Saturday, January 26, 2013

Online Shopping

These days online shopping has become a big craze. It is popular in US but in India it’s new and gradually spreading its wings, especially in metro cities. There are various popular online shopping stores, which offer facility of cash on delivery. You shop for items at your leisure and delivery at your doorsteps within the specified time. Simple four steps that you need to follow: Select item-->Make payment-->Billing Information-->Shipping information and you have shop for the whole month.

What is bad about in person shopping is to standing in queue at super market payment counter. And it becomes horrible at weekends. As most of the people are off at weekends that means lot of people at shopping counter, carrying bags, and looking for parking. Online shopping emerges out as a big solution in this way to save your time and effort. In one way, it makes life easier. It is awful more to step out and shop for grocery and organic foods. Here, we are sitting at home, do shopping and keeping groceries in basket with just few mouse clicks. You can filter the display list on the basis of category, brand, price range, and quantity. Prices are fixed and available discounts are clearly shown so no scope for chaos and we can shop with in the budget.

There are various online shopping stores available but what we need is to explore some, and come out with the best option. Selection criteria might be different but few things we all are agreed upon are the best quality, reasonable price, easy process, and delivery on time. Most of the stores provide a wish list or shopping list where you can add items and calculate the sum before moving for check out. You can add or remove items as per your convenience from the shopping list. Select the time duration for delivery and they ensure the delivery at home in right time.

The apparently easy looking thing could be disastrous if the online storefront is unreliable and take your account details and card information, and swap all the money at one go. However, when you shop with reliable online stores, your credit card details directly go to the bank and then the bank further releases the required amount. So the online stores just get their equivalent sum without knowing any secret details.

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