Currently, people are increasingly doing their shopping on the Internet
instead
of going to the stores. I personally believe
this
tendency has both positive and negative effects which will be discussed below.
On the other hand
, there are some benefits of online shopping.
First
of all, internet shopping has outstanding advantages in
time
saving matter. They can
shop
from their home or workplace and do not have to spend
time
travelling. To illustrate
this
, traditional purchasing used to take a lot of
time
for checking the price and choose a favourite style.
However
, with online shopping,
for
example
, people may get the price about the products in a
second
.
Secondly
, online shopping has opened a large of choices for customers. It allows customers to compare different brands and products.
For instance
, buyers can easily compare the shoes of Cova and Vans, while it is very difficult to do that at stores.
Lastly
, the other advantage is that because internet companies do not need a
shop
, the products which they sell are often cheaper.
, as an
example
, to attract customers to
shop
online, they offer discounts to the customers monthly.
There are some limitations on the spread of shopping on the Internet.
Firstly
, as many economists point out that the trend of online shopping make unemployment rate be on the rise.
For instance
,
instead
of hiring several shopkeepers, online
shop
owners may manage their business from their own, which affect greatly on the labour market, especially workers.
Furthermore
, the products sold online are often less reliable than expected. A customer has to buy a product without actually seeing how it looks like. The colour, appearance in real may not match with the electronic images. A T-shirt, as an
example
, you cannot examine what you are buying until after you have bought it. Another drawback is that customers cannot try products before making a purchase. As an
example
, a girl cannot try wearing a dress to see whether it fits her body.
In conclusion, online shopping has both advantages and disadvantages in modern society when purchasers buy something online. Shopping online is the form of being saved
time
, it is convenient to choose the best prices or brands, and the products are often economical.
However
,
this
form of shopping online
also
has disadvantages about the quality of products may be disappointing, the rate of unemployment has trended to rise fast, and we do not sample a product before buying it.