ONLINE SHOP AS ALTERNATIVE WAY FOR NEW TREND SHOPPING (1ST PROJECT OF ACADEMIC WRITING V)

 ONLINE SHOP AS ALTERNATIVE WAY FOR NEW 

TREND SHOPPING 

 

INTRODUCTION

Big Choice, Big Deals !, Do you ever heard about this Quotation ?

In the era of digital like this, we can do any activity through the Internet way, you can look at each other with someone who lived in the other parts of world, you can read any kinds of books, and of course you may buy everything via Internet. This issue is one of big things that was happened since a few years ago until right now. Online Shop Trend now become one of alternative ways to do shopping even if the people still busy, but they can do the shopping without leave their activity.

For more information for those who doesn’t know what actually online shop is. Based on Wikipedia, Online shopping (sometimes known as e-tail from "electronic retail" or e-shopping) is a form of electronic commerce which allows consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over the Internet using a web browser. Online Shop in Indonesia was began firstly in 2006. In the last year of 2008, Online shop more increasingly than last year until more than a hundred percent). Currently, Online store in Indonesia has amounted more than a hundred. Based on statistic data, the number of people online around the world (in 2007) are around 1.2 billion and in 2011 increasing around 1.9 billion. There are seven causes and five effects of online shop in Indonesia that will explain in this paper. (http://szeretlek-87.weebly.com)

Not only woman who like this things, man also really like shopping through the Internet. For all people can buy anything via online shop, start from teenager until adult person. Even we know what the effect that we will get, sometimes we will satisfied, and more possible we will disappointed. So that is why, we must be careful to do this transaction. Because there are a lot of deceptions that happen in this situation. We have to be a smart buyer to choosing and trusting online shop as well to avoid the bad things that possible to come whenever. If we are not careful about this, it is possible we will become a victim’s deception also.

DISCUSSION

Shopping can be categorized as a hoby for some people, especially for woman. In the past time, if we wants to buy something we must go to one store to another store. But, right now technology already give us easier way to do the shopping itself via internet. We can buy anything even if we are still in the bedroom. In online shop there are seven causes and five effects that happened. In this paper, will explain it.

Based on an article from (http://szeretlek-87.weebly.com) with the title is “Sejarah Online Shopping di Indonesia” that was published on April 22^nd, 2014 Stated that if there are seven causes of online shop. And from Merdeka.Com By : Kustin Ayuwuragil Desmuflihah | Thursday, 10 October 2013 21:00 with the title is “5 Kelebihan Online Shopping bagi Penggila Belanja”. There are five causes from this article.

The Causes of online shop more interest are;

1.      The Increasing number of internet users in Indonesia

The internet users which was only two million people in 2000 become 25 million users in 2008 (internetworldstats.com, data until 2008). With this data, so many internet users makes online shop more increase and interest than real store. People can sell or buy something via online shop that give them simple way to do shopping even if online shop has strength and weakness as well, but they still do that.

2.      Easy and Cheap to get internet connection in Indonesia.

This cause also makes internet users feel easy to access everything via Internet especially for online shop. Mostly for all provider in Indonesia offering Internet service with low cost. Because the internet users not only for worker, but student also need internet connection. So, because of this cause makes online shop exist in everywhere.

3.      Time and Place are flexible

If we compare with shopping in Online Shop and Real market, Online Shop is more flexible. We can see or we can buy anything in wherever and whenever. We only click our mobile phone, a lot of things will appear and we can choose what we wants regardless of the storm going outside. 

4.      Best Price

The price in Online Shop usually more inexpensive than in the real market. And also you can compare about the price from one online shop to another online shop  easily, and you will get the best price from it without leave home and without go to one store to another store.

5.      No Need To Jostle in Outside There (Real Market)

This is one of things that really hated by people when they are shopping in the real market. But now, we don’t need to feel that things anymore because Online Shop will give you easier way to buy anything without feel hard in the real market in outside there.

6.      Choice of Goods

This is becoming one of the advantages shoppinng in online shop that really prominent. Because, in online shop you will get the things that you never seen before in the real market. So that, through online shop you will become a trendsetter in your environment.

