Tips for shopping online (part 1) I love online shopping. You can stay at home and visit multiple stores with just a few clicks of the mouse. And there is no queuing to pay. You can have everything you want in seconds. OK, so you have to wait for the actual package to come, but who doesn't love getting an enormous package in the post? Online shopping is amazing but not perfect. If you are not an expert shopper, you could make one of the online shopping mistakes. Here are a few tips to make your next online shopping safe and successful. Tip 1: Make sure you are shopping on a real website and not a fake one. It is always so tempting to click on those adverts on the sidebar that show all those cool items at such great prices. Sometimes those advertisements bring you to sites that just want your address, phone number, email address, and credit card number. Online shopping is fun, but you have to be careful about who you give all that information to.