Disadvantages of Online Stores

[Bisolami]

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

You are right because we are also going to spend that amount of money for transport to wherever we want to buy it so adding a delivery fee to online stores is normal

 

[eldavis]

Online stores are not reliable as servers can crash and face downtime at any moment

That's true and one major disadvantage with online stores is that there is no option to test what you buy. If there is any issue with the products it would take another period of time to return it and get a refund or another.

 

[astutimeliana723]

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.

I am a trader in an online shop, one of the challenges is to create competitive prices, which are made as much cheaper than offline stores, so that buyers are more interested in buying them. In addition, there are administrative costs for the marketplace which are quite high, thereby reducing profits. Not to mention the risk of returns or damaged goods in shipping, etc.

 

[hastral45]

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.

One cannot because of trivial drawback and decide to abandon the online store. Every situationss has its own drawback which poses as challenges that must be tackled. Either we like it or not, online store remains one of the best marketing platforms.

 

[Stardom22]

Online stores need to spend more money on advertising and promotion so that it gets customers. These costs for doing so are too much costly to afford for that matter.

 

[Niyi Briggs]

Online stores cannot give a customer that personalized support that a physical retail outlet would give. They only deliver customer support through electronic channels which might not have the same effect as physical customer support.

 

[Stardom22]

There are always orders cancellation and customers changing mind and not collecting what they had ordered. This leads to slow and low volumes of sales in the matter of fact.

 

[aovurevu]

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

Yeah, you are right, the delivery fee added in most cases is similar to your transport fare when you want to get it offline, even attimes your to and fro transport may be more than the delivery fee charged.since they do bulk delivery in most cases so they just divide the total delivery cost among those who order.

 

[Starmix]

I have learned the sellers already added the shipping fee to the prices of the items, so it's not anymore a burden on their part. Online stores also vary their shipment fee according to locations of the customers.

 

[hastral45]

Add delivery cost to product sold is not new only in online store alone. It is applicable to offline business as well. If you go to store to buy stuffs, automatically, you will pay for your delivery cost on the stuffs. Same thing apply where online store has to deliver your stuffs to you at your own cost.

 

[Springtime]

Setting up an online store is easier than starting a physical store. As you do not need to pay rent for your store, the price of your product can also be competitive with that of a physical store. However, owners of online stores need to consider the logistics of keeping inventory, delivery of products to customers and how to make their online store known to target audience.