How many of you have credit cards? Yeah thats what i thought! Its only a select few who have them!
How many of you have normal bank cards (VISA)? Yeah i know, most of you do, but the question is can you buy stuff online with those? NO!
You can only buy stuff online only if you have a CREDIT CARD....try buying online on eBay with that VISA card, it wont work! Try registering it on Paypal, it wont work! but why? See...here is the trick which most people cant seem to notice...most of the local banks have intentionally disabled this feature on these normal bank cards so you are left with no other option but to apply for a credit card...having a credit card has Pros & Cons...yes you can enjoy the money as much as you like but this puts you in a perpetual state of Debt....and that's what the banks really want! Now i don't wanna ruin the Banking business here, all i am saying is...they need to loosen up all these restrictions to allow people with normal bank cards (VISA) to easily buy stuff online, opening a door to a plethora of opportunities for all Batswana.
The benefits of Ecommerce to the Consumer
Introducing Ecommerce in Botswana would benefit the local consumers in the following ways:
- They will now have a wider range of products to choose from
- They can purchase Products or Services from Remote Areas using any Web-enabled Device (Smartphone, Tablet, Laptop/PC)
- Ecommerce gives greater control to the consumer, providing easy to use ordering systems that allow customers to choose products according to their Personal & Unique specifications.
- Consumers can easily compare prices from different online stores
- Save Time & Energy
- And mostly importantly they can enjoy the convenience of buying stuff from wherever they are & having it delivered to their doorstep in a jiffy!
The benefits of Ecommerce to the Local Businesses
Ecommerce will highly benefit all Local Businesses / Companies in so many ways. Almost any local business will thrive!
They will have:
- Increased Sales
- An increase in Customers, as well as potential customers country-wide & Globally
- The ability to Open 24/7, which means they can still make more money even when they are sleeping
- Instant processing of Transations, all transactions will be processed automatically without the Business owner's intervention
- An increase in Business reach
- An ease of collecting recurring Payments
All this will only happen only if the local banks agree to come on board, if they don't...we gonna have come up with some that could kickstart this, Virtual Credit Cards for example.
Enjoy & feel free to share your thoughts!
