Best Internet Shopping: Check Before You Shop

I have been writing content on the web for a long time and now I have some really wonderful clients for web content writing to work for. Some of my clients are as good as my good ol' friends. They share their experiences with me all the time while I do content writing works for them. They keep me updated for a lot of things.

Many a times I also come to know some shocking things on the web. Internet fraud is just one of them. This time I ended up knowing about flash-template-design website. My client bought a template from the site and expected the flash file to be either delivered in email or get a link for download. He showed me the link that was delivered to him ...it actually DID NOT work! IMAGINE!!!

He tried contacting the website via email but there was no response at all! (psst....The nightmare begins and the internet fraud horror starts looming!!)

Next, he searched for the telephone number on the website? There is NONE. Now he has ended up with a redundant link and the money has already been paid. He cannot call back the money as there is no one answering even to provide a proper answer! You can forget about getting a refund!!

How many of us actually call up the vendor before making a purchase?

How many of us actually run a background check on the seller before we purchase something?

Just because the website shows up on the top rankings on the Google, does it means that it is the top seller?

An average internet user does not look through the search beyond the third page. This means all those seriuos sellers who ACTUALLY deliver goods and NEVER show up on results page lose business and cheats make all the money by manipulating search engine results?

Do you get website templates on eBay? I wonder?

My experience was not so pleasant either when I bought hosting space for a static website with one of the vendors that ranked on the first page. His offer and the details of his hosting package suited all my requirements and my budget. I did purchase the hosting and booked domain with them. I did not get any unpleasant surprises there. I could nicely host my website and point the DNS to the appropriate servers.

After two months, I decided to make my website dynamic and logged into the control panel to buy more webspace that also supported database. I put in a request for more hosting space with appropriate options checked. I logged off as the payment details that were to arrive in my mail box. I waited for two days but there was no response. After a week, I received a phone call from the hosting company! The customer support executive was apologising that they were unable to process the request as they have stopped reselling the packages that were booked by me. They were transferring all the rights back to the parent company as they did not have enought support staff to handle the hosting packages.

Now, I am stuck with a static website with two options. One, I pay money to another vendor and book the required web space with proper support features. This means all my money with my current hosting provider is wasted. Second, I continue with a static website for one year and then change my hosting service provider and then make my website dynamic.

Next time you decide to buy something on the internet, run a background check not only on the product but more on the vendor or the actual seller as well! You may save yourself from a lot of unpleasant surprises after all!

Happy Shopping!!!