Huwebes, Agosto 29, 2013

Online shopping phenomenon in the country

A lot of the local online users in the country are now online most of time rather than offline. The arrival of smartphone further improved the rate of online users since can connect from anywhere they are or whenever they want.  It started as a source to get information eventually allowed most of the offline activities we do to be done online as well. Online shopping phenomenon in the country just keeps on growing everyday. This was actually difficult for online users to accept going a couple of years ago. There's a lot of scams happening both for online and offline in the country. In the end, this made online transaction the least option to many local online users. This made local online classified websites as the top websites that local online user visit when they want to buy something. Local online classified websites pave way to the Ecommerce's arrival in the Philippines. The presence of online marketplace grew since their arrival in the country. During the time online classifieds were unavailable, local online users didn't know where to go when they want to buy something online.

For users looking to buy an item, they turn to these websites for pricing comparison. These expanded how online users can be fully maximized.  It turned to be a buy and sell platform for most local online users. The local traffic is actually dealing with third party resellers and the website itself. Buyers and sellers from local online classifieds usually are dealt with offline. Local online users made an impact to local online users. Customers were prepared for online payment by these websites for the coming of Ecommerce websites in the Philippines. At the time that Ecommerce websites arrived in the country, local online users were already prepared. The risk in online shopping is way lower than what they could be getting.

A lot of convincing deals was offered by group buy websites, which can't be found anywhere. Their offer or deals are so enticing the any local online customer will have a problem to avoid these group buy websites. It was a year ago when website like Lazada arrived in the Philippines. The Philippines’ Online Shopping Mall is actually an online mall that is part of a venture in South East Asia. It is venture under the Rocket Internet umbrella that is owned by the famous Samwer brothers. With their payment methods, it helped the local Ecommerce in the country. With so many payment methods available, this allowed online customers to be in control. Customers are only allowed to pay via credit card or PayPal by most online malls. These conventional online payments restrict customers to avail what they want since most of us don't have our own credit card or PayPal account. Local online users first introduced C.O.D. or Cash on Delivery. In the Philippines, it allowed the untapped market to be tapped by them. In the country, it is the majority of the population. Moreover, by tapping on this market, the Ecommerce have grown exponentially.


Miyerkules, Agosto 28, 2013

Lazada: Online Store that continues to grow


The local online community is increasing exponentially. It also helps that the mobile market penetration is also rising. Nowadays, being online is much easier and faster. No need to sit in front of a computer just to connect online. They can connect online 24/7 as long as they have an Internet capable device with Internet connection. These have drastically changed how the local online activity is being conducted by an average Internet user. Online shopping started to spread and competitors came out from nowhere after Lazada Online Mall was launched in the country. The Ecommerce industry was not growing if you go back a few years from their launch.

To most online users, shopping online was never choice or option to them back then. Local online users usually visited local online classified websites when they are looking for a second hand item. When it comes to seeking brand new items, local consumers usually visit traditional offline malls. It can't be helped since it is part of our culture to visit traditional malls when we want to address our shopping needs. However, most of us fail to realize that we can actually save time and money in online shopping. So why do we need to choose online shopping nowadays? As long as local consumers go with online, they can do it wherever they please. Usual extra-spent cash on visiting traditional malls will now be saved with online shopping. This is one of the customer woes that the online malls wanted to solve for the local online consumers. It was also a challenge for them on how they can tap the untapped market in online.

Since most of the population is not credit cardholders, only few can pay online conventionally. There are still some questions on the reliability of online transactions. With Internet, online frauds and scams will always be present in online transactions. In the Philippines, online shopping is actually an industry that is on the verge to rise. To see the progress of Lazada online mall making an impact on the local Ecommerce is quite amazing. They just recently showed up on TVC on top local channels in the country during its primetime, which shows how credible they are. Since Ecommerce in the country is limited, how did they come up with a solution?

Cash on Delivery or C.O.D. payment method as offered by them as an alternative payment. This payment method is very unconventional to be offered in online. It is actually very risky for a business to offer that kind of payment method. Orders are not actually required to be paid upfront by customers with Cash on Delivery payment method. They will only need to pay cash once they received their orders in real time. This enables customers to keep their money up until their orders are handed over to them in real time. The goal of the Philippines’ Online Shopping Mall is to make sure that their customers can trust them with this payment method.

Martes, Agosto 27, 2013

Solving our shopping woes

Internet usage has become a necessity to everyone ever since it came out of the picture. It has drastically fast-paced most of our usual offline activities. Arguably, it’s biggest source of information. It’s scope is so big that it eliminated the days were people buy encyclopedias and stop visiting local libraries on a regular basis. A lot of us think of online shopping as a helpful alternative in traditional shopping. No longer will it be frustrating for shoppers who have a busy schedule or have no free time during daytime. These consumers are the ones who have unusual lifestyle since they prefer to do everything at night. Normally, these are the people who work at night. They are only free when mall hours are actually closed. These are the people who can't visit malls when they want.

It's only during holidays or weekends when they can visit these traditional malls. It's obvious with their time schedule; they can't just gain access on malls at their will. Good news for them - online shopping is now an available option for them. A lot of established offline business is now shifting to online. It only started to rise last year in the Philippines. Online malls started to show up everywhere when Lazada came in. The Philippines’ Online Shopping Mall is one of the online malls to offer huge selections similar to an online mall. They can be availed also in other South East Asia countries. After they arrived in the country, Ecommerce immediately grew exponentially. It's safe to say that they made a huge impact on the local Ecommerce industry.

