The growth of online shopping will one day lead to all shops in towns ad cities closing. Do you agree or disagree?

E-commerce business has changed the traditional ways of shopping because of carrying some major advantages.

However

, I contend that it can never replace outlets completely

due to

some drawbacks associated with it. In

this

essay, I will discuss

this

view with examples. First of all, purchasing an

item

on the internet always carries a risk of a wrong selection, as items can not be touched, felt and seen physically. So, a wrong placement could be a waste of money when there is no replacement policy offered by the supplier, even though, if it exists, it actually costs a buyer more time to replace the

item

.

For example

,

last

year, I ordered a hair serum from Naheed, but an expired product was delivered to me. They refund the amount in the form of a voucher which I could only use at the same superstore,

also

, they charged me the delivery fees for the expired product, despite the fact, that it was of no use

for

Change preposition

to

show examples

me.

Secondly

, an e-commerce trade charges higher delivery charges which made an

item

more expensive than an

item

at a physical shop.

Also

, some suppliers set a higher slab on the minimum purchasing, so a visitor had to buy more items to fill his cart to reach the minimum amount of slab.

For instance

, The Food Panda Mart, an online shopping platform, does not allow a check-out on purchasing below PKR 5000,

thus

, a user had to spend more money to reach the defined slab.

To conclude

,

besides

the fact that online shopping websites are very convenient to make online purchases,

hence

, can not replace marts and shops in the region completely because shopping on the internet is actually costing more money and time.