Online Shopping - is it good or bad?

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Nowadays, online shopping has becoming very common all over the world. People prefers using online shopping because of its flexibility for business, time saving as well as convenient in buying goods. However, there are some pros and cons about this method of shopping.

Through online shopping, the price and type of material of different brands can be determine before purchasing. Some time, different online stores do sell same products. The products' price depends on sales promotions offered by the particular online store. Thus, comparison can be made just by clicking from one online store to the other. This consume the shortest time possible. Other than that, there is no time limit for online shopping. One can shop at any time, 7 days a week. Shopping online saves money and energy. Shopping online save costs of travelling and energy of the shopper. A person no longer needs to walk from one shop to the other just to shop or window shopping. Other than, the customer feedbacks about a product can easily obtained before purchasing it so that the person can decide whether to buy or not to buy.

When purchasing online, the item cannot be touch or feel before it is deliver to the buyer.In special cases, the purchased goods arrived not in proper condition. Its packaging and maybe the good itself might be damaged during transporting or travelling. The quality of the product remains unsure until the product arrive in hand.There are also cases where the sellers ask for payment before posting the product and they disappear once they received the payment which result in cash loss. Moreover, there are also some online shops which do not deliver exact product as promised. Cases like this always been heard by people who have experienced of online shopping with Zalora. Other than that, any inquiry about the product takes time to answer which is the opposite of buying at the store where the salesperson are always ready to answer all the questions.

These are all pros and cons about online shopping. Some tips on shopping online, make sure the website is not a spam and try to find people who have experienced purchasing at the online store.

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