Benefits of online shopping

                                  


ONLINE SHOPPING...........the latest trend in shopping

As a consumer driven society shopping online with the internet has become so common that for some, it has become an everyday pastime. It is very convenient for most people on a busy schedule and it also enables savings in time and gasoline from driving around town so making it hard to pass up!

The internet is becoming the fastest growing retail channel. On the downside, 60% of cross-border internet shopping orders could not be completed by consumers because the trader did not ship the product to their country or did not offer adequate means for cross-border payment!

A recent report showed that online shopping is hugely popular in countries such as the USA, the UK, France and Germany. UK consumers appear to be taking advantage of the potential that e-commerce has for reshaping the European internal market with regard to price and product-related comparisons.

 Using the internet puts vast amounts of information at your fingertips. Its like being at the mall without the crowds. With a couple clicks of the mouse you can book a hotel, make airline reservations, send gifts to friends and family, buy that designer dress you always wanted, or order umpteen other items.

Some other benefits yof internet shopping is that the internet is open around the clock, seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Also the bargains are better than those at regular malls. 

 Some great benefits of online shopping are:

1. It is easier to find what one is looking for online than finding it at the local mall or department store.

2. The goods one is looking for have more variety online because the market is national or global and not just local.

3. Prices are almost always lower than those at malls. This has to do with the competition as well as the fact that most businesses do not require a physical store.