Question: Many people are now choosing to buy goods online instead of purchasing them from physical stores. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of shopping online. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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contemporary world, the choices of humans are changing rapidly. Nowadays, people are preferring online shopping

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of visiting the stores in person, and

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is happening because of advancements in technology.

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shift has numerous benefits

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as digital purchasing is a time-saving process and

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can help the environment in different ways.

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of physical inspection and

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in unemployment are major drawbacks. To commence with, virtual purchasing offers

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of benefits to the consumers.

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, the first and foremost merit of

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shift is that it is completely a time-saving method. Customers can purchase anything from home, and

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gives good deals on every product with the comparison of the prices through different websites.

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, many virtual shopping apps

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as Amazon,

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Shopping offer a variety of goods

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cheap prices and do the home delivery of all purchased items.

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,

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practice gives many benefits to the ecosystem

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as buying and selling products from home can reduce the problems of traffic congestion, which can help to improve the

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air quality.

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,

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can reduce

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noise pollution as well.

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, physical examination of the product is not possible which is a major drawback of

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option. Many buying goods need live checking for different purposes

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as in clothing items’ quality, type of fabric for

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, and perfect size. It is mandatory to check, but in online shopping,

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is impossible.

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, the second disadvantage of

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alteration is an increase in unemployment cases as employers do not need more employees in stores. In the recent decade, many people

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their jobs and

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unemployed.

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, a recent study

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Oxford University found that 65% persons lost their jobs after Covid-19 as

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was the time when online shopping was at the peak period.

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, every shift has its own pros and cons. Digital purchasing can save time and protect the ecosystem in many ways, which are some major merits.

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, the poor physical examination and increase in

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job-losing cases are major cons which cannot be ignored!