Advantages of physical purchase: face-to-face transaction, honesty and reliability, easier to understand the attributes of goods, and it is also the main purchase method at present.
Disadvantages of entity procurement: long procurement channels, high procurement cost and low efficiency. Cross-regional purchases increase travel expenses and additional costs, and there are restrictions on the types of goods, so many goods may need to be purchased in different regions.
Advantages of online shopping: because online shopping malls save a series of expenses such as renting storefronts, convening employees and warehousing, their prices are generally cheaper than those of similar goods purchased by general entities.
The purchase efficiency is high and is not limited by time. You can "shop around" at any time, get a lot of commodity information, and you can also buy goods that are not available locally. Online payment is safer than traditional cash payment, which can avoid cash loss or robbery; You don't need to visit the site from ordering to buying goods, saving time and effort.
Extended data
There are many channels for purchasing goods.
1. Wholesale enterprise of commercial system: commodities such as cigarettes and alcohol should be purchased from tobacco monopoly system and sugar liquor monopoly system. Because retail enterprises purchase a large number of goods, they sometimes have to purchase goods from many different systems.
2. Production enterprises: directly contacting production enterprises to purchase goods can reduce intermediate links and circulation costs, at the same time, it can expand the supply of goods and increase the selectivity of goods.
3. Wholesale trading market: a large number of commodities are concentrated here, which has the advantages of strong selectivity and complete varieties; The disadvantage is that the quality is difficult to guarantee.
4. Commodity distribution center: the distribution center receives various large quantities of commodities from suppliers, and then packages, sorts, distributes and transports the commodities in the center according to the requirements of ordering merchants. Therefore, the distribution center is actually a place for logistics activities. Retail enterprises can purchase goods directly from commodity distribution centers; But if it is a large chain retail store, it is more economical to set up its own distribution center.
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