7 tips for safe online shopping from abroad

(Baonghean.vn) - Shopping on international sales channels is now popular. However, the risks from these transactions are numerous and increasingly sophisticated. The following methods will help you "hunt" for quality and guaranteed foreign online goods.

1. Choose big websites

You should prioritize choosing websites with English versions to make the ordering process easier. If the site does not have an English version, you should visit the original website. Then, use the automatic translation feature to grasp the most basic information.

For convenient shopping, you should choose websites that have shipping to Vietnam. Look up this information in the “Shipping” section of each page, see the list of countries that can receive the company’s products.

In case of purchasing on unbranded websites, check the reliability of the website by: Looking at the URL line on the web browser, the website address starts with HTTPS.

When you go through the checkout steps on a secure shopping site, you will see a small lock icon in the address bar.

2. Check the website's reputation

Before you want to order and make a transaction, you must check the reputation of that website. You should choose reputable sites because once you have filled in all the required information (address, CCV code on the card...), the transaction will be closed, it is very difficult to cancel and refund, unless you receive and return the goods.

In addition, customers should also read the product description carefully, based on the level of trust that consumers rate and vote for the product and seller before making a decision.

3. Security software should be updated regularly.

This is really an important factor. Most security experts advise you to constantly update your security applications, anti-virus applications.

These applications can also help your computer shut down when accessing untrusted websites.

4. Transaction card type

You cannot shop internationally online with a regular ATM card. Instead, customers need to use a Visa or MasterCard electronic credit card. This is a special type of bank card with the added feature of allowing online transactions at places that accept payment through these two brands.

There are also a number of other brands that have similar features or use Paypal's e-wallet.

5. Read product information carefully

Unlike traditional shopping, when shopping online, especially on foreign websites, we cannot touch the product with our own hands, so you need to read the information carefully and compare with other similar products to be able to choose the right product.

In addition, you should also compare the price of that product on different websites before making a purchase decision.

6. Hunt for "double" sales off

This secret, at first sounds absurd but is completely possible for smart shopping enthusiasts.

During the year-end shopping season, many banks offer shopping promotions for cardholders, so in addition to hunting for sales from brand suppliers, you can also take advantage of the bank's double promotion when choosing to pay by card instead of cash.

7. Payment method

After choosing a product, if you do not need it urgently, you can leave the product in your cart and wait for promotions. This helps save a lot of money.

Some websites do not accept shipping to Vietnam. Therefore, you can contact some companies, express delivery services to ship the goods.You should choose the available service packages because the company will do the tax declaration procedures for you along with some necessary certification documents. Then the goods will be less likely to be lost or delayed./.

Ngoc Anh

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