The Pros And Cons of Online Shopping

Gone are the days when a computer was only for a higher class scholar. In today’s time, most of us spend a significant amount of our day’s time on a computer either working, shopping online or browsing information. From Amazon to Abof there are a whole new series of online shops that makes shopping easy for everyone. Some offers like the Abof offers are important so that you also get price drops on your bill.

The pros and cons of both forms of shopping are listed below:

The Pros of Shopping Online

1. Save time: A major help online shopping provides us is that it helps us avoid the traffic that too in this scorching heat, especially in India. Online shopping is very much important because the traffic takes up nearly 4-5 hours of our day.

2. Save gas: Another benefit of online shopping is that you tend to save a lot of fuel. Since you just sit at home and shop you don't waste the money on travel.

3. Make price comparisons: One of the benefits of online shopping is that you can compare the prices of one product on various websites. Say for example a phone can be of one price on one online store and can have a discount on some other website.

4. Available 24*7: Not to mention the ease of availability it provides its users. Be it late night at 12 A.M or early morning at 6! The shop is available anytime anywhere online. This will not hamper your work hours and the hours you need to dedicate to your family & friends.

5. More options & sizes: You do not find your perfect fit size or colour of the product in a brick & mortar kind of store always. But online you can find all the products of all the size & colour or design available anywhere in India and it will get delivered to your doorstep.

6. Customer reviews: One other beneficial factors of shopping online is that you get to read lots of honest customer reviews of a particular product or website. And these reviews are believable as they are of genuine customers so you usually get the idea of the items/services or the store.

The Cons of Shopping Online

1. Shipping costs: Usually there is a shipping charge for items if they are less than a certain amount say less than Rs 500 or in some websites, it is Rs 999. So there is always a thing that either shop for more than you require or pay the shipping fees.

2. Wait time: You buy your favourite item and have to wait for 2-5 days before it reaches you. But if it was a brick & mortar kind of store then you could have flaunted it on the same day of purchase. But, if you wait long for the product you will definitely appreciate it much more. So waiting for your product is not all that bad.

3. Exchange & return: If you do not like a product or if the size does not fit you, then exchange or return of the product can be a bit challenging. But these days, since the competition is abrupt, these policies have improved and it is easy to track the exchange or return process.

4. Cannot try it on: Whenever you try on a dress it looks completely different from what it looks on the pic or the mannequin. So trying out a dress or a footwear is always a better idea.

5. Payment insecurities: It is always a good practice to be careful about your payment details. Sometimes fraud and hacks might happen. So be careful with choosing your site and stores.

6. Damage: Sometimes while your product is being delivered to you there might be a probability of damaging it in between. So the return policies of the company you are buying the products from must be reviewed before the purchase.