On Line Shopping

Online shopping or online retailing is a form of electronic commerce whereby consumers directly buy goods or services from a seller over the Internet without an intermediary service. An online shop, e-shop, e-store, Internet shop, web-shop, web-store, online store, or virtual store evokes the physical analogy of buying products or services at a bricks-and-mortar retailer or shopping center. The process is called business-to-consumer (B2C) online shopping. When a business buys from another business it is called business-to-business (B2B) online shopping. The largest online retailing corporations are E-Bay and Amazon.com, both of which are US-based.

Indiatimes Shopping is the ecommerce division of The Times Group, India's largest media conglomerate. It is one of the pioneers electronic commerce in India and services its customers through various channels including online, selling over phone and also selling in bulk through B2B channel. It also provides platform services for brands to go online and sell their wares in partnership through its White-label product. Some of the major categories sold through Indiatimes Shopping include Mobile phones and other Consumer electronics, Books, Apparels & Accessories, Jewellery, Music, Movies, Games, Baby Products etc. Indiatimes Shopping operates through a mix of warehousing, drop-shipment and pure marketplace models.

 Following are some of the best online shopping sites in India.

www.flipkart.com

www.ebay.in

www.tradus.com

www.indiaplaza.com

www.tradus.com

www.futurebazaar.com

www.infibeam.com

www.homeshop18.com

www.yebhi.com

www.snapdeal.com

www.indiaplaza.com

www.myntra.com

www.shopclues.com

www.pepperfry.com

www.sulekha.com

www.koovs.com

www.bestylish.com

www.seventymm.com

www.hushBabies.com

www.goodlife.com

My son has bought mobile phones, mobile accessories, pen drives, ear phones, books, laptop particularly from flipkart, infibeam and snapdeal.

Check out for the terms and conditions for defective pieces received from various sites. They may be tedious in some online store.

Otherwise, these are good. They also offer debit card payment, credit card payment, cash on delivery, e-gift voucher/coupon or internet banking. Most of the stores offer zero processing fees with easy installments through credit card companies. Comparatively, they are cheaper from the market rates. Most common card used is of ICICI bank. In some cases, delivery charge has to be paid extra. 

The cameras advertised above are-

Panasonic FH4

Sony DSC S5000

Sony DSC H100

Canon Powershot A 810

Canon SX 150

Fujifilm AX500

[Update: 17.05.2014]
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