Prepaid payment is one of the disliked factors for the customers involved in Dubai shopping via internet and therefore fledgling daily deals sites give customers multiple payment options that also include cash on delivery.
Online shopping trend has yet to catch speed despite that most of developed places in the world are seeing growth in internet usage. But, purchases from Amazon and Carrefour in Dubai are not equal in volume and monetary terms of that from brick and mortar stores.
Called the shopping hub of the Middle East, Dubai is the main destination of technological progress in the emirates as well as Levant. People are more technical-savvy here and adapt to the new technologies more quickly due to economic and demographic formations of the metropolis.
Cobone, Groupon, LivingSocial, and other daily deal sites provide their subscribers with an option of cash on delivery.
These reward services are getting popular among the internet population that constitutes a little portion of the total population in the Arab world.
This very fact is responsible for low penetration of online shopping channels. Things are improving.
Payment security is a major concern with people fretting over online payment frauds.
Although the fraud cases are not widely reported, a negative perception has been created about the digital payment transactions. Riyadh-based Onecard surveyor found over half of 1,000 internet users termed the fraudulent activities on internet a biggest concern.
Pliant to the demographic characteristics and market mood, reward services are landing in the hot water of daily deal space with caution. Dubai deals are the prototype most of time. From the launching pad, online coupons enter in other potential-laden places. Cobone Dubai has been a great success.
For products that are delivered at the customer’s home, the cash on delivery is okay. But, as far as restaurant or dining deals are concerned, post-payment makes daily deal sites depend on merchants because of cash on delivery. The deal sites retain amount of merchants to indemnify consumers from possible loss in the prepayment mode.
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