Write an EXEMPLIFICATION essay about online shopping, focusing on the variety of goods and services available on the web. Refer in detail to as many specific websites as you can.

Internet shopping has replaced the shopping mall as the method of shopping in America . In recent years , this has led to the decline in enclosed shopping malls across the country with many formerly profitable shopping malls remaining empty . But the real evidence that internet shopping has replaced old-fashioned shopping lies in the fact that the Monday after Thanksgiving is now one of the biggest shopping days of the year as people shop online . The reason people choose to shop online is the ease of delivery , the cost of products and the availability of

items online

Amazon .com was a major factor in the internet shopping revolution . This is because Amazon was among the first websites to provide free shipping for customers . The ease of shopping combined with the ease of delivery led to people choosing internet shopping over traditional shopping People determined that they could find many of the presents that they were shopping for in one spot , Amazon .com , and not have to go out in inclimate weather or visit several different stores to find the right item . Knowing that the item would be delivered to the door made the shopping experience more rewarding . Overstock .com also contributed to this phenomena with flat rate shipping no matter how many items were purchased and with deeply discounted prices on the items it had for sale

Overstock .com and eBay .com also showed shoppers a new way to find the best price for their purchases . Internet shoppers discovered that they did not have to shop around to find the lowest price , a simple web search could find the lowest price available . Sites like bestbuy .com even offered better prices to their online customers than they did to the customers in their stores , leading people to begin internet shopping before following up with local retail establishments . Sites like shopping .com took the price comparison one step further allowing people to look at one site and see the prices for items in several different locations . Frugal .com operates on a similar principal

Shoppers were also able to find access to things that they might not have in their hometown . No longer were stores like FAO Schwarz just the province of those who lived in large cities . People in any part of the country could access stores traditionally only available on the coasts or in specific cities , such as New Orleans ' Cafy du Monde . Suddenly beignets and cocoa from the world famous coffee stand are available at cafedumonde .com . Photographers needing camera supplies were no longer restricted to their local camera shops or Wal-Mart , but could seek supplies from bhphotovideo .com , the world 's largest supplier of cameras and photographic equipment

Deductive : In short , the advantages of shopping online have come to far outweigh the advantages of shopping locally . Where once the advantage of shopping at a local store was the instant gratification of having an item immediately , shoppers have come to realize that they can delay their gratification by as little as...