Online Shopping

“Online shopping has become a convenient alternative to the traditional brick-and-mortar store” (Ball, 2008, para.1). These days, the people who want to buy a product Online are increasing due to be the increasing popularity of using the internet. I also used online shopping when I lived in my country usually. Online shopping is so popular and common, because it provides much strength even though many consumers have complaints each year. “According to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, there were over 205,000 complaints of Internet commerce-related fraud reported in 2004. The more than 184,000 consumers who paid money to the companies about which they were complaining paid a median amount of $214” (Robertson, 2006, para. 1).

It already has became part of daily life, and large numbers of people are using it because we know it gives many advantages to our life; for example, we can get the products at a low price, find the products whenever we want easily, and save time and expense while buying. Online shopping makes our life convenient (Roberson, 2006). It is true even though it has risk. We do not give it up.

We can get the product that we want cheaper than buying in an offline shop because there is no distributions. And we can get the good bargain by comparing prices online. “Online is not only a timesaver, but it allows you it get great deals when you compare prices” (Roberson, 2006, para.1). Recently, many web sites only for comparing prices especially have come into being on the internet.

We can find various products most easily. It is much more convenient to buy the product by internet. And we do not need go to many shops looking for goods that we want. We can buy the product, pay the money, and get goods by just clicking; we can do everything for buying at the home. “It has provided a method of easily finding what you’re looking for or the best price without ever leaving your home” (Ball, 2008, para.2). We do not need to go to outside for buying something that we might buy.

We can save our time and expense for shopping. We can buy whenever we want even though we do not have enough time, or even if that time is in the night or early morning, because there is no closing time. In addition, if we use online shopping, we can reduce our expenses for buying something that we want. We do not need go to another country, even if the product is in another country.

In conclusion, online shopping has much attractiveness to our life even though we cannot see the real product. We do not need to go outside to purchase goods. We can buy the goods without many costs for shopping. And we can get the goods in a less complicated way. Therefore, numerous people will use shopping online more and more.

Reference

Ball, G. (2008, April 15). Is using a credit –card for online purchases safe? Education Redefined. Retrieved December 4, 2008 from http://www.bsu.edu/security/article/0,1384,86674-5031-17009,00.html
Roberson, C. (2006, January 3). Stay safe while shopping online. Majon International. Retrieved December 4, 2008 from http://www.majon.com/article/Shopping_-_General/Shopping_Online_126.html.