These days many people prefer online shopping to conventional shopping. What are the advantages and disadvantages of online shopping.

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Shopping is considered as one of the major leisure in

21st century

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the 21st century

. As markets has widened in recent past many people prefer online purchase as

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a major source

of shopping over conventional shopping.

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transition has provided customers not only better

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satisfaction with ease. In

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the pros

and cons of online shopping over traditional shopping and how it has benefited consumers. There are

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today's

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prefer online shopping as

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the preferred choice

a preferred choice

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, online shopping provides

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a variety

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customer

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customers

the customer

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helps

buyer

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the buyer

buyers

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the latest trends

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the market

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it was noticed that on an average buyer spends 20 minutes on online purchase of

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products

the product

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, online purchase has

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additional benefits

an additional benefit

like home delivery and easy payment options for ease in shopping

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It provides many alternatives and payment modes like

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PayPal

, Net banking, Phone pay, Cash on delivery etc. Which in turn

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helps

buyers in making quick cashless payments without any hassle.

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, online shopping is time saving as all the options are available on internet sites which saves hectic window shopping time.

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, we have certain disadvantages due to which people are reluctant to shop online. Conventional shopping is preferred shopping medium for previous generations due to

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relying

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customer

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additional information about appearance, feel and comfort of

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the product

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customer

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get

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gets

in depth information about the product

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information was

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lacking in rigor or strictness

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in online shopping.

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, many customers feel that online transaction is not safe because of ever increasing cases of online fraud and

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party interface in

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a payment gateway

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resists customers from preferring online transaction for purchases over conventional shopping. There are

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the online channel

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for purchases. Modernization and technological advancement is need of time with online shopping can serve

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with ease and comfort.

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Coherence and Cohesion: 4.0

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Introduction & conclusion present

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Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 4.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 4.0

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These days many people prefer online shopping to conventional shopping. What are the advantages and disadvantages of online shopping.

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Many offenders commit more crimes after their first punishment. Why is this happening, and what measures can be taken to tackle this problem?

In some countries, most people prefer to rent a house rather than buy their houses. What are the advantages of renting a home? Should governments subsidies house prices for first home buyers?

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The floor plan shows changes made to a home during a 6-month period.

Earlier technological developments brought more benefits and changed the lives of ordinary people more than recent developments ever will. To what extent do you agree or disagree?