Friday, January 7, 2011

Guidelines for Consumers While Shopping Online

Generally shoppers feel that online shopping can be convenient and easy, it helps to save the money, time and energy. But there is a risk of fraudulent transactions and product scams also. So customer should be careful to have safe online shopping. There are few suggestions, such as:

Check the ownership: Before purchasing any item online, you need to check whether sellers are a company or individual. Quality assurance certificates or seals on the website can be checked. Website which receives positive feedback from people or customers can be chosen to make purchases through online.


Do comparison shopping: It is better to compare the prices and shopping deals of one online store with other stores. You may get the products at lower price.


Review the policies and terms: Shopper should read the terms and policies like delivery process, return policies and more, before purchasing any thing through online. Many best online stores provides customers product replacement, product return, refund, free shipping, privacy and more. So you can choose a best online store according to policies and terms.


Know about payment facilities: There should be a secure transaction system or a payment facility by which unique fraud features are offered. You need to make some background check with your friends and others, who succeeded in using particular payment system, before entering credit card transaction.


Know about storage of financial information: Customer should verify that card information will not be stored in the system, before giving credit card information. Credit card information is removed from the computer and browser, by web page and clearing the memory and disk caches.


By following these guidelines, you may get a safe online shopping apart from convenience and fun.

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