7.      Save money on gas, public transit fares, tolls and parking.

It is one of the things that has always taken into consideration for buyers, because in the real market they will pay more such as tax store, tolls and parking, etc. But, in online shop we don’t need to pay more about that, because everything we do at home even in the bedroom as well.

Those are the Causes of online shop that already stated in the articles. In the other hand, online shop can give  the bad effect as well. In this paper Online shop has five effects. We are as a customer must be smart to do this things, online shop is something that exist in cyberspace. It can make us disappointed, worried, etc. Because we don’t know how the characteristic of people in outside there. Maybe they are honest person, or maybe they are as a deceiver.

it is really possible if they will feel disappointed when they are buy something via online shop, because we can not see, we can not touch the things that will we buy. Eventhough they are feel disappointed, but sometimes somebody still do the shopping via online shop. Maybe it is called as online shop addict, they spend their money to buy everything in online shop, even if the things is not really important.

These effects stated in Kompasiana That was published October 4th, 2012 with the title of article is “Inilah Keunggulan dan Kelemahan Belanja Online”. In this article, tell about the advantages and disadvantages that customer will get, for example of advantages is we don’t need to go from one store to another store where the product that they need is sell there, customer only need to access the Internet then they will get anything inside of it. And, inside this article also stated about the disadvantages that most probably will come.

The Effect of Online Shop

The Bad effects are ;
 

• The product that displayed in picture sometimes different with the reality.

This problem are more commonly occurs when do the shopping transaction via Internet. So many complains that coming from the customer about this, for example the material is different with the real product, in the picture seems like has good material, soft, thick material. But in the reality, we get different with what we hoped. But it is one of the risk that must be accepted by them as an online shopper.

•  More Possible to get the Deception

Many people who still think in a thousand times to buy the product through the Internet way, because of this problem that makes them to be consideration to do the transaction. There are so many people who get the deception with some motives from the seller itself. For example like, they don’t get the product that have been purchased when the money has been transferred, the product that they order or buy are not accordance with what is delivered by the seller. And still many in the other problem that will come .

• Sometimes there is no guarantee from the seller

When the buyer get the product that already delivered by the seller, but in the reality the product really different with what we hoped, such as different material, different colour, different size, etc. When we do the complain, the seller will give so many reasons to solve the complain. The claim process will take longer than the process to buy. So, online shop that has good quality will give priority to customer satisfication. We have to be a smart buyer. When we want to buy something via internet, good online shop must have testimonies to make the customer trust with their business. 

• Take a long time to delivery system

Online shop are usually get cooperation with delivery service, in Indonesia like JNE, TIKI, Sicepat, POS, etc. Because of delivery service are not only deliver our product, so many product that will sent by them, so it will takes a l          ong time to get the product arrives in the customer’s address. Especially when peak season come like Idul Fitri, New Year, Chrismast, and soon. It usually spend our time 3-7 days only to waiting for the product. It is also as a weakness of online shop, even if not merely online shop mistakes. But, the customer thinks that if the service is very slowly.

• The dangers of consumerism and waste

Get used only to just buy for something that we need, so it is not too extravagant. But usually for someone who addict online shop can’t stop this hoby.

CONCLUSION

Internet right now is like secondary things besides eating. Because, from internet people will know about everything, read many articles from many countries, can found anything,can get more knowledge from internet. And the new one, internet users can shopping through the Internet itself. A lot of things that offered from Internet that the people can buy wherever and whenever. Shopping via Internet has the strength and also weakness that will we get.

Right now, Online shop more interesting than real market. All people can do, can buy, can get the money from online shop itself. All peope can buy anything, starting from student, worker, housewife, many more.

Based on some articles and also news, stated that if people can get the benefit from shopping via Internet. Which is we don’t need leave home to buy something, it is easy way for the society who like shopping. Not only the advantages that will customer get, most likely they will get the bad things if they don’t careful to choose the trusted olshop. In advanced technology like right now, a lot of people that will become a smart person to get something that they want with simple way.

Finally, for the solution if you want to buy something through the online shop way, you have to be careful. Before you do the transaction you have to check it before, it is trusted or not. This is to avoid something bad that will make us loss money.

So far, Do you interested shopping in Online Shop ?