As long as you are human in this present times then you have definitely ordered online. Especially during Covid-19, people relied a lot on online purchase.
if try have entered ordered any goods or services online, you are more than likely skeptical about what vendors are scams or true. With so many horror stories, it is essential to decipher the bad guess from the good eggs.
Without further a due, lets get into the list of how to spot a useless online vendor:
1. No Price Tag
Let us understand you, you want us to privately message you to know the price of your product. What if we find out it is too expensive for us to afford? What a waste of your time and ours.
Most vendors fail to display their prices to swindle unsuspecting customers of money. They profile their customers and model prices to fit the client. This is the same way many vendors at markets work. if they feel that they have caught a rich customer, they increase the price while giving the actual price to customers that can only afford that.
A vendor that is not transparent is not worth the risk.
2. Rude
Customer relationship is very essential for the growth of any business. How can one aim to excel in business with a poor attitude?
Many customers can testify to ending present na future purchases with vendors over rude behaviour. One might have the best product or service to render but when they lack customer etiquette, the business is bound to suffer. Customers will patronise businesses that respect them over the quality of their products.
Arguing with customers over a complaint is a telltale sign of an untrustworthy vendor.
3. Late Replies
The anxiety of waiting for a response after payment is a horror that one cannot empirically describe. If you can type with the speed of lighting when getting a customer to commit their funds, then maintain the same energy when responding to them after payment.
The excuse of having so many customers to attend to, should be appropriated with an apology. Customers are at liberty to be offended over the laxity of response.
4. Many followers, No interactions
Scams are cancer to online businesses. They make hurt customers unable to trust new online vendors. A telltale sign that a page is a fraudulent business is the followers-to-interaction ratio.
How do you have over a hundred thousand followers and only have two likes on each post? This is a red flag. Such business pages should be avoided or at least approached with caution.
5. Fake Models
This is something common with many online clothing stores. They use other Instagram models to sell their items without even giving credit to the original creators. This level of intellectual theft or plagiarism is a bad omen.
Most times the actual item is of horrid quality and looks nothing like what the model was wearing. It is false and advertising as well as plagiarism and such businesses should be sued.
