With the festive period now upon us, many of us are shopping for our friends and family. Christmas shopping has definitely come a long way from the days of queuing up in front of department stores to online shopping. Internet has surely changed the way we did shopping five years back. Now we shop from the comfort of our room, so no getting stuck in the traffic, fighting for parking space, no lines to wait in and no lugging around shopping bags. Now we sit on our couch in front of the fire and a favorite beverage at our side, open the laptop and get connected to internet, click on our favorite shopping site, search for the best deals online and order stuffs and then sit back to wait for them to be delivered to our front door.
There's another reason that can be accounted for the increasing popularity of online shopping it saves you a lot of money. With the prices of gas so high it makes sense to stay at home and shop. Especially when you can get free shipping. You can shop at your convenience anytime you feel like as most of the sites provide the customers with 24X7 shopping. So, no need to worry about closing time or rush hour or even what to wear. You can shop in your tees and pajamas and nobody will know. Cool, isn't it? For small town shoppers who don't have many options for shopping within quick driving distance can now get access to thousands of stores online.
The trend that started 2 years back and has now become a craze amidst the online shoppers is group buying'- it's the marriage of of social media and online shopping. Group buying means putting together a group of shoppers with similar likes on a single platform and then urging them to buy items of their choice at a lower price. There are many group buying sites that sell products and services to consumers who buy in a group at a discounted rate. Shoppers can keep themselves updated on the latest deals and bargains on social media sites by following the group buying sites on Twitter or Facebook.