In this contemporary era, e-commerce platforms of shopping are drastically overtaking retail shops. Both merits and demerits will be discussed in the following paragraphs.
The first and foremost advantage of online shopping is more convenient. Nowadays a significant number of people are tech-savvy and using the internet which gives them to access online shopping. Online shopping is more convenient as people just need to search for the product they want to buy and the product is just one click away. For people who do not like or want to step out of their house for shopping, online shopping is the best option as the product delivers to their doorsteps. In addition to this, customers can easily compare the product pricing and features on the different websites or apps. The flexible return and exchange policies are the added benefits for the customer which increasing the consumer base for online shopping.
Another clear advantage is lower investment and paperwork to become seller online platforms. There is no shadow of a doubt that most of the businesses are coming online as becoming sellers on the online shopping platforms like Amazon, Flipkart, Myntra, Ajio and many more are relatively easy as these companies provide help to the small retailers to do so. Seller no need to rent a shop and employee salespersons for doing the business, only need to have a warehouse from where company's delivery people pick up the products. Furthermore, the online platform gave opportunities to housewives who can not go out for jobs or business. A survey was done by the New York Times states that for the last 10 years due to the e-commerce platform 60% of women became businesswomen by becoming sellers on online platforms.
On contrary, there is a disadvantage of online shopping in rapidly replacing physical shopping in stores is decreasing demands for sales employees, accountants which will increase the unemployment rate. As most of the physical store is not functioning properly due to lack of customers and business profits which lead in pay cut or lay off employees. Moreover, local craftsman and traditional workers are not getting appropriate work opportunities due to lack of demand.
To conclude, although online shopping is rapidly replacing physical shopping in stores has some positive effects but the drawbacks also need to be considered. 
In this contemporary era, e-commerce  
platforms
 of  
shopping
 are  
drastically
 overtaking retail shops. Both merits and demerits will  
be discussed
 in the following paragraphs.
The  
first
 and foremost advantage of  
online
  shopping
 is more convenient. Nowadays a significant number of  
people
 are tech-savvy and using the internet which gives them to access  
online
  shopping
.  
Online
  shopping
 is more convenient as  
people
  just
  need
 to search for the  
product
 they want to  
buy
 and the  
product
 is  
just
 one click away. For  
people
 who do not like or want to step out of their  
house
 for  
shopping
,  
online
  shopping
 is the best option as the  
product
 delivers to their doorsteps.  
In addition
 to this, customers can  
easily
 compare the  
product
 pricing and features on the  
different
 websites or apps. The flexible return and exchange policies are the  
added
 benefits for the customer which increasing the consumer base for  
online
 shopping.
Another  
clear
 advantage is lower investment and paperwork to become  
seller
  online
  platforms
. There is no shadow of a doubt that most of the  
businesses
 are coming  
online
 as becoming  
sellers
 on the  
online
  shopping
  platforms
 like Amazon, Flipkart,  
Myntra
,  
Ajio
 and  
many
 more are  
relatively
 easy as these  
companies
 provide  
help
 to the  
small
 retailers to do  
so
.  
Seller
 no  
need
 to rent a shop and employee salespersons for doing the  
business
,  
only
  need
 to have a warehouse from where  
company
's delivery  
people
 pick up the  
products
.  
Furthermore
, the  
online
  platform
 gave opportunities to housewives who can not go out for jobs or  
business
. A survey  
was done
 by the New York Times states that for the last 10 years due to the e-commerce  
platform
 60% of women became businesswomen by becoming  
sellers
 on  
online
 platforms.
On contrary, there is a disadvantage of  
online
  shopping
 in  
rapidly
 replacing physical  
shopping
 in stores is decreasing demands for sales employees, accountants which will increase the unemployment rate. As most of the physical store is not functioning  
properly
 due to lack of customers and  
business
 profits which lead in pay  
cut
 or lay off employees.  
Moreover
, local craftsman and traditional workers are not getting appropriate work opportunities due to lack of demand. 
To conclude
, although  
online
  shopping
 is  
rapidly
 replacing physical  
shopping
 in stores has  
some
  positive
 effects  
but
 the drawbacks  
also
  need
 to  
be considered
.