I shop online from my organic soaps, bath items, make up and even clothes!

Philippines Apple Online Store Now Up and Running

Well I think online shopping is not that popular yet in the Philippines ( for others!), but this move from Apple is like a step forward towards bringing online shopping to the public.

The Philippines Apple Online Store is based in Singapore, and delivery time will take approximately 2-3 business days after shipping.

Oh, Shipping is free for orders PHP3000 and above!

You can checkout the Apple online store @ http://store.apple.com/ph

Online shopping allows us to browse though the products we are interested to buy, pay and purchase them online. Meaning we don’t have to actually go to the actual location of the products for us to buy them.

Advantages of Online Shopping

1. We can do shopping at the comfort of our own home, or simply anywhere with an internet connection.
2. We can browse through all the products simply by a touch of a button.
3. We can do shopping anytime
4. We can browse though from one online store to another, or multiple online stores at the same time.
5. Most of the time, the specifications and customer reviews are included in the products’ page, which allows us to decide whether to buy that product or not.

Disadvantages of Online Shopping

1. If you are shopping for apparels, you can’t try them. You simply base the size of the product based on a sizing guide.
2. Fraud and security concerns.
3. Privacy issues. Some online stores give out your information to others.
4. Some products looks different in pictures as compared to the actual product itself.

Given these disadvantages, trust among consumers and sellers is really important. With this in mind, I would like to share some trusted online sellers and e-stores that I had done and doing business with.

This is just an introductory post, actual online store / seller reviews will be posted on my coming posts.

Please watch out for them!