Online Shopping (Junior Cert Home Economics): 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.