Scope of online shopping

Purchasing and selling products and services over the internet without the need of going physically to the market is what online shopping all about. Online shopping is just like a retail store shopping that we do by going to the market, but it is done through the internet. Online shopping has made shopping painless and added more fun. Online stores offer product description, pictures, comparisons, price and much more. Few examples of these are Amazon.com, ebay.com, framt.com and the benefits of online shopping is that by having direct access to consumer ,the online stores can offer products that cater to the needs of consumer ,cookies can be used for tracking the customer selection over the internet or what is of their interest when they visit the site again . Online shopping makes use of digital technology for managing the flow of information, products, and payment between consumer, site owners and suppliers. Online shopping can be either B2B (business to business) or B2C (business to consumer)


Shopping cart is one of the important facility provided in online shopping, this lets customer to browse different goods and services and once they select an item to purchase they can place the item in shopping cart, and continue browsing till the final selection. Customers can even remove the items from shopping cart that were selected earlier before they place the final order. It reminds us of shopping basket that we carry in departmental store