Advantages
- Online stores are usually available 24 hours a day, and many consumers have Internet access both at work and at home.
- One advantage of shopping online is being able to quickly seek out deals for items or services provided by many different vendors.
- Customers can shop for how long they want until the shop closes.
- Shop at your own pace.
- You can access the shop virtually without leaving your house.
- Can access the website anytime.
- Can pay online via debit, credit and PayPal making it safer to pay.
Disadvantages
- Fraud and security concerns, delivery fees
- Lack of full cost disclosure
- Privacy- Privacy of personal information is a significant issue for some consumers.
- Many consumers wish to avoid spam and telemarketing which could result from supplying contact information to an online merchant.
- Consumers without a car will have to carry the shopping all the way home.
- Shipping cost on your item can be extremely high in comparison to what you paid for the sofa, sometimes making the purchase not worth it.
- Most of the time you need to wait a period of time to receive your product/item.
- Online stores are usually available 24 hours a day, and many consumers have Internet access both at work and at home.
- One advantage of shopping online is being able to quickly seek out deals for items or services provided by many different vendors.
- Customers can shop for how long they want until the shop closes.
- Shop at your own pace.
- You can access the shop virtually without leaving your house.
- Can access the website anytime.
- Can pay online via debit, credit and PayPal making it safer to pay.
Disadvantages
- Fraud and security concerns, delivery fees
- Lack of full cost disclosure
- Privacy- Privacy of personal information is a significant issue for some consumers.
- Many consumers wish to avoid spam and telemarketing which could result from supplying contact information to an online merchant.
- Consumers without a car will have to carry the shopping all the way home.
- Shipping cost on your item can be extremely high in comparison to what you paid for the sofa, sometimes making the purchase not worth it.
- Most of the time you need to wait a period of time to receive your product/item.