Nowadays, more and more people choose to do their shopping online instead of going to physical stores. Why is this so? What are the disadvantages of this trend?

Advances in technology have introduced us to online shopping. Many people now visit shopping websites to purchase goods

instead

of visiting shopping centres.

This

essay will

first

outline the reason for

this

which is the convenience of the buyer and

then

highlight the drawbacks of

this

which include payment of additional delivery costs and the purchase of defective products.

To begin

with, the main reason why many people are using websites to shop is that

this

process is convenient. One can sit in the comfort of their home and acquire a product of their choice.

Moreover

,

this

saves a lot of time and energy which would have been wasted travelling all the way to a mall or a supermarket.

For instance

, homemakers can procure groceries online, which are generally delivered in a span of a few minutes. Previously, people needed to walk up to the supermarket, buy the products and

then

come back home.

This

entire process used to consume an hour.

However

, there are a fair number of drawbacks associated with

this

such

as paying extra money for the shipping costs and at times the product delivered might have certain defects. One significant disadvantage of

this

is the delivery cost which is generally added to the total cost and at times it is costlier than the commodity.

This

acts like an added expense and sometimes it is unreasonable.

In addition

to

this

, a commodity purchased through the net can be defective.

This

is highly inappropriate for the customer who has already paid money for the goods.

For example

, electrical appliances purchased through websites could have inherent functional problems and clothes bought can be of a different size. In conclusion, many potential customers prefer using technology to buy new things and

this

number is significantly increasing over time due to the convenience associated with

this

.

However

,

this

method of buying things has its downsides which include additional expenditure and delivery of improper goods.