The advantages of UK online shopping

Shopping on the Internet is fun!  The Internet is open 24 hours a day 365 days a year, you can visit as many shops as you like and easily compare prices without needing to drive into town, find a parking space, traipse up and down the high street, search the shop for what your looking for, queue for ages to pay, then carry your heavy bags home, and all before the shops shut!

 Shopping on the Internet (online shopping) is easy, safe, very often cheaper and most of all its fun!

So…… Sit down in front of your computer with a cup of coffee or a glass of wine (if you like!) and enjoy your shopping… but don’t forget to come back to www.howasit4u.co.uk to review the shops, you could win a £5 Amazon gift voucher!

How do I find the shops?

The Internet is a global shopping centre! You can look at and purchase goods or services from all over the world, at the click of your mouse, however if you are a UK shopper and you are looking for a fast delivery it may be better to shop at a UK online shop… one of the first problems you will come across is how to find the UK shops, the most popular place to start will be a search engine like yahoo, AltaVista etc.. That’s great, but if you type in what you are looking for, you are likely to come up with thousands of matching websites, many of which will be totally irrelevant or will be shops based all over the world.  The best place to start is a UK shopping directory, and obviously ours is one of the best (we would say that!)
Our shopping directory only lists shops that have been reviewed by their customers, you can be sure that the shops listed are UK based and you can read what their customers think about their products and services before you shop with them.

How do I shop?

All sites are different, but most will operate in a similar way, generally you will be able to click to go to different products or departments within the shop, or even search for exactly what you are looking for, as you go along you can generally get bigger pictures and more information if required for most products.  Most of the time you will then be given the opportunity to add items to your shopping cart or trolley.  When you have finished shopping you will be able to click on the link for the cart or trolley to display the items you selected.  Don’t forget to check if there is a delivery charge!  Don’t worry you wont be buying stuff until you have put in your credit card details.

How safe is it?

There are very few proven instances of credit card fraud online, but to be safe submit sensitive information only on a secure site. To confirm that you are on a secure server, look for an unbroken key or padlock at the bottom of the browser window when you're typing your credit card number. These symbols mean that the information you are sending is encrypted. For a good companion for shopping on the Internet try the marbles the online credit card. Click here for details. Written quotations on request from marbles, PO Box 3615, Birmingham B3 2RJ

Print it out!

It's important to keep records on old-fashioned paper. Print out and file any records related to the transaction. It will help you to remember what you ordered, its description, delivery date and the shop name, address, e-mail and phone number.

How do I let everyone know just how cool shopping online is?

When you have done your shopping come back to us at www.howasit4u.co.uk and review the shops, not only will you be letting other online shoppers know what YOU thought of the shops and their service to you but also you could win FREE Amazon gift vouchers click here now to review a shop!

Follow these commonsense tips, and you'll have nothing to fear about online shopping…  

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