Online Shopping: Advantages and Disadvantages

Online Shopping: Advantages and Disadvantages

1. Advantages

   • Can shop 24/7
   • Bigger choice available
   • Easy to compare prices
   • Convenient for people who are less able to go out and shop
     • The elderly
     • People with disabilites
     • Mothers with young children

2. Disadvantages

   • Delivery can take a long time, or may not be on time at all
   • You can't try or see the products before you buy them
     • Clothes or shoes may be the wrong size
     • Food may have gone off
     • Product may turn out to be different than the photo
   • Not everyone has access to the internet
   • The only way to pay is with a credit or debit card
     • Can lead to fraud
     • Some people don't have a credit or a debit card