|
|
[description], Story, any other text you want to use.
Making Safe Online Purchases
by: Sarah Nyberg
Finding Your Store
There are a number of ways you can go about finding a nice store to buy from online. First, depending on what you're trying to buy, try to think if anyone's mentioned any online stores for buying similar products. Especially if you've noticed people offline talking about it, it's probably really reliable. Big sites, like Amazon, have great reputations- and will probably lead to a safer purchase.
If the product you want resides in a "niche" and isn't exactly mainstream, you may not have heard any mentions of where you could go. If this is the situation you find yourself in, you do have some more options. If you're willing to spend the time, try to find a forum on the particular subject you're interested in. Read around, someone's sure to mention a nice place to get those products. Just because a store isn't as large as Amazon doesn't mean it won't be as well established for being reliable inside your particular "genre" of stores.
If you want to go a quicker route, try Google's search, or even their new price comparison tool Froogle.
Making Sure You've Picked a Safe Store
There are a number of things you should absolutely check for before spending money online. First, is there any contact info on the site? Make sure there's a phone number as well. You may even want to call it, if you're not sure about the store. Second, when you're filling out your order and you're about to submit your credit card information, make sure they're a "secure" page with encryption. Some browsers will notify when you're on a secure page, others will just have a "lock" icon towards the bottom of the browser window.
There are also things that aren't necessary, but certainly don't hurt to look at, too. Try installing the Google Toolbar. If your store has a high PageRank, it's probably a well established site. Anything above a PageRank of 5 is probably a "super" store. Also try entering the store's name into Google and see what people have said about them. If you're having trouble finding anything with a basic search, try adding "review" or "store review" to the query.
If you're still not quite sure about a store, try calling the phone number just to be safe. If you get through without a problem, the chances that they're a decent respectable business are quite high.
About The Author
Sarah Nyberg runs a number of online websites, including Final Fantasy Shrine (http://www.ffshrine.org) and Virtual Mall (http://www.virtual-mall.org). This article may be freely reproduced if left in its entirety (including this closing note).
|
dish network test card
When you're looking for information on buying dish network test card it can all seem very overwhelming. But don't worry, because we've sorted through all the dish network test card sites on the internet and have found the very best ones that will get you what you want, how you want it.
We know how important it is to be informed when you're looking for dish network test card. Some websites are better than others and will meet your dish network test card needs in a better fashion.
Broadcast On the Net Index
|
Main Menu
Broadcast On the Net
Site Map
Affiliate Ads, Links, news, etc.
News for 23-Dec-08 Source: BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition Border control Source: BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition Taxi revolution Source: BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition F1 boss plans scoring revolution Source: BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition Oil rises as Russia threatens cut Source: BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition Police killer executed in China Source: BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition Spending spree Source: BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition Apple made to drop iPhone advert Source: BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition India navy defends piracy sinking Source: BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition Live text - India v England Source: BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition Iraq poised for US pull-out vote
Links
Links
Links
|