Lazada Philippines: Picking online shopping over offline shopping

Shopping online is starting explode in the local online community. More people are now being open to the idea of addressing their shopping needs online. Ecommerce really came a long way when it first started to penetrate the local online market. Majority of the population are not fond of dealing online. It only started to change when numerous online malls were launched in the country and online shopping started to be a popular option for consumers ever since Lazada arrived in the country. Looking a few years back when they weren't around online, Ecommerce was a flat industry in the Philippines. For most local online users, online shopping is not highly considered option for them. Majority of the local online users visit local online classified websites when they are looking for second hand items. For customers who want to buy brand new items, they usually go to traditional malls to buy it. It's no surprise to anyone since traditional offline malls are usually the place we go to when we want to buy something growing up.

Picking online shopping over offline shopping can save local online consumers more time and money. So why do we need to choose online shopping nowadays? They can do online shopping wherever they find most suiting for them. It can actually save consumers more money on gas expense since they don't need to go location of traditional malls. It was of the challenge that they try to solve when they arrived in the country. One of the challenges that they were facing is how they can tap the untapped online community in the country. Credit cardholders in the country are quite few, which makes it almost impossible for some customers to pay online. It's just that we also don't trust so easily especially when it involves money transactions. For most of us, we are aware that in online transactions, frauds and scams may also be possible. The Ecommerce industry is now getting recognized in the local online platform. It's actually amazing to see that Lazada is making an impact on Ecommerce and is rapidly reaching success with their year of tenure, which is a remarkable feat for them. They just recently showed up on TVC on top local channels in the country during its primetime, which shows how credible they are.

How were they able to come up with a solution to break the Ecommerce limitation in the Philippines? They introduced Cash on Delivery or C.O.D. as an alternative payment method to their customers. This is a payment method that is actually rare to see available in any online business. A lot of risk lies when an online business offers that kind of payment method online. This particular payment method won't require online customers to pay right away. What's great about this is that customers will only pay once they receive their orders. It's a worry-free setup since customers can hold their money until their orders arrives at their home. Their intention is tell their customers that shopping on their mall won't lead them to be scammed.