Michael Chung

Internet Research

Research Paper

 

The changes that the internet has brought to shopping

 

            The internet has changed many aspects of ways of life. For instance, shopping and ways of shopping have changed greatly because of the internet and its capabilities and possibilities. Few years ago we would have to go out to the store to buy clothes or any other necessities. The closest you would get to buying things and having them delivered to you was through mail order catalogs. The problem with this was often times catalogs maybe out of date, the products in the catalog are not current. With the internet this has become a problem of the past. People can see up to date sales of items from specials and the newest of products to be sold in stores.

 

            Furthermore, the internet has made things less complicated for people who have disabilities and are unable to get around on their own. In the case of people with disabilities they can have the option of the benefit of using the internet to order even groceries now. There are many benefits that the internet has brought to the shopping world. Whether it be clothing, household goods, foods, etc all are available via the internet. As we all know that there are benefits to online shopping and the endless possibilities of shopping via internet. Moreover since there are benefits there will also be a downside of shopping over the internet.

           

The downside to shopping that has been brought upon with the internet is the issue of fraud. Cases of fraud, ranging from online auction fraud, identity theft, mail fraud, credit card fraud, and any other frauds that are related to internet shopping and internet privacy issues. When a person chooses to shop online using cyberspace they are taking a small chance of becoming a victim of fraud or identity theft. Even with the types of software and technology in which are used to prevent such occurrences, you still can be vulnerable at least a little bit. Then on the other hand fraud can happen anywhere to anyone even when not shopping using the internet. You can become a fraud victim in a department store where you use your credit card and a corrupt employee takes you credit card number and uses it. There are some steps that can be taken to prevent becoming a victim to online fraud as described in a consumers guide. The steps are know who you are dealing with, guard your personal information, pay the safest way, look for information on how complaints are handled, be aware of companies in which complaints are not addressed, understand the offer, be cautious of unsolicited emails, and beware of imposters. These are a few steps to help a person be less likely to become a victim of online fraud.

 

Over the years internet has changed the shopping industry. Shopping has become more convenient than ever before. Furthermore companies have turned to internet stores to make up lost sales in retail store over the past few years. Some companies have shown increase in sales on internet stores over retail stores. Additionally on occasions you may find products which are no longer sold in companies retail stores but are still able to find over the internet. For instance one company which has dominated the internet shopping industry is Ebay. A company which started locally, has given many people the chance to make money using their online auction site. This allows individuals to sell varieties of different products and even be able to get a great deal on certain things. Ebay even was one of the few companies which showed increased in stock shares during the economic difficulties.

 

As time goes on technology continues to grow. As peoples live become more busy with less time to do things such as shop and go out for a walk on the town. Internet shopping will continue to grow, with the help of those who are too busy with work and other things to go out and shop. This is where the convenience the internet has brought to the aspect of shopping. Imagine your so busy to even buy groceries, all you have to do in our society today is just log on to the internet go to you grocery store website and pretty much buy all the items you need and have it delivered to you doorstep. Can shopping be anymore convenient, since the internet, has changed all the aspects of shopping.

 

Pretty amazing what technology does for the people in our world. Making the lazy even lazier, the people who have disabilities have greater access to things which they had difficulties accessing before, and not to leave out the busy people who have barely enough time for anything other than work. The internet has been such a great advancement for the shopping industry. Everyone always needs things or wants things, what better way to sell and market items but over the internet. Its basically your mail order catalog but always up to date, showing the newest products. Remember years ago mail order catalogs were a big hit in the United States. Mail order companies such as Sear Roebuck and CO made big money with the idea of mail order catalogs. Similarly the internet has brought us mail order shopping for the twenty first century  by turning mail order to internet order.

 

Just like a revolutionary introduction all over again with a minor twist. Now it’s the internet making the way of mail order sales in stead of old bulky catalogs to look through. Catalogs are posted on the worldwide web with unlimited capacity to how much information can be shown and even seen.

 

Furthermore, the internet has given a vast variety of access to the world and the different things the world has to offer. You get the chance to see things from other parts of the world without even leaving the privacy of their own home. Nonetheless you wouldn’t even need to take a trip across the world to get things you normally would have to do to get certain things. Internet has brought great advantages to shopping and world of commerce. The world has become very advance with many various things and world trade has flourished with the benefits of internet shopping and internet sales. If internet had not been introduced world commerce may not be as big as it has become over the years. So the benefits of the internet and the benefits that the internet has brought is unlimited, although the downfalls to internet shopping has its fair share of bad issues, but can be overcome as technology advances.

 

Since everything is merging with technology it was only a matter of time before shopping would merge with advance technology.  After all the world works around convenience for the lives of people. Each and everyday people work to make things more simplistic with technology and advancements in every possible way. The internet being introduced to the world of shopping has been probably one of the best advancements that could have been made. In the sense, that items that could only be found on the other side of the world, can be found and purchased over the internet. Flavors from all over the world, from Asia, European countries and the sort can be purchased over the internet. This was once before not possible without the long delays in time with the product being shipped way after purchase and the time in which it took to actually get the order over to the other end of the world.

 

Research Paper References

 

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http://www.netresult.ws/marketing/

The communication revolution and internet marketing.

 

http://polaris.umuc.edu/~rclark2/economic.htm

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Making the internet profitable.