How blogshop came about

Blogs are initially used by people as a form of online diary to write about their personal thoughts and feelings about their encounters in their daily life. As blogs became more popular, it became a niche market for bloggers to make use of their blogs as a mode of selling.

This became a convenient form of shopping method for people who like to shop for things online. It became a more preferred way of shopping overtime, as compared to shopping on online websites such as EBay, without the hassle of converting the currency for payment and. Blog shop owners are also able to get cheaper goods from their suppliers when they purchase the goods in bulk.

Blog shops are also set up mainly due to the improvement in technology and people are finding more advantages in shopping online, rather than visiting the physical store. Blog shop owners are also able to reach out to a wider range and varieties of customer as the Internet is easily accessible to everyone.

As this mean of transaction becomes popular, the number of cases of fraud in the online industry also increases, due to the limited security when dealing with people via this form of media. By securing the mode of transactions, it makes it safe for both the buyer as well as the seller. Some of the methods include accepting only Internet Banking, instead of bank transfers, as there may be cases whereby the seller can deny receiving the payment.


Environment

Blog shops allow people to buy what they want at their convenience. The main idea of blog shops is not having a good-looking website, nor is it about disseminating information. It is more about making money and building good relationships with people.

Blog shop owners usually try to adopt techniques of online shopping without understanding these techniques. The website should satisfy consumer's expectations instead of supporting the shop’s brand name. These blog shop owners should always understand customer’s wants and needs, as well as live up to promises, because those are the main reasons for patrons to come back.


Phenomenon
Blog shops are a virtual form of retail platform that is beyond supervision of the authorities. It is often very difficult to impose regulations on this virtual world.

Therefore, it is common for blog shops to fall prey to hackers who are able to evade the security systems. These hackers will be able to alter the information on these blogs and make demands. Another form of danger is known as identity theft, where hackers break into a merchant's web site and steal confidential information. Computer security has become a major concern for blog shop owners, who deploy countermeasures such as firewalls and anti-virus software to protect their networks from hackers.

There are also incidents where consumers fall prey to blog shop owners, who disappear after they ordered the goods from them. Given the lack of opportunity to examine the merchandise before purchase, consumers are often at a higher risk of fraud on the part of the seller than in a physical store.


Technology involved

Retailers also risk fraudulent purchases using stolen credit cards or fraudulent repudiation of the online purchase. Another danger is phishing, where consumers are fooled into thinking they are dealing with a reputable retailer, when they have actually been manipulated into feeding private information to a system operated by a malicious party.