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SAFE SHOPPING ONLINE TIPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gone are the days when you hire a taxi or drive your own car through busy traffic to go to the mall and shop to your heart’s content. It is the era of shopping online without the hassles of carrying fully loaded shopping bags from mall to home. You can practically buy anything online these days ranging from a phone battery to your kids diaper, seems funny but true. However, like every good thing that has a twist, online shopping to has some disadvantages. But you can avoid all of those and enjoy shopping if you follow some simple things. Here are some tips for your for safe online shopping.
online shopping tips
  • Use updated antivirus and malware protection software. You also need to have a Firewall installed in your PC.
  • Use updated and safe browsers when you shop online. Some of the good ones are Chrome, Mozilla Firefox etc. These have safeguards that spyware, malware and virus from attacking your computer and also hack your online accounts.
  • Updated antivirus and anti-malware is important in preventing fraud. These will verify the websites and make sure they are original.
  • Do not open attachments in your email that come from unknown sources. They are phishing attacks that scam shoppers saying they have incredible deals. If you have any doubts about the email or offer then visit the original website of the retailer and find out for yourself.
  • Never use public computers or public Wi-Fi signals when you shop as they are compromised with malware. Hackers also have access to these networks which they do to get your personal info.
  • Shop on encrypted sites only that is the web address starts with “https”. This implies that the site is secure for transactions.
  • Always save or print the payment confirmations. Sometimes the stores are overloaded with orders that the payment process is not confirmed. So save or print the confirmation.
  • Always use your credit card only and not your debit card as debit cards are directly linked to your bank account. In case hackers get access to your bank account through debit cards then they will swipe your bank account entirely. Credit cards are more safe as they use money borrowed from the card provider, so if your card is stolen you have more protection.
  • Update your passwords frequently. Generate strong passwords which should be a combo of upper and lower case letters, symbols, number etc. Never use common passwords which might be obvious.
Follow these tips and have a safe shopping experience.

                                                                                                                                                                          

5 comments:

  1. I am a online shopping fanatic.To check whether a site is legit usually, I do follow a simple checklist to see how well they do, especially when I need to part money with the site;

    1) Does the site have a current SSL certificate?
    2) Use WhoisXY.com to check the whois information and check whether the contact information matches with the one in the website.
    3) In the domain contact details, is there a valid email address.
    4) Is there a valid phone number visible, and does it work ?
    5) Go through review about them using Webutations.org and check whether they are scam free.

    If I am satisfied with the result then I purchase a small priced article and if it is delivered safely and promptly then I go to purchase my desired product. You also can follow the steps that I do...In general, anyone who is trying to do legitimate business on the web will go out of their way to try and make it clear that they are legitimate. So if a site has not even done the bare basics to give customers enough confidence to buy they're products, then it is almost certainly some sort of scam..

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  3. Thanks for your online shopping tips..I would like to sharing my online shopping experience..I want to purchase in ebay.So i follow the below steps:
    1.I checked the site is scam or not in Webutations.net
    2.I checked the company details in WhoisXY.com
    3.I checked whether the company has a SSl certificate.
    4.I checked other reviews in search engine.
    When i got satisfied in the above steps, i made a purchase.

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  4. Thanks sanam.... More tips coming!!!!

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