| eb has revolutionized shopping - it has especially | | | | merchants to adjust their prices downward to meet |
| widened the selection of goods & services that | | | | the internet price. Consumers seem to be much |
| are available to people that have access to the | | | | savvier shoppers today & therefore retailers must |
| internet. Medical supplies have proven to be consistent | | | | 'meet or beat' the shadow of the internet prices that |
| online sellers during the last decade. But why? | | | | constantly follow them. This all ties into why medical |
| People generally buy medical supplies online for two | | | | supplies have become hot sellers online- the prices are |
| reasons... | | | | often very good. |
| 1) They either hope to save money by shopping online | | | | Second, many people shop online because they |
| or | | | | sometimes cannot physically find the products that |
| 2) They shop online because can't find the goods they | | | | they need near where they live. Today, roughly 1/2 the |
| need close to their house. These two reasons have | | | | population lives in a rural environment & the |
| created a boom in online sales of all sorts of products | | | | selection of available goods may be limited in some of |
| & medical supplies are no exception. Let's look at | | | | these places. As anyone who's lived in a rural |
| both of these factors in depth now... | | | | environment can tell you, while living in the country is |
| First, as anyone who's done a lot of online shopping | | | | nice, it sometimes doesn't offer a lot of options for |
| knows, sometimes you can find much better deals on | | | | shopping. Therefore, online shopping can be a great |
| the web (this is true of all sorts of products being sold | | | | benefit for people who have legitimate needs but want |
| online). Some web retailers don't have as much | | | | greater a selection of goods & |
| overhead as traditional retailers which can lead to | | | | services...combining the internet with UPS or FEDEX |
| significant cost savings for anyone who's looking to | | | | allows people to get any type of product they want in |
| buy goods at discounted prices. Like all markets, | | | | less than a week in most cases. Ask anyone more |
| people tend to gravitate toward products that have | | | | than 50 years old how big a deal this is...it's truly a |
| equal quality but lower prices. | | | | revolution. |
| The internet has become the great price leveler. In | | | | As you see from the above examples, online shopping |
| fact, it's power is so pervasive that there have been | | | | is a two for one deal. It's a step in the right direction of |
| many reports of prices in the OFFLINE world being | | | | solving the "no stores" problem of the country & it |
| affected too. Think about it- if you can buy a certain | | | | has allowed all of us to get better deals on things that |
| item for a 50% discount online, how many products will | | | | we shop for every day... |
| offline retailers be able to sell? Probably not many | | | | It's a fact that the web has opened up a whole new |
| because people just think to themselves: "Oh, I can buy | | | | world of shopping, no matter where you live medical |
| that for 50% off online." This has caused many | | | | supplies are only a few click away these days... |