We commend the commerce ministry's decision to hold the payment of local e-commerce platforms until confirmation of the delivery of their products. This, when it comes to pass, will mean that online buyers will no longer have to worry about cheating or any unusual delay in delivery of goods as it will be in the interest of the e-commerce sites to ensure safe and quick delivery to have their payment cleared—adding, as our report rightly points out, a layer of "consumer protection" to such transactions. Currently, the merchants' payment is cleared within moments of the customers making transactions through bank cards or the mobile financial services platform. The commerce ministry is reportedly going to send a letter to Bangladesh Bank to work out the logistics of the decision, including how the confirmation of receipt of items would come from the customers.