These days, it is becoming a more common occurrence for people to shop online via their computers or mobile phones, especially in the current COVID-19 pandemic period, where people sometimes have no choice but to shop online at home. This has played a very positive role in protecting the environment, while dealing a fatal blow to high street retail businesses, hence negatively affecting some people’s lives through the consequent redundancies. In this essay, I will discuss these issues or concerns, as well as my views.