How to shop online safely?

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Gone are the days when the user goes to a shopping center and purchase the product of their choice and handing over the credit card to the store keeper. Technology advancements have paved the way for increasing online shopping trend. And everything you will get on your internet tips itself.

 

But one major factor that the user is wary while doing online shopping is giving the credit card details, if the user land in the wrong online shopping website, then the user is sure to get disappointed.

 

How to shop online safely?

Here are some tips by means of which users can shop online safely.

Ensure the contact details of the Online Retailer before shopping

  • Ensure that the online shopping retailer is reputed and recognized


  • Check the external store status


  • Check the name, company registration details of the users country and the contact details that includes e-mail, postal address as well as telephone number


  • Keep a note of the company’s headquarters

  • Search for detailed information regarding the Company’s reputation

    • Check the ‘comments’ posted on the consumer review sites


    • Check for the complaints via a Consumer Affair Bureau such as the Better Business Bureau


    • Once the user purchases something from the website, they can e-mail or make a phone call to the company and can ask questions

    • Check for the billing, delivery and guarantee information

      • Check the Packaging costs


      • Check the Delivery Costs

        • Make sure whether the user will be billed before or after purchase


        • Make sure whether the product comes with sufficient guarantee as well as warranty if some sort of defects happens


        • Look out for the information regarding cancellation, returns as well as refunds


        • Check whether the user or the company will have to bear the cost of the returning item


        • Check whether there is any discount for the item the user is purchasing

        • Read the site’s privacy policy

          • Check for the web seal approval of the website


          • Check for the ‘Trust-Mark’ programs

          • Make use of secure websites for fund transactions

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