Argumentative Essay About Online Shopping

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Online shopping is now becoming popular trend among young and old shoppers here in the Philippines. It has made shopping more convenient and easy. This new shopping channel allows every shoppers to directly buy goods or services over the internet and have them all delivered right at your doorstep. It save up time, money, and effort. You don 't need to go out and mix yourself with the crowd of shoppers. Basically, all you need is a valid mode of payment, a shipping address, and of course, an access to an internet to complete a transaction. Lots of shopping sites, big and small, can seen in the internet. Among them are the giant shopping sites like Alibaba, Aliexpress, Amazon, and eBay. Locally, we have the Lazada, Zalora and many others. …show more content…

Inspite of the convenience of online shopping, the risk of being a victim a fraudaulent transaction is always there. Being vigilant and choosing a highly-trusted shopping sites may lessen or even avoid the risk of being victim. The risk it involved is likely the reason why it is not favorable among other shoppers. We can 't blame them because we hear and see all these things happening everyday. For an average earner like me, I can 't afford to throw out my hard-earned money just as easy as …show more content…

You may wonder how I did it. I have some ideas to share and I hope it will also works in you.

1. Focus on buying few, small item/s from one seller.
2. Don 't buy in one seller only if you intend to buy in larger quantity. For commercial quantities, a cargo forwarder can assist you in consolidation and customs clearance.
3. Look for another sellers who has the same item for the remaining quantity or on the same seller provided that another purchase must be made few days or a week from the last purchased. This is to make sure the package will not come out bulky or heavy.
4. Don 't be hesitant to contact the seller beforehand. Not everyone is nice and accommmodating.
5. Mentioned all your concerns to the seller like packaging of the item, labelling and price

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