Shopping in the comfort of our own home is the way to shop now a days. There are two things you need to watch out if you are shopping online. The two image to your left is taken from your browsers. The “https” and the “padlock”, this two images are there for one sole purpose, safe online shopping. The “S” on the “HTTPS” means secured, [Hyper-Text Transfer Protocal over Secure Socket Layer].
When your about to enter [type] important information like your credit card number or any information about you, make sure that you see this “HTTPS” and the “padlock” image on your browser. Click the “padlock” to see if the Secure Socket Layer[SSL] certificate actually belongs to the Business your shopping with.
Lets put this to a test, visit http://www.paypal.com as you notice once the website completely loads up it switch to https://www.paypal.com. At this time you will be able to see the “padlock”, click on it so you would see how a Secure Socket Layer[SSL] certificate would look like.
Shopping online for some personal gadgets. Check out the reason’s why to shop from Newegg.com.
Leave me some comments if you have any questions on how to be really safe with your online shopping.
2 Responses to Tips on shopping online
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Replied on: April 15, 2010, 2:49 pm
Hi there!
I’ve been doing a lot of research online lately regarding traffic and SEO since I just started an Thai online shop with a couple of friends of mine.
The structure of your website is sweet and I’d really love to exchange links with your website. Have a look at our site if you want, we put a lot of work and effort into it and are dedicated to improve it constantly.
We receive a lot of hits already (contact me for visitor stats) and I think both our sites can benefit from one another. Anyway, just thought I’d share this with you – keep up the good work and contact me if interested!
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Replied on: December 14, 2011, 4:50 pm
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