LazadaPH: Trusting the options in online shopping

A lot of the online users in this modern digital era are now tech-savvy. Actually, even the young people as early as three years old even knows how to operate or at least play a game on a smartphone or tablet.  It just shows that we have all adapted to the modern way. Many of the usual activities offline before can now be done online as well like shopping. However, for some of us, should we trust online shopping the way we trust traditional shopping? If this was a question asked a few years ago then I'm pretty sure that everyone in local community will definitely say no. Online malls should have the credibility to back them in order for customers to even consider them. 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.

Credit card owners are actually few in the country, making the penetration of online shopping harder. It takes a lot of convincing from online malls to lure local customers for online shopping. Having a secured credit card online is very important for an online store have. These are the issues that online customers consider before going with online shopping. The online shopping pace quickly changed when online malls like Lazada arrived in the country last year. 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.

They introduced this unique alternative payment method, which covers the two main issues that made Ecommerce penetration in our country impossible. They call this payment method Cash on Delivery or C.O.D. Customers will feel secured with this kind of payment setup 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 online shopping in the country? The local online customers can check the lazada.com.ph website and browse through their huge selection. There is no need to pay right away in case customers figured out which one they want to buy. 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. 

All the customers need to do is relax until their order arrives at their home which usually takes about two to five days. Local online customers will only be required to pay cash once Lazada delivers their order and handed over the ordered items to them. Once an order hits one thousand pesos mark, 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 on their address. It's actually surprising to see that an online store will agree to have this kind of setup with their customers.