shopping online
Transcript: By Tasmina Islam It is brilliant for ’commodity’ products such as books, CDs, clothes – stuff that’s going to be identical, no matter where you get it from. Many supermarkets offer an online shopping service with delivery and most are excellent. Bear in mind that you won’t be able to sort through fruit and veg to look for the best, and the sell-by dates on the cold stuff will be out of your control. Enter your credit or debit card details. There will often be a few random characters on a display and you’ll be asked to enter those too. This is called ‘Captcha’, and it’s a way of making sure you’re a real person, not a piece of software designed to defraud. So, you enter your details, complete your purchase and wait for your goods to arrive. It’s as straightforward as that! Auctions are another way of shopping. You can set up an account with an online money transfer account and link it to your bank or debit/credit details. PayPal currently has a monopoly on this kind of service. Finally, if a website doesn’t give you an address and doesn’t give you a procedure on what to do if there’s a problem and you need to return goods, it’s in breach of the Distance Selling Regulations (consumer protection law) and shouldn’t be used. Other ways of shopping online How does online shopping work? How do you pay for the products you ordered online? What is online shopping like? People use online shopping because there is a wider range of goods available, and usually it's cheaper too. However there is a waiting period while the product is in the post. cheaper prices Shopping online is very popular now. With the help of online store, people all over the world can buy things from every corner of the world as you like and at the relatively cheaper price with equally good quality. It's very convenient for both the buyers and the sellers. But the problem is that there are all kinds of online stores, and not all the stores are trusted. So you should learn more before you start to go shopping online. prices are usually a lot smaller and percentages off Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_do_people_use_Online_Shopping#ixzz28KRD8wff What is online Shopping? Online shopping is the process of buying goods and services from merchants who sell on the Internet. Since the emergence of the World Wide Web, merchants have sought to sell their products to people who surf the Internet. Shoppers can visit web stores from the comfort of their homes and shop as they sit in front of the computer. You’ll need a credit or debit card and a secure password. This is something you can make up, something unique to you and something nobody should be able to guess. A different password for each site you use is ideal – perhaps a set of squiggles you can memorise followed by the name of the site you’re using. So, your password for this site might be &*^$^bbcwebwise – as long as nobody knows the &*^$^ bit, it’s unique and pretty safe. online shopping Disadvantages and advantages of shopping online Online shopping is easy. Go to the site on which you want to shop. Click on the item you want, click “add to basket” and then stop. Check that the web address in the browser starts with https (rather than http) – this means they’re using some sort of security when handling your money. Benefits of online Shopping