| All sorts of people shop online for all kinds of reasons. | | | | you are considering; you will be able to find out about |
| First, there is the convenience of being able to shop 24 | | | | the item from a genuine user not just the salesperson. |
| hours a day for any type of product imaginable. The | | | | Finally you will be able to find and buy products all over |
| ability to shop from home allows many people who | | | | the world not just in your local area - this makes |
| have trouble getting to real world shops such as | | | | purchasing hard to find items a lot easier. |
| elderly or disabled people or others with transport or | | | | The main disadvantage of shopping online is that you |
| mobility issues to still purchase the products and | | | | have to pay shipping costs and have to wait for the |
| services they need. Many people also have trouble | | | | items you purchased to be shipped and delivered. (This |
| attending shops during their opening hours, such as | | | | could take several weeks if you have purchased a |
| those that work the same hours as shop opening | | | | product from overseas, and the costs of shipping may |
| times, mothers with young children and no one to mind | | | | outweigh any savings you made on the purchase |
| them. | | | | price.) You will not be able to purchase an item you |
| There are several advantages to shopping online, the | | | | need to use immediately online. |
| first one being the ability to shop at a time that is | | | | Another disadvantage is that you have to buy the item |
| convenient to you, not just when the shops are open. | | | | relying purely on a photograph and description, you |
| The second advantage of shopping online is that | | | | cannot feel or see the item you want to buy. It can |
| goods are often cheaper as the seller does not have | | | | sometimes be quite hard to judge the size or quality of |
| the costs of running a shop and having to pay wages | | | | some items purely from a photograph. The final |
| to salespeople, insurance and all of the other running | | | | disadvantage of shopping online is that it is much |
| costs of a real world business. Online shopping can | | | | harder and takes longer to return faulty goods; you will |
| also be a lot more comfortable than real world | | | | have to repack it and pay to ship it back to the seller. It |
| shopping, you do not have to deal with the weather - | | | | can literally take weeks to exchange a faulty product |
| you won't get rained on for instance shopping online. | | | | purchased online. |
| A huge advantage of shopping online is that you have | | | | In summary, the main advantages of shopping online |
| the opportunity to compare as many products and | | | | are convenience and cost savings, while the main |
| prices as you want without having to spend the time | | | | disadvantage is that the item is not immediately |
| and money to travel between several different shops. | | | | available, and you cannot inspect it personally before |
| You will also be able to read reviews that have been | | | | you make your purchase. |
| written by other people who have purchased the item | | | | |