The Pros And Cons Of Online Shopping

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Shopping had always been people’s necessity. A few centuries ago, people had to go out on the street or market to purchase goods or food with cash in person as consumers and sellers, but where have all the shoppers gone lately? Because of great improvements in technology, online shopping has arisen. Instead of going to the mall or stores and taking hours to look for what is on the shopping list, online shopping became accessible in the recent generation. In 1979, online shopping was invented by Michael Aldrich who was inspired to connecting a domestic television by telephone line to a real-time transaction that he called teleshopping ("Inventor 's Story."). Also, online shopping is another way for companies to sell their products to consumers, …show more content…

There are definitely reasonable causes why business through online became closer to shoppers. Mainly, the Internet helped in the convenience, easier electronic advertisements, and no physical activity requirements for the shoppers have made online shopping popular. From the customer’s perspective, there is no other reason why they should not use the Internet to shop. Has your mother ever told you she is going grocery shopping and will be back soon, then always takes longer than two hours with a cart full of bags of food that was never on the shopping list? That is because they got caught in store’s marketing strategy. For example, in the front of the stores like Walmart, or Meijer, they display fruits and vegetables so people could walk by and feel fresh and be able to shop longer, or perhaps make them desirable to buy …show more content…

The pictures that website is showing could sometimes be false when it comes to size, color, and perhaps shape. Consumers should always beware of these problems. It is consumers’ responsibility to check and read carefully before making the payment. Also, it will be convenient for consumers to read and acknowledge the return polity terms in case. In the situation of a female customer got on the internet, and she is looking for an orange colored knee-length dress. Although a model in the picture has the same dress on with same color, which does not mean that the dress will fit just like this model on the customer. Also, when she receives the package and realizes the dress was actually red color, instead of orange. Usually, companies will be careful and to prevent this problem, they would post information about the sizes of products, especially when it comes to clothes. It is not a bad idea to sometimes go to the actual store and try on and feel the products and make sure it fit the requirement and purchase

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