The rapid growth of Internet has changed our lives radically. We tend to perform our routine tasks while online like socializing, reading, emailing, watching multimedia, and even shopping. The trend for online shopping is on the rise because the online merchants are now offering almost everyday utility to shop online. Imagine what you want to buy and you will get it at your doorstep. I literally mean what you need; it will be available to buy online. This fact is further established by Nielsen’s report about the trends and insights related to online shopping. This report was published in early 2008 and states
- In 2006 approximately 10 percent of the world’s population (627 million) had shopped online and within two years, this number has increased by approximately 40 percent (to 875 million).
- The most popular and purchased items over the Internet are Books (41% purchased in the past three months), Clothing/Accessories/Shoes (36%), Videos / DVDs / Games (24%), Airline Tickets (24%) and Electronic Equipment (23%).
To use the comfort and flexibility provided by Online Shopping, you must have right tools. So that you can search, compare, select, and buy a product safely with minimum effort. Obviously, you will be using a browser for buying and Mozilla Firefox is the best one to provide a customizable and interactive interface for online shopping. Here, you will find a list of most suitable add-ons that will make your Online Shopping experience more relaxed and protected.
Privacy and Security for Online Shopping:
You are subject to many online threats while surfing internet generally or specifically for shopping. These threats are fraud websites, phishing, cookie exploits and many others. The following add-ons will try their best to keep your buying private and secure.
Fire Fox Add-ons for Online Shopping and Auction Websites:
To date, ebay and Amazon are most preferred and utilized websites for Online Shopping. Following Firefox add-ons can be used to grab the Online Shopping services easily provided by these websites.
myibay Auction bid sniper for eBay
You don’t want to remain engaged in bidding activity conducted through out bid period. myibay Auction bid sniper add-on does the job for you. It uses auction sniping i.e. Placing your bid at last seconds. In this way, you will get the advantages like avoiding bid shilling, maximum bid probing, and spying.
It is another nice Firefox add-on for eBay, automatically converts eBay times to your local time zone. It also permits you to sort listings by total price including shipping and performs currency conversion automatically. So, it does all the annoying conversions for you and saves your mental exercise.
This add-on improves Amazon.com with a compilation of user scripts and styles. It highlights Amazon listings with free shipping, automatically enlarges product images, cleans up book pages, and shortens URLs on Amazon.com.
Obviously, you would like to monitor your expenses, money in bank or credit card to maintain your budget. FireBux add-on will simplify your task. It automatically downloads transactions from your bank or credit card and helps you in analyzing and visualizing where you spend your money. It also performs many other fatigue tasks.
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Nice post Engineerhead.I saved a lot of time because of this article
i will try Better Amazon. that seems to be useful. by the way i like your blog. you get a “I like it!”
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try pricetrace firefox addon, very useful tool to give you price comparision and price history by one click.