Online shopping emerged with the development of the internet in the late 20th century. Entrepreneurs saw the potential for online shopping and created virtual storefronts, allowing consumers to shop without leaving home. Early examples of online shopping included businesses connecting via electronic data interchange in the 1960s and a UK grocery delivery service starting in 1979. Online shopping became widely popular after 2000 as more consumers shopped online and websites like Amazon, Flipkart, eBay, and Snapdeal established large online marketplaces.

3. ONLINE SHOPPING IS A FORM OF
ELECTRONICS COMMERCE WHICH
ALLOWS CONSUMERS TO DIRECTLY BUY
GOODS OR SERVICES FROM A SELLER
OVER THE INTERNET

4. How did Online Shopping come
about?
 It was 1st introduced by Sir Michel Aldrich in 1979
 Online shopping emerged with the development of
the internet.
 Entrepreneurs saw the potential in online shopping
and sprung at the chance to make virtual
storefronts, so that consumers could shop without
leaving their homes.

5. 1960 - The 1st EDI(Electronic Data Interchange) started,
which permits companies to carry out electronic
transactions.
1979 - An English entrepreneur
Michel Aldrich created a new
business model to start selling
groceries online. Though it wasn’t
that successful but it created the concept of online
shopping business.

6. 1981 - A company called Thomson Holidays picked up 66
travel agents from around the England and connected
with them by there online service. It was the 1st B2B
(Business to Business) online shopping model.
1984 – The company called Tesco started there online
market, where normal customers can order something
from home and get the order delivered to there doorstep.
It was the 1st B2C (Business to Consumer) online
shopping model.

7. 2000 and Onwards - After the year of 2000 the online
business became so popular and it had its growth too fast.

8. Selection of Website :- In the 1st step consumer selects a
proper website where good quality product
is available at cheapest price
Searching & adding to cart :- In the next step consumer
search for there required products
& add those products to the virtual
cart
Filling the Information :- Before the checkout consumer have
to fill the information about the
consumer and the place of delivery

9.  Payment & Checkout :- At the time of placing the order the
consumer needs to select the
payment option. The commonly
used payment options are -

10.  Delivery :- In the last step the store send the products to the
customer and customer receive the products. The
process of delivery and receiving the products are –

11. 1. AMAZON :-

12. 2. FLIPKART :-

13. 3. EBAY :-

14. 4. SNAPDEAL :-

15. ADVANTEGES
 Saves time
 Saves energy
 Price and review comparison
 Lower price due to huge demand
 24/7 available
 No more waiting in line
 Zero carrying cost

16. DISADVANTEGES
 Loss in traditional brick n mortar shopping stores
 Waiting for arrival of product
 Product quality cannot be tested in hand
 Original product differ from the photo

17. In this quickly changing generation quick growth is
essential and online shopping is a very good platform for
growing a business very fast. Online market is the future
of business.