The buying and selling using Visa/Debit cards are difficult technology to be accepted by most developing countries. But in recent times, people have embraced the use of online shopping in Viet Nam and some few classified sites are doing great in Viet Nam.
These websites might not be as big as Ebay.com, Amazon.com, walmart.com, Target.com or newegg.com but they have developed in the Viet Nam online community and Vietnamese seems to have embraced this online shops.
Just like every other E-commerce store, not all online shopping shops are legit, some are only a phishing website for unknown customers and will only trick customer into buying products for a much cheaper price, only to rip them off their credit cards.
Aside from the E-commerce website in Viet Nam, Vietnam also adopted the craiglist method of buying and selling. The idea of buying and selling in Viet Nam is still new in Viet Nam and only few Vietnamese have welcome the idea and are currently using the classified section if they cannot afford buying a new product at an E-commerce store.
Some popular online store in Viet Nam and trusted by online shoppers in Viet Nam includes :
LAZADA: Lazada is one of the biggest online shopping mall in South East Asia. It features the world big brand products on it's website. Aside from Viet Nam, Lazada is also available in countries like ; Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines and Malaysia.
Their headquarter is located in Malaysia. Looking at the website of Lazada, it looks so nice to the eye and offer a good website for online shoppers. All Lazada websites seem to use the same E-commerce template/theme, giving them a unique design and unique identifications. If you need your walmart, target, amazaon or newegg in Vietnam. Lazada is what you need.
A lot of shoppers have certified Lazada.vn to be one of the best place to shop as your transactions are secure and the staff are professional in dealing with clients. At the moment, Lazada is giving out 50,000VND ($2) for shoppers that sign up...Ohh Did i tell you that you can download the iOS and Android app for LAZADA.
Visit Lazada.Vn for shopping today
ZALORA : Zalora online store only focuses on fashion for men and women. It is also one of the trusted shops in Viet Nam for Vietnamese with a very good reputation. The website design and features looks so easy to navigate and the products are also nice. Zalora features brands like:
Adidas Originals
Adidas Performance
Billie
Brando
DC Shoes
Etnies
FANE Footwear
Fred Perry
G-Star RAW
Globe
HOLLOWOOD
Jack & Jones
Julius Marlow
Kustom
Le Coq Sportif
Nike
Palladium
Pointer
Politix
Puma
River Island
Saucony
Skechers
Sperry Top-Sider
Supra
Timberland
Uncut
Urge
Vivobarefoot
Volley International
Zalora
If you are a Fashionista and meet yourself here in Viet Nam. The online shop you need is Zalora. You go ahead and get your sport shoes, suits and blazers, sport accessories and many more. Zalora is also present in different countries like Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, Thailand, Philippines and Indonesia.
The only problem with Zalora is that it focuses on the Vietnamese market, which means it is not translated to English. If you need the English translation, i advise you use the google translate button in Google Chrome or your other browsers.
Zalora offers 100,000VND ($5) for new signup...Shop away :)
TIKI: Tiki e-commerce online shop is another Vietnam online shop and one of the competitors in the Online market shop. It features different brands of popular overseas brand in Viet Nam. You probably won't come across its ads placement online that much like Lazada and Zalora, but it is one of consumers one stop online shop. This ecommerce shop even though in Vietnamese language have a good reputation with both locals and expats in Viet Nam.
The categories of the E-commerce section in Tiki.vn are :
1.E-books
2. Telephone - Computer Table
3. Device Number - Accessories Number
4. Electrical Appliance
5. Housing Life
6. Beauty - Health
7. Equipment Stationery
8. Toys - Souvenirs
9. Fashion
Go Ahead and visit : Tiki.vn
The Gioididong: Thế Giới Di Động is a shop that offers online and also with differeent physical store around Viet Nam. Thế Giới Di Động is a store near you. Aside from the fact that they offer online shopping, they also offer different physical store. Thế Giới Di Động shops are all over Viet Nam, and they are easily spotted with the yellow and black buildings. Thế Giới Di Động is a trusted online store, and also a physical store in Vietnam.
Although also a website in Vietnamese, the design will allow you see all the products as the website also have icon menu, instead of the menu type most website adopt. Also, it is good to translate the website into Vietnamese so as to avoid surprises.
Go Ahead and Visit http://www.thegioididong.com/
VATGIA : This is the first online store in Viet Nam. They are the pace setter of E-commerce solution in Viet Nam. They don't just sell but allow users to upload their products on the website. This is the only website that seems to understand the Viet Nam market and have used it to their advantage.
The CEO of this online store believed that the new emerging stores in Viet Nam don't understand the market. He said :
The human resource administration is inflexible because they don’t understand local employees. They bring the European mindset and apply it directly into the Vietnamese market without making necessary adaptations to Vietnam’s own style. The language barrier causes them a lot of trouble. Doing e-commerce requires mainly low-skilled staff who often don’t have English skills. Rocket Internet needs to hire English-speaking staff who are not suitable for the hard work of low-skilled staff, which creates a big imbalance in human resources and cost of operations is high. Revenue can’t make up for the expenses.
Expats have their doubts about Vatgia before now, but it seems they are Ok with the website now, Vatgia can be said to be the Alibaba.com of Viet Nam. I will advise a local help when shopping in Vatgia even though a lot of products are cheaper and also quality products....
So all the online shops are good for consumers here in Viet Nam. You will be fine shopping and also safe using Viet Nam Online Store...
Watch out for some Classified website in Viet Nam in the next write up....