There is a saying if there is a God, there is an Evil as well. In the same way if there are advantages of online shopping there are disadvantages of online shopping as well. We need to accept the disadvantages of online shopping with the same script as we are accepting the advantages. Lets discuss more about the disadvantages of online shopping. Return Policy If you received the damaged product or product is nor working as per your expectation than you can return the product however sometime the return of the product ids difficult due to complicated return policy which is not customer friendly. Can't feel the product When you plan to buy the product you always wants to try it as you want to check how it looks on you & wants to check the fitting as well, in online shopping this facility is not available. We can say that this is one of the biggest drawback of online shopping. More time on shopping platform When companies roll out discounts & offers customers tends to shop more as customers think about buying the more & spending less. Soon this will turn into habit & many customers will be habitual buyers. No Sales Assistance Sometime customers get confused about the products, like what to buy or what not to buy. In this situation sales assistance is a big help, however when you do online shopping such assistance is not possible to get. Delay in Shipping
It difficult to give the guarantee of the on time delivery, may be your shipment delivered to the wrong address or may be delayed by longer than expected. Delay in delivery in the very common issue in online shopping. Data Privacy This is the major threat as we give our personal email & contact numbers & address as well, some or the other way such confidential information can be used in a wrong way. Many companies are trying to tackle with this issue & still working on it. Risk of Fraud Online shopping could be one other reasons for online fraud. When customers do online shopping they tend to save the credit card on the website to make the payment for the future, this may leads to the fraud Conclusion No matter what customers can do they can't escape & hide from the disadvantages of online shopping. They has to be very careful while doing online shopping.