Journal of Economics and Social Sciences
Электронный научный журнал

Экономические науки
Online shopping: some advantages and shortcomings
Sammer A.B. 1, Malkova Ya.Yu. 1

1. Tomsk Polytechnic University

Резюме:

As we live in the century of rapid development of information technologies, it is very difficult to meet people who haven’t heard of online shopping. Hundreds of thousands of Internet users daily resort to services of virtual shops. Internet trade gains steam both in Russia, and all around the world. This paper overviews some advantages and shortcomings of online shopping over shopping malls. Time and money saving possibilities, wide range of goods, convenient delivery and method of payment, and stressless gift-buying on holiday and pre-holiday days may be regarded as major pros of virtual shops, whereas insufficient demonstration of goods, difficulties in delivering to remote regions, risk of loss or damage, necessity of money conversion, obligatory registration procedure before shopping online are the main disadvantages.

Ключевые слова: virtual shops, online stores, online shopping


Библиографическая ссылка

Sammer A.B. 1, Malkova Ya.Yu. 1 Online shopping: some advantages and shortcomings // Journal of Economics and Social Sciences. – 2016. – № 8;
URL: jess.esrae.ru/57-203 (дата обращения: 22.12.2024).


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