Online Shopping Better Than Conventional Mode Of Shopping

By Author: kevin wu
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If we say that Internet has changed our lives, then that would be an understatement. In reality, Internet has totally revolutionized the way human being used to perform simplest to the most complex tasks in life. Like all the major activities in life with the advent of online shopping, Internet has taken the responsibility of taking us to virtual malls as well. Online shopping has allowed people to purchase everything from monthly grocery to electronic gadgets from different online store that too without leaving the comfort of home. By just choosing the items to be purchased and using Credit card or other such information, the desired items can be delivered at the doorstep, in most of the cases without any additional charges.

There are many benefits of online shopping as it can allow the person to not shop for himself or herself but also for relatives. Similarly, by providing the desired locations as point of delivery, any item can be delivered directly to the concerned person.

Online shopping is not considered as something out of ordinary by merchants across the globe so the price factor always remain in check. ...
... In fact, as on Internet the competition goes global instead of confining to a geographical location, with a little search it is possible to find rates and quality cheaper and better respectively on online shops.

It is very easy and time saving to visit many places online as compare to the real world. Many people like to do a lot of windows shopping before actually finalizing the items to buy. With e-shopping this is very easy as going to another shop is as simple as opening a new tab in the browser and the detailed descriptions of the products are few clicks away. Another advantage is that the online shops are open 24 x 7, whereas most of land based outlets have fixed working hours.

Few people are not too excited about sharing their financial and personal information online. This is inarguably the biggest hindrance in making online medium the most popular one. However, if two things are taken care of then there is no security threat in shopping online. First the vendor or shop should have a developed credibility this can easily be judged by reading online reviews. Second, the shopping cart experience should be on ‘https’ pages rather than traditional ‘http’ pages. Without going into technical details, the https pages are more secure as data does not roam around the web as it is the case with http pages.
There are few limitations in shopping online as well. First of all for the people especially females actually touching the items like fabric is imperative even a psychological need. With reviews and details images this factor can be reduced but cannot be eliminated. Secondly, delivery is not immediate as it takes multiple days depending on the delivery location. Otherwise online shopping is way better than conventional shopping. In fact, it can be safely said that e-shopping is the real future of shopping.