Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Shopping in Pakistan

Online shopping has become quite popular for the last few years in Pakistan. People prefer sitting at home and buying stuff online rather than going outside in hot or cold weather, getting stuck in the traffic on the roads and going from one place to another to find their desired products. Although Online shopping in Pakistan has facilitated people in numerous ways, it also has some disadvantages.
Let me tell you some of it's advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages of Online Shopping:

Talking about the advantages of e-commerce , here are the few main points that you need to know:

1. Saves your time

You don't need to take special time out to go to the market to buy the desired products. It saves at least 2-3 hours that you spend while shopping in the market.

2. Huge Variety

This is also a great advantage of online shopping. There's a huge variety of stuff on different websites or pages that helps you choose from a lot of options. 

3. Doesn't require much effort

So, this helps you a lot buy saving your energy too. You don't have to go here and there looking for the products that you want and spending time and energy for hours. You don't feel exhausted after shopping your favorite products.

Disadvantages of Online Shopping:

Now, let me mention a few disadvantages of e-commerce as well. Here they are:

1. Quality is not guaranteed

The first fear that comes in your mind while thinking about online shopping is about the quality of the product. You are not sure whether you'll get the same product in hand, that you're seeing on the internet or not. 

2. Takes time

It's hard to wait for weeks for your stuff to arrive, no? This is what I hate about online shopping. You have to wait for days or weeks or even months. I don't like it at all.

3. Extra delivery charges

This is such a pain especially if you want to buy something little because you don't want to pay the shipment charges more than the original price of the product.

These were the advantages and disadvantages of online shopping in Pakistan that were in my mind. Do you know more? Let me know in the comments!