If you are not familiar with regular shopping or if you are a tourist or visiting Bangladesh for few days. It's always better to shop from online otherwise if you are a foreigner and visit any physical shop they may ask little bit higher price than their regular price but when you are visiting any site they actually don't know about you until you place the order and they called you for the order confirmation. So, there is no chance to pay higher. You just pay the regular price as it is equals to all.
Today we are going to figure out top 5 tips for Online Shopping in Bangladesh and hope definitely it will help you to get the full benefits of online shopping in BD. So, lets start finding the tricks-
1. Pay Cash on Delivery [Partial advance may required for some cases]:
Cash on delivery is the best option to shop from any site if you are new to them and if you are inside Dhaka. If you are outside Dhaka and anywhere in other districts of Bangladesh then you ask for the similar service call Condition Delivery by SA Poribohon. In the case of Condition delivery you may have to pay a little amount in advance like 200 to 500 Taka depending on the product value. Still its better if you can manage them. Condition Delivery is like you will have to pay the amount and collect the product from the courier office.
N.B: For sellers & buyers, please meet and do the transaction in public places Never ever meet in a Lonely place.
2. Contact seller via WhatsApp:
This is one of the best practice to contact the sellers via WhatsApp Then you can follow them up and ask them lots of questions and most importantly you can ask them to send real product picture. It will help you to see the product real color or size or many other factors which may not visible on site.
3. Read others feedback & reply from Social media:
After selecting the product from any e-commerce site in Bangladesh and before placing the final order check what other peoples tell about that product on social media specially on Facebook. Read their all comments and replies. You will get some real overview about the product and about their service. Take some time and do some home work about them. In Bangladesh all e-commerce site has Facebook page and they strongly maintain & monitor it. So, if you required you can message them directly and ask your questions if you have. Ask for more pictures or real product pictures if you are not satisfied about the picture they posted on the site.
4. Ask an expert:
Now you have at least 2 media to contact with the sellers, right? Now if you are buying only a T-Shirt then may be you can skip this part but if you are buying expensive or sensitive items and you may need to know more about the product like- if you are buying a Casio Scientific Calculator then you may have so many questions like- Is it original? Is it support Solar power (Dual Power) or only battery powered? Is there any warranty? Does it comes with original box? is there any user manuals on it? bla bla bla.. In this case better ask their team to forward you to an expert who can give you the right answers. Don't shy to ask questions. Ask all possible questions before buying so that after buying you don't have to ask them and most importantly you will get good response before question's where after sales questions may be ignored by some of the online sellers (just for your safety).
5. Visit their Office:
This is our last tips for today's article- visit their office or showroom or outlet to see the product physically and buy it from instantly. You may ask then why i will buy from online? Yes! you are right but think again if the item is a expensive item like a Samsung Galaxy S6 and which price is more than 65K BDT and in our suggestion you shouldn't take that much of risk to get the delivery at your home or office. So, play safe and visit them personally. It will help you to see their office and how they are doing. Are they really having any physical location or not and if there is any issue and if they provide any warranty where you should visit etc. We will recommend for those products which is little bit expensive and if you are not sure or if you are not fully convinced over talking on phone or WhatsApp or FB messages. Trust me it will save your money and time to get the better products from any online shopping sites in Bangladesh.
Finally, we would like to conclude this article with some good news that, if you follow this 5 steps you are already in safe place but if you still think, you need more support or tips like this, then leave your comment and we will try to share our experience which may definitely help you.
