Monday, January 17, 2011

Disadvantages of Online Shopping

There is no doubt that there are many advantages of online shopping. One can deal with different type of brands and stores and purchase at lower prices. Though there are advantages of online shopping, there are few disadvantages as well, such as:

Loss of enjoyment of retail shopping: Generally many people enjoy the shopping with others and people can make social connection with others by traditional shopping. If you shop individually through online then one may lose that enjoyment.



Privacy and security issues:
This is main disadvantage in online shopping. People give more preference to the privacy than security. Buyers are at risk of frauds like credit card fraud, unwanted solicitation, and use of their information for other purposes, etc. in online shopping.


Accessing the computer is necessary: First a person needs a computer to access the internet to shop. A person need to know how to access the internet and computer or else he can not purchase through online. Hence it is limited to people having internet.


Risk of categorizing the product:
There is a risk to purchase functional products like clothes, perfume and electronics, an individual can not see the functions of such items through online, so buyer may be at risk. Products which are shown in internet may not be same while looked directly. It may be difficult to see the colour, size and quality and features of item or product. If the item is not good, then buyer need to return that item.


Many choices: Though there are number of products to access, shopper may be unable to see the related information of the product through online. So it can be a disadvantage of online shopping.


So these are the disadvantages of online shopping. A person need to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the online shopping before make any order through online.

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