subject: Why Websites Can Offer You Cheap Mobile Phones [print this page] The Internet has brought about surging changes in every aspect of our life, right from entertainment, education to shopping. When it comes to online shopping, mobile phones have become the most sold product online, and there are several reasons for that. One of the major reasons for cell phones being the most sold device online is that the prices that the websites offer are almost unbeatable by your local cell phone dealer. Here are some reasons why a website can offer you the best mobile phone deals.
No Warehousing:
Like any other product, an offline dealer would need to hire a warehouse to store the product until it is sold. If the dealer does not have their own stock of the mobile phone, they would have to buy it from the bigger shops around and would not be making a lot of money in that scenario, therefore it is necessary for the dealer to have a warehouse. A website does not have to bother about warehousing, because they can simply take your order, buy it from a wholesaler within the seven days delivery that the site commits to and then ship your device to you - and not having a warehouse decreases their set up costs by a lot. It is a known fact that an offline dealer would at least charge a part of their overheads to the customers. With the online website not having overheads like warehousing, they can afford to offer pathbreaking prices on mobile devices.
No Point of Sale:
Anyone in the retail business will tell you about the need to have a big shop that is stylish and classy enough to have people come to it to view the products and services that you are selling. Of course, setting up a fashionable and stylish shop is more expensive than setting up a stylish and minimalistic website. Therefore, the online business does not have to spend a lot on setting up a point of sale, which again decreases their overheads - overheads that a dealer would charge to their customers.
Global Business:
Set up an offline store and you can do business in your locality, your city, and if you are very successful your state and your country. However, when one sets up a website, if they have the wherewithal, the whole world is their market. With the whole world being their market, they have more customers than the offline store, which in turn helps them to space out whatever overhead costs they have.
These are the three major reasons why a website can offer you cheap mobile phone deals.
