The Business Guide: A breakthrough in E-commerce and Online stores: Smilds.com

By Sai Verano

I've been invited to Smilds Connect event at the Bahia Rooftop, Intercontinental Hotel last January 19, 2010. I was invited not 100% as a blogger but as an online seller. I've been selling online since 2008 in ebay, sulit.com and in Multiply. I started selling Korean clothes since I noticed that Filipinos are so into the Korean fashion, mostly because of Korean novelas here and there. I started my own clothing line last January of 2008 and sold it online only at the last quarter of 2009.

As an online seller one of my major problems was gaining new customers trust in "online shopping" itself. Since most of my online clients are Filipinos, they are hesitant in buying products online because some are fraud sellers. They get the money from you but you get no product. On the seller's side, I'm afraid of bogus buyers especially when I was selling imported stuffs. They reserve too many products or the most expensive ones, you get the product/s to your supplier but you get no payment. The item got stuck on you, you pay your supplier and you increase your inventory handling cost.

Before I enter the online selling world of Multiply, where most Filipinos sell their products, I made a feasibility study of the entire Multiply online selling business. One of the things that I thought of is delivery. I'm a newbie then and that was one of my major problems. After resolving that issue, next is my problem in payments. I've been watching some talk show episodes about online selling and that's when I learned the convenience of Western Union. Since I worked with PayPal before, I also added PayPal as one of my payment modes.

So delivery and payment was solved. I started my online business and it was profitable. I thought this was the best thing I can ever do with my products until I discovered Smilds.com. Right now I'm still exploring all the tabs and functions of my site. By the way, you can visit my online shop at http://fashionbysai.smilds.com. Right now I've only added four products just to try it and to start selling. I'm still figuring out what products to sell in my online store.

Since I've been more of a Multiply seller than any other online selling shops, here are the advantages that I think Smilds.com have over its competitors:

Your own web store that you can personalize to fit your business needs.
CRM (Customer Relationship Management System) to keep track of your frequent buyers and build business relationship with them for a better market.
Payment gateway that is so secured and hassle-free.
Logistic system from the world’s leading logistic service provider to cater on both international and domestic delivery.
An e-Trading platform that will be known as SMilDS WORLD, a one-stop e-Mall that will surely amaze all online shoppers.
Up-sell, Bundle-sell, and the 4th generation of e-Commerce – Cross-sell. The FIRST and only e-Commerce platform as of to-date to offer this feature.

In Smilds.com, you don't have to think of delivery or payment modes anymore, not even your ads. Everything is set for you. You can choose the package that fits your budget. For as low as Php25,000 you can now start your online shop and this one has all the benefit of an online seller - certified hassle free! If you don't have your own product you can just visit the Marketplace and cross-sell other's products and put it in your online shop. One thing that I like about Smilds.com is that your buyers can pay you through their credit card so it's not that stressing both to the buyers and the seller as well. If you're a seller, unlike other online payment methods, you'll get the payment for your items within 7 days unlike the usual 30-banking days. If your the buyer and you don't get your product in time, you'll get your money back! That's a guarantee :)

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