Competition in the local Ecommerce industry was really low that it made sense for their arrival in the country. However, the challenge lies on how they will entire the local online users to try their website. One of the factors why online users were hard to lure is because they are not familiar with online payment. It's just really hard to trust online since credit card details might be compromised if used online. Actually, only a small ration in the population has their own credit cards in the Philippines. It's because of this limitation on why Ecommerce never took off in the country. Local online users are not relatively unfamiliar with online payment. A customer in general judges an Ecommerce website right before it is given a chance to introduce themselves to their market. It pretty clear that we don't trust online stores right away.

Most of the time, we consider them as a scam the minute we see them online. This makes online shopping very hard to penetrate just basing on these two issues. But the Philippines’ Online Shopping Mall made a breakthrough to eliminate these two problems in the country. They came up with an alternative payment method they called Cash on Delivery or C.O.D.   Payment with them is not required to be right away and customers can keep it up until they receive their orders.


Lazada: Making it easier for online customers


Internet penetration in the country was quite high ever since it landed in our local use base. This drastically changed how we operate some of our daily activities. However, conducting business transactions such as online shopping didn’t pan out in the past. It only started to grow last year when online malls like Lazada was launched in the Philippines, other online competitors showed up and online shopping started to emerge in the local online market. As a matter of fact, Ecommerce was having a hard time in penetrating the local online market just a few years back. The local online community never considered online shopping as their option in the past. For second hand items, local online users visit online classified websites to buy to what they are looking for.

As for local consumers who want to buy something new, they usually visit traditional offline malls. 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 how can these help us in our shopping needs? Local customers can actually shop anywhere you want with online shopping. No more extra spending on travel costing since customers will no longer need to go traditional malls. This is the issue that the Philippines’ Online Shopping Mall wanted to address when they were launched in the Philippines. The goal for them is to actually tap the untapped market online in the country.

Most of the population in the country is actually non-credit cardholders; therefore they are unable to pay online. We can't just rely on trusting online transactions right away. Majority of us are informed about online frauds and scams that other people encounter when dealing in online. The Ecommerce industry is now getting recognized in the local online platform. They contributed dearly to the Ecommerce industry in less than two years of existence in the country. Their recent appearance on TVC from top local TV networks during primetime just show how legit and credible they are to the local online customers Given the limitations in Ecommerce, how did they solve it? The Philippines' Online Shopping Mall offered Cash on Delivery or more known as C.O.D. as an alternative payment method.

Typically, online stores do not offer this in online. Any online business finds this payment method very risky from their end. It is not a requirement for their online customers to pay right away with this payment method. Once orders are delivered at the customer's address, that's the only time they will need to pay in cash. Their customers won't need to worry since they get to keep their money until their orders are delivered. Their intention is tell their customers that shopping on their mall won't lead them to be scammed. As long as a person gets the assurance that they can hold on to their money, then it will easier for them decide and push through in shopping online.

Contribution of flexible payment method in online shopping

In the Philippines, the trend of online shopping is now on the rise. Two years ago, online shopping was in a different place, a place was people don't consider them at all. One factor is that both online and offline scams have a high rate here in the country. It is why transactions done online is not highly regard by most of the local online users. Initially, local online users went to top local online classified websites in the buy and sell industry. They contributed in preparing the local online users for the arrival of online malls in the Philippines. Buy and sell websites eventually help build a marketplace community. Buy and sell was harder online classified wasn't available yet and relied only thru offline. It became a website for canvasing the market price of the item they want to buy offline.

This helped Internet become more diverse for customers. This online ad websites became a platform for people who wants to buy and sell. Unlike Ecommerce, these are third party resellers who deal with the website visitors. It's most likely that transaction is being done offline by third party resellers. The same goes for group buying websites for the impact it did on local users. They help lead the preparation of local online users for the Ecommerce industry in the Philippines. When Ecommerce websites arrived in the country, they were already prepared for online deals already. People consider online shopping probably due to the fact that the reward is higher than risk. The amazing deals offered to customers from group buy websites were very rare.

With lower prices being offered by group buy websites, it made it harder for local online users to refuse them. It was only last year when website like Lazada Online Mall was launched in the Philippines. It is only one of the online store ventures that are available across South East Asia. It is powered by Rocket Internet, which is owned by the Samwer brothers. They made significant impact in the local Ecommerce industry with their offering of unconventional offline payment methods. Customers are given numerous kind of payment methods which they finding fitting for themselves.

Online stores conventionally accept only credit card or PayPal payment. These conventional online payments are usually the reason customers don't push through with their orders since they don't any of it. It is their Cash on Delivery or more known as C.O.D. was offered to local online users. This payment method helps them to tap the untapped marketing in the country. This is actually the majority market in the Philippines. By tapping this market, it eventually helped the rise of Ecommerce in the Philippines. Nowadays, more people are now open to idea of doing their shopping online. It truly helped that being able to pay in cash made it easier for the local online customers. Besides, paying thru conventional online payments such as credit cards requires more details when using.