Shopping is one thing every Nigerian want to do every minute of the day, whether the resources are there or not we just want to shop. Buying is actually ideal for you because apart from having to brush your teeth, tub and likely consume your meals, its the top hobby that hold you refreshed and happy. I additionally located that most ladies tend to go for shopping whenever they are sad or concerned as it help overlook painful emotional feelings like heartbreak and many more.
Before now back in the 80s, buying and selling was referred to as a meeting of two in a place to make an agreement on a product but as time went on it became more hectic and emphasized. Markets are always jam-packed both supermarkets, shops and trading centers. This is bad and unsafe for various reasons which i will elaborate on a little for you understanding.
Markets are Unhealthy : Aside from the supermarkets, trading centers are always dirty due to the high number of people disposing refuses at a time. This is bad for your health as its easy to get contaminated with malaria and other deadly and common diseases.
Easy Transfer of Infection : In 2014/2015 Nigeria and other African countries suffered an outbreak of a deadly virus (Ebola) which could end a human's life within a week. And how was this virus transferred?, through body contact, making it easy for one victim to spread it to almost a hundred persons in the market.
Corrupted Price System: In a market system pricing is essential due to sellers making a way with customers money. They love cheating especially when you are new in the market. So this brings up corruption which has so far dis-valued trust and sincerity in the market system. Fake goods are also common in this buying and selling system.
I have just listed a few reasons why going to the market is unsafe and unhealthy but i haven't written about time cost. According to advanced studies, whenever you are making decisions, time, comfort, safety, interest should be put into consideration. Everybody should be employed yes but how do you now get what you want when you are always busy at work?.
This is why most persons take going to market for shopping as a hard activity especially in large and highly populated cities like Lagos where traffic and bad roads will destroy your car before you go back home. How do you as a celebrity, whose where about is always gossiped by bloggers? am sure you won't find comfort in that.
What should i now do to find this comfort in shopping what ever i need. How do i prevent myself from getting contaminated by the diseases and insects in the market? How can i as a celebrity hide my face from the hash sun, rain and not to think of the gossip bloggers?. Well its easy just read on.
How/Where to Find Comfort in Shopping
It is really not easy to cope with all these market wahala. That is why i find it important to let you know as a Nigerian that you can stay inside your room, bathroom, car, any where even your office maybe probably on your way to Abuja and shop. You can shop anywhere and get your products without any stress. Now lets check out things what Online shopping or Online store will do for us.
Places where you can order for anything you want, phones, Laptops , Clothes and even furniture. Nigeria has lot of online shops that will deliver goods at your door step with just a call or clink at a product. It is safety ready because all the products have years of warranty can be 1 - 5 years depending on the product.
Isn't that amazing. You may ask if it is comfortable and easy yes it is. Lets have a brief description of an online store.
E-commerce (additionally written as e-commerce, eCommerce or online store), short for electronic trade, is buying and selling of products or services through the use of laptop networks, together with the net. electronic trade attracts on technologies which includes cellular commerce, digital funds switch, supply chain control, net advertising and marketing, on-line transaction processing, Electronic statistics interchange (EDI), stock management structures, and automated data series structures. modern digital trade typically uses the world huge net for at the least one part of the transaction's life cycle, even though it can also use different technology including email.
Source: Wikipedia.com
Why you Should Shop Online (E-Commerce)
I already discussed with you above the main problems faced when buying things in the market and supermarkets and this is the exact reason why we are looking for an alternative. Before we can see E-commerce as an alternative, It's functions have to out-rule the problems faced in the local marketing system. Lets make a review to see if it really suit our needs.
Time Cost: If you studied economics then you should be used to this word. Just as it says "time waits for no man". The hours you spend in the market is more like waste of useful time. Whenever i followed my beautiful mother to the market, we would spend a lot of time pricing from here to there and at the end, we end up spending almost the whole day in the market preventing us from doing other planned important activities.
Now tell me how many minutes will you spend buying things online. It won't take anything. You can cook, buy, sell and still watch a movie at the same time saving you useful time.
Corrupted Price System: Every seller wants to make more than his/her actual profit leading them into cheating buyers. Some sellers even end up loosing customers due to this but what about you in a horry to buy things, how will you then know the actual price of what you are buying.
With E-commerce being the modern deal for buying and selling you can get anything you want at a cheaper rate saving for you extra money for other relevant products.
Health and Infections: Have you ever heard of someone contacting any form of infection through the internet? if you have na witch b that. I earlier discussed how infections can be transferred easily in markets due to the jam-packed nature of the market and the dirt, refuse in the trading scene leading to various infections most common is malaria.
But in an online scenario everything is healthy for you. The only dirt and refuse problem you might face is adverts and every internet user should not see that as a treat. Nigeria has large and widely distributed online shops with lot of products at its disposal.
Goods are transported to your home in respective of your location in the country. Items are delivered on time leaving no trace of delay though the platform you choose matters a lot. Also in other African countries. Online shops are everywhere. Stay at home, play around, go on a date, spend the whole day at the office while someone is busy buying you the best items.
I have just discussed with you important things you should consider when wanting to shop. This is not discouraging marketing, marketing is good as you tend to choose your products according to how you want it but for your own comfort and time usage, Online shopping dives in to suit you.
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