Here are some key points which are very important and a online store must have if you want to shop in that store
1.Stock.The store must clearly show the item which they are selling is in stock or out of stock.Because some sites sell out of stock products which causes very late deliveries.Also not all the online shopping stores keep all the items in their stock.They only shows the listings of the items on their online store site and when a customer buys a product they place a order to any retailer or company.Sometimes the retailer may not have the product in stock which then increases headache of the customer and takes sometimes a couple of months for deliveries of product.It is better to avoid such sites which do not contains stocks of their own.
2.Price.Price is very important while buying anything.So we have to check the pricing of various online stores before buying anything.Some sites charges too high for some products while some sites are decent on price.Some stores are more costly then local stores.So this is an important factor while buying products on any online shopping stores.
3.Terms of Service, Delivery and Return policy.While checking stocks and price many customers avoid to view the very important thing while shopping online is terms of service,Delivery etc.Many of the sites or online stores available today on internet have very strict service polices.Most of stores does not offer in transport damage protection.Also some stores have foolish return and money back policies.The payment security is very important in such a online transactions.The modes of payment available should be checked for ease of use.While many sites show the delivery time of average of 5 days in some small towns it may take longer.
4.User Friendly Structure.The online store must have a user friendly environment.For example if the site is selling a laptop then full specifications and features of that laptop must be provided on the product page.Genuine images of product should be displayed and the page must contains a small box which will check the delivery areas by entering PIN which saves a lot of time of customer.Also customer support via email,phone call and chat etc are things which makes a good online store.
On the basis of these points here is the list of best online stores.
1.Flipkart.com
Flipkart.com gets first rank for it's best customer service with lowest price compared to all other online shopping stores.It has a huge stock of most of the products with good price,packaging of product and quick delivery.It is the only online megastore in India.
2.Homeshop18.com
Homeshop18.com is another online shopping store which have a special TV channel for shopping.It has good products but it lacks little in variety of products available and has little high price sometimes hence it takes 2nd rank.
3.snapdeal.com
Snapdeal.com offers good products at decent price and good customer support and gets the 3rd rank.
Some stores like tradus.com,junglee.com are the stores which does not have their own stock and they work as a agent between buyers and sellers which is not a good concept from my point of view.But now days it's working fine.
