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hopping was once a necessity; it then became entertainment and these days it has become an absolute luxury. Times are gone when we took months to plan and do our shopping. With the huge varieties available now, people are tempted to buy things beyond and over their actual requirements.

Offers, seasonal discounts, installments, credit cards and other such advantages increase the shopping desires of people. Even those who want to refrain from buying things at that given moment are also influenced to hunt for things that they do not necessarily need. There are many who plan to just window-shop but end up spending a huge amount because they are unable to resist buying things that draw their attention.

There are many advantages and hidden benefits to online shopping in addition to saving time. All the products available for customers are presented systematically, which helps one to select and add to the cart. To explain it in the layman'€™s terms, a cart is a kind of trolley available in supermarkets to pick up things that we want to purchase. Once all the needed things are added to the cart, the total price is listed. Best part is that one can still remove the things from his or her cart, until final payment is done.

While the products are displayed, its actual market price and along with the discounts, if available are also given to help one make the best decision.

Some who reads this letter may think that people would be wiser to purchase things in person to scrutinize the marketplace, especially when it comes to electronic gadgets and household appliances. But I bet those same people will shop online for provisions and groceries when it comes from a very reliable source.

This saves a lot of time for working women and even house wives to delegate or outsource this job to someone who is trustworthy. It'€™s just not the time saved in shopping but also the time consumed in commuting, traffic, parking the vehicle, being stuck in crowds and other such miscellaneous activities.

We can buy anytime online, unlike the specific operating hours of normal shopping. There is a lot of scope to compare products and price ranges between sellers while shopping online, which can also take up a lot of time and physical energy to do in person.

Consumer feedback is another major tool that influences one'€™s decision to decide to shop from a particular vendor that is not feasible in traditional shopping.

Online shopping is technically known as e-commerce while the latter includes business to business (B2B) buying and selling, online shopping specifically refers to the shopping or purchase made by individual customers from a vendor (B2C).

While there are many advantages to choosing to shop online; there are also certain risks and disadvantages attached to it. Hence people are at their own discretion in choosing the Professional and well reputed online stores to have a great shopping experience and not to get into huge monetary loss.

Gayathri Suresh Kumar
Purwakarta, West Java