The benefit of having a local online store in your country

A lot of us might have been aware of online shopping since the mid-2000. Some of us may have even tried it already. Sadly, these online shops were only available in other countries. We initially, needed to have it ship cross country. Typically, it takes a long time, weeks most of the time and even should the expensive shipping fee. For these online users, they online go with this option, whenever what is being sold on their store is not available in the country. But nowadays, it is difference since most of us have probably noticed that shopping online is exponentially becoming popular in the Philippines. This was actually difficult for online users to accept going a couple of years ago. Frauds and scams happen most of the time both in online and offline in the Philippines. This made online transactions unattractive for most local online users. It was usually local classified ads that were close to an online store, which is actually a buy and sell industry.

Unintentionally, it helped the local online mall's arrival in the country. They eventually created a marketplace community in the local online scene.Back when local online classifieds didn't exist yet, local online users were unable to buy what they want to online. It became more of a reference for pricing when they want to buy something. It changed how online users perceive Internet connection on a more diverse aspect. These online ads website became an online place for local online users to buy and sell. The local traffic is actually dealing with third party resellers and the website itself. Customers usually pay offline when dealing with third party resellers. Group buying websites also had the same influence on the local online users. This boosted the preparation of the Ecommerce industry's arrival in the country.

When they arrived in the country, local online users already have experience in online dealing. The fact that local online users have more to gain in online shopping pushed them in trying online shopping. The local online users found amazing deals on group buy websites. Prices were way lower that local online users struggled to refuse their offered deal. Last year, Lazada Philippines arrived in the country. It is an "Amazon" type of venture present across South East Asia. It is venture under the Rocket Internet umbrella that is owned by the famous Samwer brothers. Lazada has very friendly payment methods that helped the Ecommerce industry to online prominence.

These online payment methods help customers decide which is more suiting on their payment capabilities. Unlike conventionally, online stores require only credit card payments online or thru PayPal. The conventional way of payment is usually tough for local customers since they don't have any of the mention for online payments. They actually offered Cash on Delivery or C.O.D. as an alternative payment to their customers. This single handedly allowed them to tap the untapped market in the past. This market is actually the majority market in the Philippines. Ecommerce is now rising with this recently tapped market included in the customer mix.