In today's world, functioning without the most integral entity such as the internet is simply next to impossible. No other technology developed and was able to envelope the entire globe like the internet. Necessities of life and accomplishing daily tasks; beginning from buying groceries to making business transactions, all kinds of motives are achieved using the internet. Owing to the broadband connections and the cable networks, most of the computers are hooked to the addictive world of glamour, style, fashion and trend around the clock.

The most captivating achievement of the internet however, is the facility of online shopping. Shopping has been simplified and made easy without facing the trouble of leaving the house etc. Online shopping covers nearly every thinkable item, every accessory, consumer goods, capital goods, machinery and what not. The transaction is simply made through the consumer's credit card.

Stores located in the neighborhood can be found, customary or traditional stores allow customers to purchase goods on sale and which they can collect afterwards from their local stores. The boosting competition has provoked departmental markets into promoting online at reasonable prices.

Online shopping service covers a wide range of commodities that is not only confined to clothes, accessories and electronics but now renowned book-sellers offer oceans of books for sale through their specific websites. Inexpensive text, stories including fiction, non fiction, novels, encyclopedia, dictionaries and even second hand books are available. It is a huge advantage for readers and students working part time as it tends to save time and energy both. Secondly, students are able to save a considerable amount of their allowances when they can have books they need at their doorstep. Online booking for hotel rooms, vacation trips, dine-outs, flight reservations all of these are a few advantages of online shopping.

People seem to have none to spare anymore, so even minor commodities like groceries are now being purchased through the net. Internet is a perfectly handy, automated system for working people who are willing to pay the handling and shipping charges than to have to deal with the cashiers, shoppers, and shopkeepers. Partly tax-exemption is yet another favorable circumstance for online customers.

With the exception of minor drawbacks such as extra charges, deception in quality, delayed delivery, fraudulent transactions etc online shopping is definitely lucrative for both the customer as well as the seller.