Newspaper and billboards are replaced by online and social media ads. New ways of marketing and sell & purchase. But online purchase is notorious for the frauds committed but the sellers whose intentions are to loot customer. Due to this genuine sellers have also lost their confidence from online purchase. But still e-commerce and online purchase (B2B and B2C) data reveals the increasing trend day by day particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic hit globally.
Following are the guidelines, best practices and tips & ticks to avoid frauds and avail the opportunity of risk free purchase through online classified ads:
If you are purchasing expensive goods or you don't have the enough knowledge then do Avoid debit card usage as much as possible because this is almost impossible to recover the amount in case of false transaction than credit cardBefore giving credit card information, do check the website address (URL) and if it is using https protocol before the website name. The lock symbol appears in on the URL address bar before the website name.If the seller is not providing home delivery, do meet the seller at a crowded or busy public place to avoid uncomfortable situation.Do check the membership date of the seller. Usually the date is mentioned with member since caption.Do read the comments by the users and the buyers/purchasers given previously. Check their are some concerns about the product.The rating 5/5 is not the only thing thing, do check the number of ratings. 4.5 rating for over 50 users is better than 5/5 by 2 buyers.Make every purchase as first purchase. No matter its Alibaba Express, Amazon, OLX or Alibaba. View the photos and review the description of the product before purchase.
Hopefully major concerns about how to buy online and avoid fraud and cheating from online ads have been covered in this article particularly for business to customer (B2C) and customer to customer (C2C) ads but this is also true for Business to Business (B2B) ads.
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