada Philippines: The perks of shopping online

Shopping is always a joy to do. Some even say it releases stress since it gives joy on rewarding ourselves or our loved ones. However, for most of us, it doesn’t necessarily mean that we like the hardships that we go through in shopping such as falling in line or just getting tired walking around traditional mall checking each boutique that we may want to purchase from. Not only do we encounter these hardships in shopping but we also tend to spend more money when we come to think of it. From the long hours of walking we usually end our shopping eating at restaurants and fast food. We even tend to spend extra cash on our travel expense. In total, on top of the items we buy we spend a lot on other things as well without even realizing it sometimes.

As a result, most of us think of online shopping as a helpful alternative in traditional shopping. Since we control the time, we can do it whenever we want. They are just usually alive during night. These are the customers who work on graveyard shift. However, they can't go to malls during regular hours and are only free when it is closed. It makes it harder for them to visit traditional malls. They can visit traditional malls during the day off at work. Obviously, it's harder for them to shop compared to people who work on normal hours. Now that they see online shopping as an option, they can shop whenever they want. A lot of established offline businesses are now shifting to online.

What's amazing is that it only started last year in the Philippines. This all happened when Lazada came into the picture. They are one of the first online shopping mall in the Philippines. They are made available in other South East Asia countries. The industry of Ecommerce has risen after they arrived in the country. The local online market was influenced dearly by their arrival. The local online scene has no competition so it only made sense to launch it in the country. The real challenge for them is how they will convince the local online users to buy from their website. Online payment wasn't highly regarded at that time that's why it was hard for them to lure people. It is just difficult for online users since they expose their credit card and personal information online.

People with credit cards in the Philippines are actually hard to come by. This is one of the main reasons why Ecommerce growth where slowed down. This doesn't mean that the local consumers are unaware of local online payments. Since we initially see risk, we don't give online malls any benefit of the doubt. Moreover, we just disregard online malls in general from first encounter. It's inevitable that we think of them as scammers online. The issues are the reasons why Ecommerce is a challenging business in the Philippines. Upon Lazada's arrival, they created a solution for these Ecommerce woes. The Philippines' Online Shopping Mall finally introduced Cash on Delivery or C.O.D. in online. 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.