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It used to be that one could only export if one had scale. So in our development work, scaling up is always the challenge.

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Kids today are dubbed as the “generation that can.”

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When it comes to shopping, I guess, I’m what you can call a traditionalist. I do prefer checking out the things I like in person. Normally, I like trying on shoes before taking out my wallet to pay for them. I love exploring boutiques, flea markets and, occasionally, ukay-ukay. I do, however, window-shop online every now and then, too. But with all the browsing and looking I’ve done, I still can’t bring myself to truly embrace online shopping. I reckon, a few bad experiences have caused me to be wary, enough not to drop the norm and truly espouse the new. I’m open to the idea but simply looking for the right place online that offers the very things I’m hoping to get from the whole shopping experience. As an online shopper, I’m looking for five (5) things that will convince me that it really is not that bad:

Payment options

The beauty of traditional shopping is that I don’t have to leave the store just to make a payment. From observation, most local online sellers would only offer bank deposits or GCash as a payment method. Why don’t they accept Paypal so that folks can pay using their credit cards? There were several instances wherein I was actually ready to make a purchase from an online seller but knowing I had to go to the bank within a set period to guarantee that my order will be placed and shipped is too much of a bother, with no time to spare really, that I’d simply resort to scheduling a trip to the mall on a weekend and shop there instead.

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Take a break from Googling your name or updating your Facebook status by indulging in a little shopping spree – online.

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Kids today are dubbed as the “generation that can.”

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Payment options

The beauty of traditional shopping is that I don’t have to leave the store just to make a payment. From observation, most local online sellers would only offer bank deposits or GCash as a payment method. Why don’t they accept Paypal so that folks can pay using their credit cards? There were several instances wherein I was actually ready to make a purchase from an online seller but knowing I had to go to the bank within a set period to guarantee that my order will be placed and shipped is too much of a bother, with no time to spare really, that I’d simply resort to scheduling a trip to the mall on a weekend and shop there instead.

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