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Online Distance Learning ForumMonday, November 28, 2005Get up at 3.00am for Christmas bargains? Only if I’m in my dressing gown.
In the days BC (before children), Christmas shopping was quite often a last minute thing for me. These days, I usually start Christmas shopping in October. I know that for many of you US residents, the day after Thanksgiving can be a day of frenzied shoppers looking for bargains. Reading the New York Times today, I can see that this year has been no different.
I can see a lot of sense in queuing at 4.00am for a half price laptop, but I couldn’t see myself doing it. These days, I make full use of ecommerce when buying gifts. The joy of the rise of ecommerce is that you can hunt around for gifts, compare prices and look for bargains without leaving your home. I know that, for many people, the browsing through shops and fighting for bargains is a big part of the Christmas process. With three young children and limited patience, I am no longer one of these people. I do all of my work online, most of my shopping and even a good deal of my reading. This time next year, I may even be practising what I preach and doing an online degree. In the meantime, however, you can keep your queues, your cold and your confrontations. Ecommerce is the way forward for Christmas!.
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I can't imagine getting up so early and waiting in line for great bargains for hours. I am not at all a morning person, so that would be hard for me. I do have some friends that did it this year, and they were able to get really expensive electronics for half off. So I guess if I needed a big-screen TV or something like that, it might make it worth it.
I just wonder for how many more years we'll see this type of shopping, when ecommerce is so much easier.
I am a great lover of bookstores - the rows of novels, the smell of new books, but I know full well I can usually get the books cheaper online, so you hardly ever see me in a bookstore these days. Ecommerce is the future, so an online degree in ecommerce makes absolute sense to me. I suppose it will ultimately mean the end to one way of life, but I find shopping for consumer goods a real bind. That said, I can't get the hang of buying food online. I like to see what my family is going to be eating before I buy it. I wish I could buy my groceries ethically, but use ecommerce for everything else!
When I think about it, not every retailer these days has got the hang of ecommerce. Websites range from dull and useless to bells and whistles, and many of them just don't have offer a proper ecommerce service.
Either you can look but can't buy, or have to go through a hugely complex process that leaves you nervous. Scanning through the online ecommerce programs offered on this site alone, you wonder why more companies and professionals don't sign up for ecommerce programs. They range from pre-degree certificates in ebusiness and ecommerce to Phds. Hiring a web designer isn't enough. You need the right mixture of usability and attractiveness to deliver a proper ecommerce site. Amazon.com were one of the first and are still one of the best in the field of ecommerce. Probably why they get so much money from me!
I'm glad to see my finger is still on the pulse. According to The New York Times, shoppers spent 26% more this Thanksgiving than in 2004:
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/30/technology/30cyber.html?th&emc=th Not surprisingly,the most common ecommerce sites were Ebay, Amazon and Walmart. If this trend doesn't continue I'll be very surprised. I'll say no more on ecommmerce though. I'm sure I'm preaching to the converted on this site. << Home Archives
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