Online shopping is an innovative form
of purchasing goods that eliminates the stress of being physically present just
to do so, but many people often question the reliability of the process of how
it is done. Admittedly, there are some
fraudulent sellers and untrustworthy buyers that lurk around the web or faulty
systems of the payment process, or the goods being damaged as it is shipped, or
the apocalypse coming at the date of delivery. There are a lot of things that
can go wrong just as easily as it does when you shop the traditional way, but
at least you can be in the comfort of your own home and just as when you shop
in the ‘conventional’ way, doing it in a smart manner goes a long way.
1.)
LOCATION IS KEY.
Consumers should be wary of the sites they go to just as they would when they
go out to flea markets and the like.
2.)
COMMUNICATION IS
ESSENTIAL. Self-explanatory.
3.)
DON’T EASILY BE
SWAYED BY BARGAINS. Not all bargains are good bargains. The quality of the
product should be your first priority above all else to make purchases that
really give you bang for your buck.
Reliable
shopping can be done wherever but in this day in age why go through the hassle
if you can avoid it?
That’s why
online shopping becomes more advisable now more than ever. Compared to having
to go to different places to scout for the exact same thing, now, you can do
all that in the comforts of your home through online shopping. One type of
e-commerce is online shopping where you make transactions over the internet.
You can make this in different ways. You can pay through your debit/credit
card, over the counter in banks like Bank of the Philippines, Banco de Oro,
Metrobank etc. or pay upon delivery so you can secure yourself that you will
receive your item and not feel ripped off. Lazada Philippines is one of the many
sites that offer these kinds of payment methods. Since payment seals the deal,
it is important for one to feel like they can rely on the process in purchasing
their items. For some reason, some people misinterpret online shopping is a
scam and though it may seem like it, it takes a completely reckless person to
lose track of what they’re buying and be scammed completely. One just has to be
aware of the process the same way a person has to be when purchasing offline
like in malls or divisoria. Shopping online can give you the opportunity to
maximize the time you have as well as your internet usage. You just have to
know the essentials in determining the fraud from the authentic e-commerce
websites.
Trust the process and when your gut
feeling tells you otherwise, there’s no shame in assuring yourself by
questioning customer service. Just make sure that you don’t push them into
doing exactly what you don’t want them to do to you. You are always free to ask
for customer service to elaborate on how exactly purchasing something from
their site works.
For more Related Post:
Lazada News:
http://business.inquirer.net/92954/lazada-to-expand-operations-with-40-m-fund-from-swedish-firm
http://www.shoppingera.net/lazada-gets-bigger/
http://rjmarmol.com/2012/11/13/lazada-receives-40-million-in-funding-from-kinnevik-lazadaph/
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/lazada-receives-more-investment-time-141053045.html
Lazada press release:
http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/12/samwers-online-shopping-mall-lazada-gets-40m-from-kinnevik-to-push-the-amazon-model-in-asia/
http://thenextweb.com/asia/2012/11/12/rocket-internets-amazon-clone-lazada-lands-40m-more-as-swedish-retailer-kinnevik-invests/
http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/12/amazon-for-asia-lazada-pulls-in-another-40-million/
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