Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Online Shopping
- Advantages to the customer
- There is a large a variety of products
- It is easier than going to the shops.
- You can buy things from all over the world
- It may be cheaper
- Everybody can access it even if you are disabled
- No travelling costs
- 24 hour access
- You can order it at a later date
- Disadvantages to the customer
- Your banking details may be leaked
- People can get
you banking
details and cost
you a lot of
money if you
leave it logged
in.
- It can cause a lot of pollution because of all the vehicles used to delvered
- The website might
be untrustworthy
and sell products
that are of a lower
quality that they
advertise it as.
- Also they might just take your money and not send it to you
- It might be damaged
- It might come in the wrong size/ colour
- It may not get sent by mistake
or be sent to the wrong address
- You might get the wrong product sent to you
- Higher chance of credit card fraud
- Advantages to the store
- Wider range of customers
- Cheaper than having a lot of shops
- You can store everything in 1
location and not spend loads of
money buying small things for
shops like refrigerator
- Less crowds in the stores
- Spend less money on wages
- No shoplifting
- It is cheaper to set up a website than to set up a shop
- Disadvantages to the
store
- They spend a lot on delivering.
- They need a lot of trained logistics people
- Stores may be cheaper
- People might go to the shops as they can get it then and there
- Traditional shops may go in to decline
- Unemployment
- If the item is lost/ not sent or damaged the business has to refund the customer
- Specilist IT knowledged needed to set up website