Online shopping is now replacing shopping in the store. Do you think it is a positive or negative development?

Nowadays purchasing products over the

internet

is taking the place of buying products in the physical shop. In my opinion, there are both positive and negative effects. On the one hand, there are many advantages that we purchase online.

First

, it is extremely convenient to buy things through the

internet

. You may just go to a website, click several buttons, you place an order in just a few minutes, you don’t need to spend time on transportation. To just give you an example, I live in a suburb of the city and there are only a little bit of shops in the local community. I have a full-time job and I need to take care of my two daughters. I couldn’t squeeze time to go to the shopping

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which are in the heart of the city. Online shopping saves

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time.

Second

, no matter the goods are in the USA, the UK, or in Mainland China, it is very easy for me to order goods via the

internet

. It does not need to fly to other countries to buy products. We may just visit their websites and place orders online.

Finally

, buying online is much low-priced than buying in physical shops. Renting physical stores to show goods costs a lot of money.

Instead

of renting physical stores, online stores seller may only need to rent warehouses that should be much low-cost than the shops in the shopping mall. Sometimes, we may even buy the products from the direct manufacturer.

For instance

, many winter coats are expensive in Hong Kong, but the prices selling on the

internet

are much cheaper.

On the other hand

, e-payment is used for online payment. Paypal, Alipay, Wechat pay, Google pay, Apple Pay, and credit cards are popular for online shopping. People might spend as much as

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oney they have or even overdraw their bank accounts.

Moreover

, security is another issue that we worry about. Some hackers may steal your credit card information and use some illegal activities. The lack of e-commerce security knowledge against fraud contributed around $6 billion in 2018. In conclusion, there are many advantages of shopping on the

internet

, but not all of the outcomes of

this

revolution have been positive.