Do the advantages of internet shopping outweigh the disadvantages

In today’s world, shopping has become more popular because of technology. People rarely go out to purchase items like groceries, flight tickets and books. In my opinion, the drawback of internet shopping has overshadowed by its benefits because of the variety of options available and moreover it saves time and money.

One of the major advantages of shopping online is that it saves time and money. One need not have to spare time in going out for purchasing .People order goods in a fraction of second in online. For example, people can order items when they are working in office, household chores and thus the burden of going out for purchasing goods for longer hours can be reduced. Moreover it saves money when we order goods during discount sale. For instance, shopping websites like Amazon, flipkart provides offers for customers very often in groceries where one can buy item for Re.1. Similarly goibibo, makemytrip websites provides various offers for air tickets which are very less compared to the original price.

Another benefit is these websites gives variety of options during purchase. While ordering one can check for the reviews of the product by other customers, can compare prices with other websites opt for delivery options and furthermore can check for used goods. For example, Amazon sells various second hand sale good products especially in book categories. Used books, paper copy books, e-books are also available which cannot be found in offline sites.

Though the advantages of internet shopping are on rise, the major disadvantage is that local vendors and retailers are most affected economically. Local markets lose their business when most of the people prefer online as their shopping area. For example, a recent survey in NewYork Times tells that the 90% people book their air tickets through these shopping zones because of their great offers and incomparable fewer prices. Because of this the local air ticket vendors are losing their jobs gradually

To conclude, the internet shopping has taken a new adventure in people’s mind of shopping which saves their time, money and choose multiple options to a great extent. Inspite of the shortcomes in local vendor’s business, the growth of online shopping is always on the rise