ONLINE SHOPPING  is becoming more and more popular in the UK with advantages to both customers and retailers. The principle advantage to online shoppers is the lower price of goods bought on the internet relative to High Street stores. Also, shopping on the internet offers much more than the traditional mail order catalogues such as Kays or Littlewoods although it has some characteristics in common like shopping from the comfort of your own home at a time which suits you. However, shopping on the internet not only means your order is sent to the retailer instantly, so that your order is dealt with much more quickly than traditional mail order, but new shopping practices have developed on the internet:

• PRICE COMPARISON: comparing the prices of a product from many different retailers is a service unique to the internet and this can be achieved effortlessly online via price comparison websites - SHOPWINDOW is an excellent and new Price Comparison Site
  
  
• CASHBACK: earning cashback from your online shopping is similar to loyalty cards offered by some big retailers and can result in substantial additional discounts on top of the discounts for buying online relative to a High Street store. GREASY PALM is a long established UK cash back shopping site with good customer support and regular emails advising of the latest UK cash back offers.
  
  
• DISCOUNT VOUCHER CODES: some retailers issue discount voucher codes which only apply to online purchases and these give additional discounts on top of the lower prices you get for buying online. These may be for say £10 off all purchases over a certain order value or they may apply to certain product categories. Some retailers currently offering discount voucher codes are shown below: