Blog shop
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What is blog shop?
In recent years, online shopping has become popular in Singapore. About ten years ago only a very small percentage of Internet users did their shopping online. But today, thousands of people have accepted the concept of online store. And lately, there has been an upcoming trend in Singapore online shopping culture known as blog shopping.
To make simple, blog shops are own by individuals who wish to sell items in their blogs.
Characteristic of Blog Shop
The cost involved in setting up a blog shop is usually free or low cost as they can set up their shop using blogspot.com or wordpress.com .
Item sold in a blog shop can range from mass merchanise such as clothes and accessories to less common items such as height increase insole and handmade items. And the beauty is that most of the items sold were either unique or cheaper than what you can find in a retail store.
Unlike online stores, these blog shop owners sell their items mainly based on trust as payments are usually made using Internet banking funds transfer, pay pal or ATM funds transfer. But it is to be said that most blog shops tends to be relatively trustworthy due to word of mouth effect and the amount of time invested to build a site that actually makes money.
Online shopping in Singapore: Blog Shopping tips
Here are some simple guides and tips on blog shop. If you are a true blue online shopper, blog shopping would probably be one of the keywords you might want to google in the future.
Simple tips for blog shopping first timer:
- Make sure that the site by looking out for trustmark such as TrustSG to ensure that the blog is registered with government.
- Search on forums or the blog itself for comments posted by members of public to know more about the store you are going to purchase from.
- When can you expect to receive your item(s)
- Search for blogs that are located in blog shop directories.
- And lastly, to whom you can complain if you are unsatisfied with your purchase.
Additional Resources
Listed below are Web sites that provide additional information about shopping online.
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Blog shop therapy is an alternative to retail therapy. Now we can't get enough of those can we?
Today online shopping has more popular in singapore. If you are a true blue online shopper, blog shopping would probably be one of the keywords you might want to google in the future.
How can we apply for TrustSG? Is there a fee?
Mae 3 years ago
Yes, Zytay. You are right. Blog shops are growing in Singapore. It takes lots of character, persistence and patience to establish a blog shop. But the issue is many shopowners do not have the patience to move beyond the first two months. It would be nice if they can persist and continue with their blog stores. There are sites like shopparadiso.com (a malaysian and singapore comparison shopping search engine) and topsites.sg, with which blog stores can list their stores. This could help them reaching to a wider audience.