Online Shopping (Junior Cert Home Economics): Revision Notes
📚 Revision Notes
Online Shopping
Online Shopping
Online shopping has changed how consumers buy goods and services.
Advantages:
✔ Large choice of goods.
✔ Compare prices, brands, and styles easily.
✔ Convenient – shop from home at any time.
✔ Goods are delivered to your home/workplace.
✔ Some companies offer next-day delivery and order tracking.
✔ Prices can be cheaper or discounted.
Disadvantages:
✘ Risk of impulse buying, overspending, and debt.
✘ You can't check the quality or try on items.
✘ Returning unsuitable goods is time-consuming.
✘ Requires a debit/credit card or a PayPal account.
✘ Risk of fraud* if bank details are hacked.
📌 *Fraud is when someone tricks or deceives another person to gain something unfairly, usually money or something valuable.