Online fashion stores are falling heavily from the skies these days. As you open your browser the ads of online fashion shops come flying blindly to your screen and everybody is saying that they are the best available chain. The chances of your rationality succumbing to the lures of any of these ads, under such bombardment of words and offers, are fairly enough and I will not blame you if you have already been a victim of this propaganda. This article is intended to equip you with essential tips how to identify the authenticity and efficiency of online fashion store if you happen to buy something online.
First of all you must remember that VERBAL CLAIMS SHOULD MEAN NOTHING TO YOU. Do not pay attention to whatever words or offers are written in the ads or on any page. Try to see if the online fashion store has any physical address. This must be mentioned on its main page or under the page ‘contact us’. Further it must have a contact number displayed in an elaborative and clear way on the site. If any site claiming to be an online fashion store does not have any or both of these things, I would recommend you to block that site permanently in your browser, as it is a FAKE for sure.
After applying this initial check you must pay attention to see if the store is a VAT paying company or not. If the store has written in its general company statement that it is a VAT payer, it means you can trust it, otherwise you might unconsciously become part of anti-tax mafia, operating worldwide. These are the people who do not pay tax and thus are doing an illegal business.
The site must offer a variety of payment options and a safe checkout system. If you find that any online fashion store is trying to steal your personal information in any way, you must be conscious to provide any of your valuable private data to a pirate site. Many fake online shopping centers use customer’s financial and personal information for their illegal or unfair means of business expansion.
Pricing is yet another issue that you must pay heed to. Certain internet sites work on commission and they charge more to you for any item that you can easily avail from other online stores on lower prices. For this you may have a cross check of price by opening more than one online stores and seeing the difference yourself. If someone is trying to charge you too much without providing any extra service for that, you should avoid using that site and be content with whatever you already have as you online shopping solution.
You must see how many unique items are there that an online fashion store is offering. If it has nothing special or unique you must know that it is not a company or chain in itself. It has simply compiled different things from some stores and selling its collection online under its own name and with its own commission which will certainly put an extra burden on your budget.
Another thing that you must note is that whatever online fashion shop you are visiting should have a blog page. The genuine online fashion stores run their fashion and general blogs on their site. In other words if some site does not have any related written material, it puts a big question mark over its authenticity. If it has you must see that it is frequently updated.
So once you have confirmed that any online fashion shop you are thinking of buying anything from has a valid physical address, telephone number, VAT number, multiple payment options, competitive prices, unique items and blogs, I would recommend you to feel confident while shopping from such site, otherwise being away from the danger zone is the best and safest option for you.
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