Online Eid shopping gains popularity

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Kamruzzaman Bablu :
Online Eid shopping has now gained huge popularity as buyers can purchase their suitable products staying at home without facing any travel hassle or traffic tailback on the city street.
Businessmen and traders familiar to the online shopping process across the country told this correspondent that the response of the sellers or consumers and customers is almost double than that of last year.
“The online shopping specially on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, has increased tremendously as people want to get rid of the time-losing, huge traffic tailback on the city street,” president of E-Commerce Association of Bangladesh Rajib.
He said the busy movements of courier services in the capital and also in the port city as well as response through different social media including facebook, e shopping is getting momentum at the end of month of Ramadan.
About their online trading, Rajib said that centering the Eid festival, they are getting order of products-sale from 64 districts, which is almost double than that of last year.
Sources said Bangladesh has now at least 1000 online shopping websites including bikroy.com, ekhoni.com, ajkerdeal.com, bagdom.com, BDshop.com, e-Sufiana, biponi.com, upaharbd.com, bajari.com, Ajkerdeal.com, PriyoShop.Com, BDSHOP.com, BD Online Bazar, BDGift.com, Gadget BD, La Rouge, Kay Kraft, Upoharbd.com, Easy Shopping BD and Aponzone.com.
These online shopping centres are displaying different items for men, women & kids including footwear, clothing, watches, sunglasses, gift items, books, mobile phone, digital camera, tab, electronics and many other necessary things.
These products are being sold through e-mail or different social networking website or social media including facebook where new products commonly known as Eid collection products were photographed with its price.
“Expatriate Bangladeshis also buying these products through online now-a-days,” Rajib said adding customers are safe as they can pay the bill after expected products getting in hands at home.
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