- Paperback: 498 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books; 1 edition (Nov 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0345436814
- ISBN-13: 978-0345436818
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.5 x 3.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,758,695 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A ONE-STOP SHOPPING GUIDE
FOR ALL YOUR ON-LINE BUYING NEEDS!
This essential book helps you find exactly what you want on the Web in no time flat--without having to struggle with slow downloads or the endless, irrelevant listings on search engines. From well-known giants like Amazon.com to promising upstarts like Plato's Toybox, these sites run the gamut of products and services, size and price. But they all have one thing in common: they're the best the Web has to offer. Inside you'll find
- Detailed descriptions of each e-shop, including its intended audience, atmosphere, and specialties
- A sample list of products for sale at each site
- Information on ordering methods, merchandise photo quality, gift wrapping, and delivery options
- A helpful cross-referenced index that allows you to find all the best sites for the product you want with just a quick glance
- Unique items, unusual buys, and real deals--all just a mouse click away!
The Best of On-line Shopping will also help you avoid scams, find great bargains, and bid like a pro at on-line auctions. There is a world of exciting products waiting for you, and you don't even have to get dressed to explore it. So sit back, relax, and start browsing!
FOR ALL YOUR ON-LINE BUYING NEEDS!
This essential book helps you find exactly what you want on the Web in no time flat--without having to struggle with slow downloads or the endless, irrelevant listings on search engines. From well-known giants like Amazon.com to promising upstarts like Plato's Toybox, these sites run the gamut of products and services, size and price. But they all have one thing in common: they're the best the Web has to offer. Inside you'll find
- Detailed descriptions of each e-shop, including its intended audience, atmosphere, and specialties
- A sample list of products for sale at each site
- Information on ordering methods, merchandise photo quality, gift wrapping, and delivery options
- A helpful cross-referenced index that allows you to find all the best sites for the product you want with just a quick glance
- Unique items, unusual buys, and real deals--all just a mouse click away!
The Best of On-line Shopping will also help you avoid scams, find great bargains, and bid like a pro at on-line auctions. There is a world of exciting products waiting for you, and you don't even have to get dressed to explore it. So sit back, relax, and start browsing!
From the Author
Calling all shoppers!
* If you’d rather get your teeth cleaned than go to the mall, this book is for you.
* If you’d rather get your teeth cleaned than go to the mall, this book is for you.
* If you’d rather spend time playing baseball with your kids than shopping for back-to-school supplies, this book is for you.
* If you’d rather stand on line at the movie theater instead of at the prescription counter, this book is for you.
* If you’d rather smooch with your fiancé instead of shopping for your wedding, this book is for you.
* If you like spending your free time driving from store to store looking for just the right thing-a-ma-bob, this book is NOT for you.
We’ve been involved in Web shopping for several years now and have seen it evolve from a few niche stores to a shopping phenomenon. There are a lot of good stores out there and even more bad ones. We took a look at thousands of stores and came up 2,500 that are terrific and safe to shop at.
One of the biggest hassles Web shoppers face is threading their way through giant search engines. "The Best of Online Shopping" eliminates that by placing the stores in 70 categories including Auctions, Bicycles, Organic Food, Clothes for Extended Sizes, Sporting Goods, Kids Software, Parties and Weddings. You’ll find a one-paragraph description of the store, a bulleted list of some of the merchandise for sale, and information about ordering, gift-wrapping and delivery.
Online stores are very busy trying to get your business right now. They are offering outrageous discounts and promotions. This won’t last forever. So take advantage. Next time you have to go shopping, don’t get in the car, get in your slippers and let your fingers do the shopping.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Before reading this book, I was wary of online shopping
11 Dec 1999
Format:Paperback
Before picking up this excellent book, I was wary of online shopping -- and I still am, but now I'm intelligently wary. The authors do a marvelous job of helping understand what you can trust and what you can't, how online shopping works in all its various manifestations, and what strategies to use when you do shop online. The book showed me that online shopping is not (as I had thought) just for shopping addicts who need a fix 24 hours a day, but a great space for intelligent and discerning consumers. I'm still not a big spender online (or anywhere), but I've used the book to help me find some things I couldn't find anywhere else and at surprising prices. I think this book is going to go down in the so-far brief history of online commerce as a milestone achievement. It has certainly changed my views about WWW commerce and made me a better consumer. I can't say enough about this expansive, easy-to-use, fun, and informative work. I hope they plan to update this work regularly.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Big help
30 Nov 1999
Format:Paperback
I was looking for different types of gifts besides the usuall. I found lots of neat stores that don't show up on the searches. I also liked the beginning part with all of the info about shopping online.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
much better than using the search engines
20 Oct 1999
Format:Paperback
I tried the searches and the shopping bots but always come up with the same old stores. This book showed me a whole new bunch of sites I'd never would have found.
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