FEATURE | FOOD
Untangling the Taste of Online Selling Written by Mdpn. Jashem A. Bardies
Photos courtesy to the owners of the business
8
THE DOLPHIN
| UNRAVEL
I
n this time lapse of history where points are crossed and drawings started to fade, it is a job to seek another job or to sell another sell. The pantry was set open to cater piled up stocks of needs amidst this pandemic. Food is as essential as human beings struggled to get used to live in the new normal. Online business flood the newsfeeds and dimensions of social media in the height of this pandemic. Fortunately, staying at home makes sense while ensuring the safety is a priority. In this era of new normal, life will become more and more coated with mixtures of flavor grind through this challenging time. In the aroma of nature sprang, people who continuously makes every effort to sustain their living in everyday. Meet Maria Suzzete Hijosa, a 29 year-old online seller from Iloilo City. She started her frozen foods business before the quarantine began in March but progress her dealing online. As an online seller, it is her significant attributes to sustain effectivity of her business in any way. However, as the pandemic continues to shadow the economic integrity of our country, her business was gradually affected by the first onslaught of the lockdown. “Mabudlay mag online selling tungod damo kompetensiya, pero kung makaumpisa ka na baligya sa online nami man sa pamatyagan.” (Online selling is a hard job since there are lots of competitors but once you’ve started it actually feels good.) By posting her product in social media she gets instant customers and a lot of inquiries regarding her products. Using social media is a functional manifesto of making your business in more creative and easygoing venture. Through this platform it will really help to attract more people and encourage them to buy your products. This pandemic also greatly affected their business venture since most of the food stalls they supply have been closed due to enhance community quarantine. Canteens and other carinderias they have supplied before the lockdown also lessened their orders. Some customers who purchased their products also did not pay totally their debts because of the severity of the effect of the lockdown. For her, it is quite a challenging but satisfactory achievement to sell online but along with it is the problem of losing the vibes of the business since competition is always there. “Basta may gabakal lang sang akon baligya, enjoyable man japon ang pagbaligya.” (As long as there’s someone buying what I’m selling, I still find enjoyment in it.) This COVID-19 pandemic brought people to a point in their life that they need to venture out another means of surviving through this series of community quarantine.
