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DRAWBACKS OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
There are several
advantages of e – commerce technologies
in almost all areas of life such as
global sourcing, import and export of
services and goods, international trade
and so on. However, it is not just
raining advantages everywhere due to
ecommerce. E – Commerce also has several
disadvantages or drawbacks which one
should be aware of before he or she
makes big plans to start an e – commerce
business and become rich. The drawbacks
exist in all the industries which use e
– commerce like global sourcing, import
and export and international trade. This
article will enlighten you with a few of
them.
Till recently people used
to go to the store with friends or
family to buy any stuff they wanted. It
was like a picnic or an outing for
people. With the emergence of e –
commerce, people can make their
purchases on the internet but the
feeling of going out with friends or
family cannot be simulated. Therefore, e
– commerce way of shopping is not
accepted by many people who still like
the traditional way of shopping. Also,
people are not comfortable about
shopping products which are placed
several thousand miles away from them.
Global sourcing, import and export and
international trade involve great
distances which may span over many
nations or even continents. This acts as
a disadvantage to ecommerce. Secondly,
people are still not very confident
about the online security systems. Many
of them don’t want to key in their
credit card and personal details on web
sites. For most of the people, e –
commerce isn’t about global sourcing,
import and export or international
trade, but it is simple about enjoying
the shopping experience over the
internet and therefore the electronic
experience will not be able to satisfy
peoples social or holiday needs. Hence,
people don’t accept the idea of
ecommerce. From the merchant’s view, e –
commerce has several drawbacks because
the seller is not in direct face to face
contact with the customer and hence,
things may not go the way they could
have gone otherwise.
There are several
products which are not bought by people
unless they touch and feel it. All these
products cannot be sold over ecommerce
web sites since there is no way,
customers will be able to touch and feel
the product. A good example is: a sofa
set, the feel of sitting on it cannot be
got with any number of high quality
pictures. Therefore, global sourcing,
import and export and international
trade in such cases will only be
possible if there are big orders and a
representative of the firm comes and
personally checks the product before
large quantities of it get delivered.
After reading this
article you may be wondering how e –
commerce has become so popularly used.
The reason for this is a change in the
trend in shopping. Also, there is
tremendous potential offered by
ecommerce for carrying out global
sourcing, import and export and
international trade. Also, people like
the convenience that is provided by
ecommerce. |
