Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Lazada: An online payment method solution to anyone


Online payments have always been troublesome for most people. It requires a lot of filling up of forms and it also expose you to potential harm since you get to give away for personal and confidential information. This is even more complicated to countries that are no used to doing online transactions at all. For anyone who is new to paying online, it may require to take an extra effort on how to properly pay online and make sure you do it right. One wrong move and you may overbill your account. It will be harder to fix as you need to connect with the online business you’re dealing with which may take days for processing. As compared to just paying in good old fashion “cash” where you just need to hand it over. It is very simple. You pay and you get what you want in real time. But as we evolved in the digital marketing era, the more options rises in the online platform. This makes our lives much easier and faster.

Take for instance shopping from an online mall. No need to go thru traffic and waste your energy and time walking around the establishment as you look for what you want to buy. With online malls, you only need an Internet capable device with Internet access. You’ll just need to visit online mall website to check what they are offering and shop. However, in the Philippines, it’s a different case. A couple of years ago, we were not accustomed in doing online shopping. Majority of us are not even credit card users which is the most common payment method done online. This actually made Ecommerce growth slow. The penetration is pretty hard to do since the market is low. Good thing that website like Lazada PH came in the picture. They single handedly made online shopping a potential option for our shopping needs. Thanks to their Cash on Delivery or C.O.D. it allowed Filipinos to shop on their website online without requiring to pay upfront using conventional online payments like credit cards. All they need to do is just give their shipment address and recipient name of the order. Lazada will ship out your orders and charge you only after you receive your order after they delivered it right in front of our doorsteps.

Lazada Online Mall was actually the first online mall to introduce the Cash on Delivery alternative payment method. Although this payment method is already being used locally mostly from fast food delivery, it helped the Ecommerce industry in the Philippines to start rolling as it grows in the country. It also allowed us to get familiar on how online shopping can make our lives far easier and more convenient. Since their arrival, other local online malls where established as well to compete with them. This just gives us more options on where to buy what we want. Their influence thru offering C.O.D. made online shopping an accepted option to look forward to by any Filipino who wants to shop anytime.




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