With over 20 million internet users, the hype and the trend of online shopping is on the rise in Pakistan. In view of this new trend, compounded with the success of websites like Amazon and E-bay many Pakistanis have taken an ambitious step into creating their own online shopping sites (majority of which target Pakistan only). With more and more Pakistanis launching their own online shopping websites it is important to consider what are the best and the safest online shopping websites in Pakistan.
Some of the best online shopping websites in Pakistan are:
1- Shoptime.pk is an online store which provides easy and reliable online shopping opportunities to its customers with free delivery service anywhere in Pakistan. Shoptime offers easy modes of payment like cash on delivery, pay by cheque, easy paisa, and Online Bank Transfer. Their main product categories are Electronics, Cars, Children Learning Toys, Islamic Products, Artificial Jewelry, Ladies Clutch Purses, Home and Kitchen appliances, Health and Fitness products, Gifts
Shoptime’s main competitive advantage is their competitive pricing and free delivery service anywhere in Pakistan. Their delivery network includes major cities like Karachi, Hyderabad, Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Quetta, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Azad Kashmir.
2- Just4girls.pk is Pakistan’s first online shopping site exclusively for Pakistani girls and women. They have defined their goal as “our goal is to provide the best in beauty to women of Pakistan”. They offer a wide range of products from famous brands to locally produced products and with the website’s visually striking design it has gained a huge fan base amongst the women of Pakistan. Overall, the main advantage of the website is that as they cater specifically to the needs of the women, hence, they provide the biggest variety of fashionable clothing, accessories, electronics (straighteners, hair dryer’s etc.) targeted towards woman as compared to the remaining online shopping websites.
3- Daraz.pk is a website which is dedicated to providing the most stylish, trendy and reliable shopping platform, that is light on your pockets with an unmatched convenience level. They showcase products from a wide scope of brands: established foreign names to Pakistan’s local retail entities. They understand the urgency of your orders and strive to ensure that our shipments reach you as early as possible.
Shipping costs for ordering products can prove to be a disadvantage but daraz.pk offers free shipping on all orders placed on their website above Rs. 1500. Also once you place the order and the order is confirmed it takes up to 5 business days to get your product, so immediate satisfaction is not possible.
4- Symbios.pk is one of the oldest, the largest and one of the most trusted sites when it comes to buying and selling of electronics in Pakistan. One of the best features of Symbios.pk is that it offers free delivery all over the country and delivers orders within 24-48 hours of working days.
5- Azmalo.pk is one of the best online shopping marketplaces in Pakistan. What’s amazing about Azmalo.pk is that they sell everything from electronics to books, from mobile phones to perfumes; all the customer has to do is to order products online and have them delivered directly to them. It also has payment options that suit everyone, including a cash-on-delivery option for extra convenience especially for bigger cities like Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad.
Also, with options such as easy browsing and great search facility, fast and free delivery, cashon-delivery, and buyer-seller coordination services, Azmalo.pk aims to change the viewpoint of people regarding online shopping by their safe and reliable service.
Azmalo.pk was also launched primarily with the aim to empower small and medium size business as well as private sellers to sell online. It not only provides a platform to these small businesses to showcase their products but we provide them with an array of different marketing opportunities as well that increase the chances of their sales and brand recognition via Azmalo.pk’s multi-platform marketing approach. With a choice between fixed price selling and auctioning, Azmalo.pk enables sellers to decide which method would be best for them. Consumer feedback and ratings allow for buyers to rate the sellers, which helps in providing a measure as to the quality, service and reliability of each seller. The best part about Azmalo.pk is that you can buy anything and everything by just visiting this one website, which helps save a lot of time.
In conclusion, there are numerous online shopping sites in Pakistan offering wide range of products but most users shopping online in Pakistan look to buy technology and fashion related products. But with the introduction of various new websites targeting different customers the online shopping trend will continue to gain momentum and reach higher levels in the future.
