it is a known and acknowledged fact that what is visible has more chances of being sold in case of online shopping it is very easy for a customer to windowshop since the penetration of the online shopping apps is right there on the mobile it becomes all the more difficult to resist the urge to buy things which are blatantly displayed on the mobile it would be prudent to resist the temptation and urge to buy products when we are just checking them out it would be a good practice to prepare a list of things that we need and then start going through the products on display observes vyakaranam 2 just because it is on sale doesnt mean you need it we all love to shop when it is raining offers dont we after all it is during offers that we save a lot of money on things that we would normally pay more to buy normally but is it good to buy a product when it is on sale the answer is yes if you really need something which is on sale then you should simply go ahead and buy it but if the answer is no dont buy a product that is on sale which you dont need 3 online shopping may put your budget offbalance the biggest challenge that common folks face in achieving financial goals is sticking to a planned budget buying things that you dont need just because they are on sale will reduce your ability to save and adversely impact your ability to achieve your future financial goals as emphasized earlier it would be a good practice to prepare a budget for shopping and sticking to it no matter how strong the temptation is says the arthayantra ceo apart from the above there are some other things which you need to keep in mind while shopping online to name a few 1 it takes time to get the product you want sometimes it may take even a week or more 2 returns are more difficult online than in local stores 3 there are chances of getting substandard products 4 you cant try anything on 5 sometimes there are also payment insecurities 6 you also need to be very careful of extremely high discounts or low prices conclusion it is now clear that online shopping opens up a plethora of options for us in terms of choosing from a myriad number of products at our convenience apart from giving us options to choose our preferred form of payment and even delivery options but at the same time being hooked to online shopping lured by offers and buying things that we dont need can severely hamper our ability to save for our most important financial goals by sanjeev sinha et online published on jun 18 2015 at 1252 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find