Online shopping is
taking its share in popularity among the local online users in the Philippines.
A couple of years ago, online shopping was just an idea that wasn't highly
regarded by local online users. Most of the frauds and scams happen online
beside offline in the Philippines. It made online users shy away from even
considering online transaction. Local online classified websites were the
preferred websites by local online users when they want to shop.
They paved the
way for the arrival of online malls by allowing online users to buy and sell on
their website. An online marketplace was eventually created because of their
online presence. Back when local online classifieds didn't exist yet, local
online users were unable to buy what they want to online. It became a venue for
pricing benchmark on the items that user want to buy. Nowadays, when someone wants to buy something,
instead of checking it visiting traditional mall, they go straight to these
website for pricing reference.
It slowly showed
how the Internet can be utilized by online users to maximize its purpose. More
online users go to these types of websites in search of buy and sell prospects.
Local online users are usually dealing with third party resellers or suppliers,
which is exactly the opposite of Ecommerce. Third party resellers on these
kinds of websites usually conduct Offline transactions. Group buying websites
also influenced the local online users. It helped the customers be prepared in
online payment for the arrival of Ecommerce websites in the country. People
were already familiarized with Ecommerce websites upon their arrival.
One reason why
online shopping was ever considered is because they can gain more than what
they are risking. The local online users found amazing deals on group buy
websites. With the great deals being offered by group buy websites; it makes it
harder for customers to refuse them. A year ago, the Lazada Online
Mall was launched in the Philippines. They are an online mall venture available
in South East Asia. It is under the German based company Rocket Internet, which
is owned by the Samwer brothers. They
are known for starting up online businesses aggressively across the globe and
penetrating regions with untapped consumer markets.
The Philippines’
Online Shopping Mall significantly helped the local Ecommerce in the
Philippines through their diverse payment methods. A lot of the online payment
methods that they offer provide customers to be in control. Online stores
usually only accept PayPal or credit card payment from their customers. It
actually affects the customers in availing what they want since they can't pay
online the conventional way. They were one of the first online malls to offer
Cash on Delivery or C.O.D. as a alternative form of payment method. This single
handedly allowed them to tap the untapped market in the past. As a matter of
fact, this is the majority market in the country. It has helped Ecommerce thrive more than ever
with the tapping of this huger market in the Philippines.
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