Buying and Shopping Online

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Buying andShopping Online

• Digital Media Center

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Topics of Todays Workshop

• Introduction
• Pros and Cons
• Searching the Web
• Online Stores
• Reputation
• Shopping Cart
• Check Product Descriptions
• Compare Prices

• Look for Promotions
• Shipping
• Provide Correct Information
• Payment
• Call
• Status
• Auctions
• Happy Shopping

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Introduction
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Pros and Cons

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Searching the Web

• You can search for many online stores with a
  search engine
• Google is a meta-crawler search engine
• It searches through other engines across the web
  and usually provides the most feedback per search
• www.google.com

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Online Stores

• Mostly all big brands are online
• Some you can buy directly from their site, some
  still are unavailable for online purchases

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Reputation

• Before buying check the reputation of the brand
  or the online store
• Always look for the Better Business logo on sites
  you are unfamiliar with or are not major name
  brands

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Shopping Cart

• You can add and remove items from your online
  shopping cart
• Recalculate totals in most carts
• Get subtotals before finalizing purchases

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Check Product Descriptions

• Always check color, material and dimensions
  carefully
• Remember, what you see on the screen may not
  match when it gets home

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Compare Prices

• Compare prices of the product from various
  websites and online stores

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Look for Promotions

• Look for special and promotional offers on the
  online stores
• Many online stores offer automatic updates, you
  just offer the your email and the offers come
  directly to your mailbox

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Shipping

• Be careful of shipping costs, some sites
  automatically select the most expensive route of
  shippingalways choose carefully
• Medium of shipping (will it arrive by UPS or
  FedEx?)
• Expected date of arrival of theshipment

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Provide Correct Information

• Give your correct address, phone number and
  other preferences

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Payment

• Check payment options
• Pay by credit card

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Call

• If you are unsure of the product, or the online
  shopping site, it should list a phone number
• Before buying you can call the site for your
  satisfaction, or confirmation that the product is
  exactly what you want
• Caution Do not order from a site that lists no
  phone number, if there is a problem once you
  receive merchandise, you will likely have more
  problems getting help to return it

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Status

• Check status of you order form the online store
• Check the shipment status

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Auctions

• Name your own price
• Buy anything
• Used or unused
• www.ebay.com

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Happy Shopping