I am not fully aware about popularity of online shopping in India neither do i am trying to analyse it.
I am not a shopaholic (though many people around me exclaims that loudly) but i admit i do shop online quite frequently.If you have not yet shopped online, here is the Pros & Cons
PROS
1.If you are buying things from reputed sites(my trustworthy sites for household essentials are flipkart.com,homeshop18.com and for cloths and fashion accessories jabong.com,myntra.com) you can be rest assured about authenticity of the product.On top of that delivery is really quick,of-course if you are not looking it for same day evening party.
2.Collection is really very wide particularly if you have similar opinion as i have.Cloths in shopping mall is outdated,restricted to few types only and literally stinks.The day i have started shopping online i hate going to mall.
3.Well if you are smart shopper that means being little good in maths you can really save good amount shopping using coupons.
4.Most of the item you get in lower price than the physical shopping.
5.It saves time,particularly if you use only unproductive hours of your working or non-working hour.
6.It saves your fuel,parking fee,unnecessarily overpriced junk-food (this point is valid only if you are not in the category of people those fun and happiness exist in visiting and spending time in mall.If you take a person like me who resides 30 km away from nearest shopping mall,avoid all junk-food and hate crowd at all cost, online shopping is a boon :) )
CONS
1.Kill time.Be watchful else you will spend lots of time browsing daily for hours.
2.Spend more money if addicted.Be aware this habit can be addictive and contagious.Keep watch of your need else
every time you will be tempted to shop.
3.Full of hassle if you are not aware of your body size.Well every individual have different body size,not everyone has proportioned body to fit into categorised size,particularly size varies with brand too.
4.Sometime may get unauthenticated product.Though this problem is not associated with reputed sites but you never know sometime hard-luck may take it.
My Recommendations:
*For electronic gadgets,personnel care,home appliances i found flipkart is the winner though price is little costlier than others.You can still spend for their good service.
*For cloths and fashion - ethnic wear collection is better in Jabong.com but for trendy wear myntra wins the show.Another benefit is Myntra is a bit cheaper and offers are abundant as compare to Jabong but myntra.com website really sucks so choice is your.
*For containers,lunch box,and other small home needs i felt homeshop18.com is cheapest and best.
Whatever mentioned above is as per my personnel experience other individual may have their own opinion.Never do shopping blind eyed,calculate your need, realize you want,make a deadline for expenses you will never cross per month and shop smartly.
Hope my review and advice will help.Have a happy shopping.
Please give your valuable feedback if it helps.
