Popular Online Shopping Sites

AMAZON an American international electronic commerce company with headquarters in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon.com started as an online bookstore,but soon diversified,selling DVDs, VHSs, CDs, video and MP3 downloads/streaming, software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys, and jewelry. Amazon has separate retail websites for United States, United Kingdom, France, Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain, Australia, Brazil, Japan, China, India and Mexico, with sites for Sri Lanka and other South East Asian countries coming soon. Amazon also offers international shipping to certain other countries for some of its products. In 2011, it had professed an intention to launch its websites in Poland, Netherlands, and Sweden, as well. An Austrian website operates as part of the German website.



eBay is an American multinational corporation and e-commerce company, providing consumer-to-consumer sales services via the Internet. It is headquartered in San Jose, California. EBay was founded by Pierre Omidyar in 1995, and became a notable success story of the dot-com bubble; it is a multi-billion dollar business with operations localized in over thirty countries. The company manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide. In addition to its auction-style sales, the website has since expanded to include "Buy It Now" shopping; shopping by UPC, ISBN, or other kind of SKU (via Half.com); online classified advertisements (via Kijiji or eBay Classifieds); online event ticket trading (via StubHub); online money transfers (via PayPal) and other services.



TARGET is an American retailing company, founded in 1902 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States. The company is ranked 36th on the Fortune 500 as of 2013 and is a component of the Standard & Poor's 500 index. Its bullseye trademark is licensed to Wesfarmers, owners of the separate Target Australia chain, which is unrelated to Target Corporation. The first Target store was opened in 1962 in Roseville, Minnesota. Target grew and eventually became the largest division of Dayton Hudson Corporation, culminating in the company being renamed as Target Corporation in August 2000. Target operates 1,916 stores in the United States; it began operations in Canada in March 2013 and operates 127 locations through its Canadian subsidiary. In December 2013, a data breach of Target's systems affected up to 110 million customers.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Shopping



Today clothing, technology, beauty products, furniture even groceries can  be purchased via the internet. The idea of not having to wait in long lines or in traffic, shift through racks of clothing looking for the item you need or being able to shop at any time - preferably in your pjs - has caused more people to turn online for all their shopping needs.  Online furniture stores are also increasing in popularity, and will continue to increase as the internet grows. Many people are choosing to skip the trip and purchase their sofas and other home furnishing from the comfort of their home. With that said, here a few advantages/disadvantages before shopping online.

Advantages of Online Shopping
- Incredible convenience
- Price comparisons
- Infinite choice
- Easy access to consumer reviews
- Avoid crowd
- Information on product comparison easily available
- 24/7 shopping
Disadvantages of Online Shopping
- Hands-On inspection
- Shipping cost
- Wait time
- Privacy and security