Recently, I (originally from Kathmandu) was in Biratnagar and wanted to order some clothes online for an event. While I’m in Kathmandu, I shop at least once a month from various sellers that I find on Instagram. Sure enough, most of the well known shops (atleast known to me) are based in Kathmandu. My first instinct was to head to Instagram to make order. To my surprise (after 2-3 hours of waiting for their reply of course) they (3-4 sellers) hesitated to proceed my order because it had to be delivered outside valley. They had “delivery all over Nepal” in their bio but they didn’t reply further after I stated the location. I figured, these sellers are in need of finding new customers (I mean who don’t want new customers anyway) but they are having difficulties connecting to other parts of Nepal. Most shops I know don’t place their orders in Daraz because of the high commission rates maybe? I find myself ordering less clothes from Daraz, their platform just isn’t suited for fashion products…maybe it’s just me though. What are your takes on this? With growing trend of ecommerce and fashion in Nepal maybe we are in need of a “fashion” marketplace to fill this gap?
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Ah nepal ma euta dedicated fashion ecommerce platform chaiyacha ekdamai. Kasaile lyaunai parne bela bhako xa. Daraz ain’t just it for fashion
I wouldn’t even try to make orders If I were you tbh lol. If anything was wrong with the product, it would take months to get it replaced.
yea the daraz part.. I prefer not to buy clothes from daraz.. its good to buy other things tho
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India is already doing it, Myntra is there.. it would be good something like that in nepal.
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By all over Nepal they mean outside ringroad, bhaktapur and lalitpur… Biratnagar is not Nepal, its very far
Thing is, big e com platform can afford when customers don’t pick up or cancel orders when they deliver outside valley. Also they also dont mind returning the order. Most independent Instagram shops cannot afford this. So they either ask for prepayment or hesitate to deliver since there is a high probability of returning the product due to sizing and etc.
Yes, Nepal is in need of a good platform for fashion e-commerce. Since the audience of online shopping is growing day by day, something reliable is in need.
Scams are also an issue when buying from Instagram. A platform with good policies is needed.