Sunday, November 04, 2007

Shop Online or Shop Offline

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This is very tough question to answer. The shopping opinion differs from each and every individual as per their comfortable and convenient. Anyway some of the reasons for online and offline shopping are follows.


Reasons for shopping online

• Unavailability of time to spend physical shopping.

• Shoppers know what to buy, so they can compare the product in different online shopping site for pricing, offers, discounts and shipping facility etc. and buy at a cheaper price.

• Shoppers can do research about the product through google search for reviews and comments for the product they plan to buy, so that they will came to know the current trend of the particular product. And go for the latest trend of product to purchase.

• It will reduce the time and cost of shopping.

• There are lots of option and selection available to choose the variety of products through online.

• It is the best convenience way of shopping and available 24/7 you can shop anytime by just sitting in front of your PC.


Reasons for shopping offline

• One of the most important reason is security issue because nowadays lots of online theft is happening all over the world through online like phishing, hacking, spyware, malware, virus etc. so for safer many shoppers prefer physical shopping.

• Many of the shoppers would like to feel the product in their hand before they pay for it then only they will get satisfied to proceed further.

• We can bargain or negotiate the price of the product and reduce the price of the product with the retailers.

• Shopping transaction gets completed instantly once you pay for it. You will get the product in your hand once the payment done. So you no need to worry about the delivery of the product.

• One of the important reason is that you live healthier because of the physical activity by walking. It is researched that your calories getting burn 20 times more while you shop by walking.