Highlight China's Online Shopping Woes Better facilities to pay for goods bought online will have to be introduced in China if Internet shopping is to take off, analysts say. Companies offering online shopping will also have to improve their distribution networks across this massive country if they are going to attract more shoppers. Last year there were higher expectations, but this year I think people are more realistic. Shopping on the Internet is convenient, but if you do not have a proper online payment system then the advantages are not so great and the benefits will not be fully realized.
Chinese shoppers can currently pay for goods bought online in a number of ways.
These include using credit and debit cards, paying for goods when they are delivered or by organizing money transfers through the post office. It would be easier if there were more credit cards used in China, but the credit system is just not popular. The biggest problem is the credit system. You either pay through the post office or pay when your shopping is delivered. The Chinese mentality and their traditions still adhere to a way of thinking that says debt is not good.