Nowadays we as a society have started to live virtually more than physically, we do more things online than we go out and do in the real world. The internet has replaced the mail by email, telephone by VOIP, and now even TV is available online. So people can download their favorite shows and watch them at their convenience. So is it any wonder that everything across the world is available online?
You can do internet shopping even at midnight, from the comfort of your own home, without having to get dressed and spend on gas to go stand in a supermarket line. When you do your shopping online, you can order whatever you need, pay by card or bank transfer and have it delivered. So why carry cash, go stand in line, and drive through traffic and physically carry your shopping?
Online shopping is a form of electronic commerce whereby consumers directly buy goods or services from a seller over the Internet without an intermediary service. An online shop, eshop, e-store, Internet shop, webshop, webstore, online store, or virtual store evokes the physical analogy of buying products or services at a bricks-and-mortar retailer or shopping centre. The process is called business-to-consumer online shopping. When a business buys from another business it is called business-to-business online shopping. The largest online retailing corporations are EBay and Amazon.com, both of which are US-based.