Why OFWs Use Online Shops
One way that overseas Filipinos use in sending a gift to Philippines is through the use of the popular balikbayan box. Balikbayan boxes are a special type of package used mainly by overseas Filipinos when sending gifts and other stuff to their loved ones in the Philippines. However, other than the use of balikbayan boxes, many overseas Filipinos have started to use the technology of online services to easily and conveniently send their gifts to the Philippines.
Using online services
Many online services in the Philippines today have upgraded their services from offering online shops such as gift shops and flower shops in the Philippines, to servicing Filipinos from all over the world. The advantage of using these types of online shops is similar to what made online shops popular in the first places, which is its convenience.
According to many overseas Filipinos, sending a gift to Philippines through the use of online is much more convenient to sending a package such as a balikbayan box to their loved ones. This is because online shopping can only be done within minutes while arranging a balikbayan box is said to take several days.
Another advantage that many overseas Filipinos loved about online shops is the speed of delivery. According to many overseas Filipinos, a balikbayan box is said to take several weeks to deliver. Some have even experienced taking a month before it arrives. Philippine-based online shops, on the other hand, provides a much faster delivery services, said to take 2 to 5 working days.
Other than its convenience as well as its fast delivery service, online shops also gained popular among many overseas Filipinos because it allowed them to send gifts which are usually not possible to send through the use of packages. Examples include bouquets of flowers as well as cooked food such as lechon and cakes.
When online shops are used
Although online shops became popular because of its many benefits over the use of packages, many overseas Filipnos still use balikbayan boxes to send gift to Philippines. According to many overseas Filipinos, they only use online gift shops to send special gifts such as bouquets of flowers and foods. Other popular items include grocery items, appliances, and many more.
Many overseas Filipinos also use online shops when they don’t have time to arrange a balikbayan box, particularly to overseas Filipinos that works around the clock.
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