How to do
Online Shopping with
Fashionothon
Online shopping or e-shopping
is a form of electronic commerce which allows consumers to directly buy goods
or services from a seller over the Internet using a web browser. ?Alternative
names are: e-web-store, e-shop, e-store, Internet shop, web-shop, web-store,
online store, online storefront and virtual store.
with Fashionothon Traditional Shopping: ?Traditional shopping
is a term used to refer to the way of doing shopping where you visit stores and
buy goods. ?In traditional shopping one has to leave home, either walk or take
a ride to the store or shopping center in order to buy what one wants.
with Fashionothon Traditional versus Online shopping: ?One of
the major difference between these two ways of transaction is time saving.
?Convenience is also an important feature. People can go shopping online
whenever they want or can. ?But an advantage of shopping in traditional way is
that people can check out their goods with their own eyes and hands.
with Fashionothon You are able to browse and search for items,
as you would in a regular store; there is a wider range of products, sizes, and
colors of products, as you would find in a warehouse; and most online stores
contain reviews of products by people who have already purchased and tried out
the product.
with Fashionothon Process of online shopping: ?A consumer uses
Web browser to connect to the home page of a merchant's Web site on the
Internet.
with Fashionothon Payment gateway:
with Fashionothon Credit Card ?Debit Card: ?Payment Websites
?PayPal ?Wire Transfer ?Electronic Check ?Checks and Money Orders ?Purchase
Order ?Mobile Payments ?Bank Transfer
with Fashionothon The most popular payment method. The
advantage is the ease for the customer to pay. ?Debit Card: Debit card,
alternately called a bank card or check card. Most online merchants will accept
debit card purchases. ?Payment Websites: Websites like PayPal and Google
Checkout offer a means of instant payment if both parties have an account with
them.
with Fashionothon PayPal is an e-commerce payment processing
company owned by eBay. ?Wire Transfer: A wire transfer is a bank account to
bank account transfer of money. ?Electronic Check: The electronic check is a method
of payment which draws cash from a checking account, eliminating the paper
check
with Fashionothon Customers who don't have credit cards, or are
paying from a company or municipality may want to pay by check or money order.
?Purchase Order: A purchase order, or P.O., is a request or agreement to be
paid at a later date for an order placed. ?Bank Transfer: The bank transfer is
similar to the debit card method – it's a method of transferring cash from one
bank account to another account.
with Fashionothon The mobile payment option is relatively new
and gaining popularity in foreign countries.
with Fashionothon Top 10 Online shopping websites: ?Ebay
?Flipkart ?Amazon ?Junglee ?Myntra ?Jabong ?InfiBeam ?Lenskart ?Naaptol ?OLX
with Fashionothon Advantages of Online Shopping: ?Convenience:
One of the biggest benefits of online shopping is that you can buy almost
anything you could imagine without ever leaving your house. ? Selection: Online
stores are able to carry more selection than traditional brick-and-mortar stores.
?Information: Online shops tend to provide more information about items for
sale than you would get in a physical store(unless you asked a sales
associate).
with Fashionothon Contd.. ?Price: Because online stores don’t
have to pay rent for a storefront in a nice part of town and tend to sell much
larger quantities of goods, they can offer to sell products for a much lower
price. ?Availability: Online retailers accept orders twenty four hours a day
while consumers who wish to shop at traditional stores have to be available to
visit the store during normal business hours.
with Fashionothon Disadvantages of Online Shopping: ?Hands-On
Inspection: One thing that online stores can’t replace is the experience of
actually seeing and touching the item you are considering buying. ?Shipping:
Some major online retailers now offer free shipping for their products, but
many require you to meet a minimum order cost to qualify.
with Fashionothon Contd.. ?Wait Time: waiting for your item to
arrive is another downside of online shopping. One of the great pleasures of
shopping at a store is the instant gratification. ?Privacy: when you shop
online, you waive certain privacy rights to the online retailer. ?Many people
have fear to disclose personal and private information for security.
with Fashionothon Limitations of Online Shopping ?Risky credit
card purchase: It is pertinent to do online shopping from a reliable and a
trusted web portal. A number of these web portals ask for payment through a credit/debit
card. ?A never-ending wait for the product to arrive: You enter a shop. Choose
an item of your choice. Pay the bills at the counter and the item is yours.
After all of it, you walk into your house with gaiety with your possession in
hand
with Fashionothon Contd.. ?No bargaining: Online shopping does
not offer us that liberty to bargain and we are bound to buy the item in the
quoted price. ?Deceptive pictures: What may appear to have a matte texture in
the picture may actually turn out to be quite glossy and shiny in reality.
?Lack of options: In online shopping, you do not get the same item spread out
in varied forms and shape, vying for your attention.
with Fashionothon Contd.. ?Makes you lazy: With the advent of a
new phenomenon called online shopping, people who have an access to the
internet, hardly show an inclination to venture out of their house into the
open. ?Deprives you of tangibility: Online shopping makes it extremely
difficult to exchange items as well, in case of discrepancies.
with Fashionothon Contd.. ?Shipping costs: Shipping costs in
most cases raise the price of an article and you may end up buying it at a rate
higher than the market price. ?Internet does not come free of cost: every time
you open a page on an online shopping portal to choose a specific item, you get
charged for it.
with Fashionothon Online Safety: ?The Internet is a great
resource and can be a powerful tool for finding information, shopping, and
communicating. But, just like everything else in life, you need to be careful
using it. There are some bad people who will try to steal your information
online, but if you take the proper precautions, identity theft will be unlikely
to happen to you.
with Fashionothon Here are some ways to protect yourself when
shop online: ?Check out sellers: Conduct independent research before you buy
from a seller you have never done business with. Some attackers try to trick
you by creating malicious websites that appear legitimate, so you should verify
the site before supplying any information. ?Make sure the site is legitimate:
Before you enter your personal and financial information to make an online
transaction, look for signs that the site is secure.
with Fashionothon Contd.. ?Protect your personal information:
Before providing personal or financial information, check the website's privacy
policy. Make sure you understand how your information will be stored and used.
?Keep a paper trail: Read your credit card statements as soon as you get them
to make sure there aren’t any unauthorized charges. If there is a discrepancy,
call your bank and report it immediately.
with Fashionothon Contd.. ?Use safe payment options: Credit
cards are generally the safest option because they allow buyers to seek a
credit from the issuer if the product isn’t delivered or isn’t what was
ordered. ?Turn your computer off when you’re finished shopping: Many people
leave their computers running and connected to the Internet all day and night.
This gives scammers 24/7 access to your computer to install malware and commit
cyber-crimes.