We know that currently many business people use online stores to market their merchandise, besides online stores there are many advantages but there are also many disadvantages, these disadvantages must be taken into account by businesses, such as selling prices being more expensive than offline stores because of added shipping costs. special skills to manage websites etc.
Disadvantages of Online Stores
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That's the truth but the good thing is that starting online business is very easy as you don't need to spend too much money
This is true. For this reason, we must make purchases from trusted online stores.
The major disadvantage of online store is logistics challenges. Sometimes, it will take ages before your ordered products will arrive. Sometimes, you will receive different package from what you ordered. If you are unlucky, you may not receive any package at all.
One major disadvantage of an online store is that you do not have the option of testing your goods or products before buying. If by chance the product ks faulty, you would have to go through the long process of returning it.
Online stores don't allow you to examine the goods before purchasing it. Most times, online stores always generate bad experiences when patrons can't get exactly what they want. Refund policy is always a difficult route to follow.
You are very right, these needs to be taken into consideration because some people are actually after price and they feel what is the need to buy product online when they can easily get it at an offline store at a cheaper rate.
One of the disadvantages of having an online store would be too much competition because there are so many stores that are offering the same product and services.
Adding delivery cost to the price of commodity isv not limited to online stores alone. It is applicable in offline stores as well. It is the buyers that bear the cost either the online stores or offline stores
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If you are a businessman, you need to consider the drawbacks of online stores, so you have different characteristics, such as many online stores of the same type, which will make the level of competition even higher. A weak internet connection also often disrupts transactions.