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The festive season brings with it the fun and laughter of ones near and dear and also the long list of shopping for gifts. However turbulent the economy might be, shopping for gifts during festivals is the inherent part of festivities. The technologically enhanced business world has provided the die-hard shoppers with online shopping facilities. While shopping for a large range of products, online shopping becomes an easy option. Though large shopping malls have opened up in most of the cities with a number of retail brands under the same roof, online shopping has its own advantages.

With the change in the purchasing capacity of customers, and the vast use of Internet, online shopping has caught up even among the younger generation. Initially, online sales where effective only for Pizza outlets and book stores which started in 1992. However, the payment for the purchase online books, the online Pizza shops started the concept of cash-on-delivery. Realizing the time and energy saved by getting products delivered at the doorstep has facilitated the change in the online shopping trends. Today with a number of shopping portals offering a variety of products across the World Wide Web, purchasing online has become trendy.

The online shopping stores have also brought in a number of changes with the increase in the customer base. The products now available at these online stores vary from books, sweets, latest of the electronic gadgets to the most high-end products and designer wears. Going back to the history of online stores show that shopping online besides Pizza’s required one to possess a bank account, and a debit or a credit card and an access to the internet. After selecting the products required from the online shopping sites, the payments had to be made through an online bank transaction or through credit cards. The product would then be delivered after a stipulated time. However, today one can find a number of cash on delivery shopping sites, wherein one can select the products required and make the payments when it reaches your doorstep, thus giving the die-hard shoppers the feel of the product before you actually pay for it.

These cash on delivery shopping sites and the cash on delivery options given out by the leading brands through their online shopping stores have taken the business of ecommerce to greater heights. Today customers find it easy to buy everything from the comfort of ones home or office. A survey conducted shows an increase of about online shoppers from 627 million to about 875 million. With crunches in time and space, this has definitely become the preferred option.