The growth of online shopping in Saudi Arabia
The world has recently invaded the phenomenon of electronic / online shopping in Kuwait, simply now you can live for life in your home, by paying your bills, buying your daily needs from the supermarket, ordering a car to take you anywhere, ordering the meal you crave at the time you want Buy clothes, shoes, electrical and home appliances, electronics, furniture from the location you want at the price and quality you want through the most popular applications and websites in Kuwait with unparalleled ease.
Despite its complexity, life has become very easy, and if you manage to deal with modern technology, your lifestyle will be very different and easier, and you will not need to make much effort to meet and obtain your daily needs.
The Corona Covid-19 pandemic has contributed to the great change that we have reached today, which in turn forced us to spend most of the time at home, avoiding mixing and dealing with others directly and face to face. The number continued to increase day by day because of its enormous advantages, and one of these advantages is that it is the solution to the problem of people mixing to avoid disease.
We will present the model of Saudi Arabia's experience in online shopping, especially women in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who have become one of the most popular groups for online shopping, whether through applications, electronic stores and famous sites that allow this, or through social media platforms.
What is online shopping?
E-shopping is the group of efforts made by the online buyer in searching for specific goods or services and comparing them in the Internet space and the most famous websites in Kuwait, which seek in every way to provide all the needs.
Why do Saudi men and women resort to online shopping?
- Online shopping allows you to buy at any time and anywhere
- Lots of options when shopping online
- Freedom to choose and stay away from the inconvenience of sellers in stores
- Save a lot of time and effort when buying online
- You will find discounts and renewed discounts when shopping online from the most famous sites
- Saudi websites provide exclusive discount codes and coupons
- Exclusive, distinctive and unique products that can be used when shopping online
- Convenience, and free delivery of purchases to the door of the house in many online shopping sites
- The possibility of seeing all the details of the products in addition to the table of sizes available when shopping for fashion and fashion products
- See reviews and reviews of online shoppers who have previously purchased this product
- Due to the intense competition between traditional and electronic markets, you can find the same products at lower prices
- Online shopping contributes to increasing savings and purchases, especially within specified budgets
What are the obstacles to online shopping?
The most important thing that hinders the process of online shopping is recognizing and measuring the texture of goods, despite the scarcity of websites that resort to this deceptive method, but it reflects a negative image and the failure of the purchase process. Therefore, when buying fashion and fashion products online, it is always advised to choose reliable stores that have an easy return and exchange policy
Saudi women and online shopping!
One of the surveys showed that about 88% of women in Saudi Arabia prefer online shopping when buying their needs, in addition to having positive attitudes towards it, due to the ease of shopping, the savings and the great advantages offered by online shopping.
The pandemic and the need to increase sales have greatly contributed to the development of sites by adding many advantages such as getting to know customer reviews, coupons / discount codes that have been provided to e-marketing sites and famous social media platforms in Kuwait.
In addition to the tendency of many sites to use social media sites such as Instagram, as it is the most popular among women in Kuwait, due to the ease of dealing with it in addition to providing offers and discount codes that are widely spread.
The percentage of turnout and shopping through social media, especially Instagram, has continued to increase over the years and has not recorded any significant decline. According to some studies, the percentage of those coming for the year 2017 is about 3 billion users, and this is of course an imaginary number, and the percentage of Saudis using these means is close to 94%, You can imagine the number of people coming to the e-shopping revolution.
Saudis and online shopping
Recent statistics showed the great trend in the year 2020-2021 towards online purchases, and it was found that approximately 77% of Saudi society depend on online shopping to meet their needs, not only because of the revolution taking place and the known advantages of this world.
Also, in light of the Corona pandemic and the commitment of citizens to their homes for long periods, it has become necessary to resort to online shopping even for people who do not prefer it, and a study conducted by MasterCard revealed that out of every 4 citizens, there are 3 who shop online in light of the pandemic and after, and this is a percentage Very terrible, it is imposed on all merchants to display their goods on electronic stores so that they can keep pace with time and reality.
More than 68% of consumers in the Kingdom confirmed that they use the Internet more to buy their groceries, compared to 73% to buy clothes online, while more than 65% said that they purchased medicines from pharmacies that provide their services online, not only this, but Even banking services occupy 64% of users, not to mention people who buy supplies and entertainment materials, such as subscribing to online entertainment platforms such as Netflix.
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