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e -Shopping
e-Shopping or online shopping means buying or selling products on the Internet.
In the process of purchasing a product, we visit a shop to look for the required product and to gather
details about its look, quality, brand, utility, durability, price, etc. Once we are satisfied with the product,
we pay the required amount to the shopkeeper by cash or by means of cheque and take the goods .
But in online shopping, there is no need to visit a shop; rather, the buyer simply has to visit the web site
of the manufacturer or the trader of the product; browse the product’s catalog and view details of the
product on the screen of the monitor and after being satisfied, one can put in purchase orders to the
supplier/ manufacturer through e-mail or can upload details in the form for purchase order in the website
of the trader/manufacturer for purchasing the product and can make the payment through credit card or
by e-banking facility.
The buyer mentions his address and the product is delivered afterwards by courier or by other means at
his address. In this way, transaction becomes much easier between a vendor and a customer.
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Comparison between e-Shopping and Traditional Shopping
Following are the differences between e-Shopping and traditional shopping:
1. In e-Shopping the customer does not need to go to a shop, so one can save time and energy but in
traditional shopping, the customer needs to go to the shop.
2. In e-Shopping the buyer can browse the websites of different manufacturers or retailers and can
select a product of his choice amongst hundreds of variety of the same product, but in a traditional
shop, buyer can view only a limited variety of product as he may not be able to go to all the
vendors.
3. In e-Shopping the buyer may receive the product in some period of time but in traditional shopping
the buyer receives the delivery of the product instantly.
4. In e-Shopping a buyer can just learn about the product (by viewing on the screen or by reading about
its description) but in traditional shopping one can touch, feel and judge about the product in a shop
at the time of purchasing.
5. In e-Shopping sometimes the user can buy product directly at the factory price but in traditional
shopping the product reaches the buyer through several channels, which results in the increase of the
price of product.
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