by Jake Boese |

I’m a man, and as a man I do not like to go shopping in my free time. I think most guys would agree. It’s a rising
phenomenon and even now has its own holiday. According to Multilingual.com, online shopping grew 40% from 2008-
2010. I do not have a clue why anyone would be opposed to something so quiet and easy. There are so many reasons why
I will continue to stick to the World Wide Web for the majority of my shopping.
One reason guys like to keep to the Internet for their shopping is the very popular options through customization
that consumers get while online shopping such as shoe company websites like Nike, Adidas, and Reebok which offer
customized products. Why should I have to stick to those plain white shoes in the store if I could put any color I please
on them? If you are going to stick to shopping at the stores you are not going to get to put your own colors, embroidery
and overall design on your products.
Another reason why people like to avoid Black Friday and stick with Cyber Monday is safety. Many fights break out on
Black Friday and even stampedes causing many serious injuries on what is supposed to be a fun event. Some things have
gotten so serious that death occurs, like the Wal-Mart employee who died in a stampede in 2008. Also, there have been
many instances of shots being fired over products that people seem to need that they could easily get online.
Variety is also a huge reason why most people prefer online shopping to anything else. There are very few Nike stores
around the country so most people have to go to different sporting goods stores to get the products they want. Instead,
they could go to the Nike website and see every product they have available on the market.
Another reason and probably the biggest reason for online shopping is simply for convenience. Some of the best stores’
closest locations are Zona Rosa, which is around a 20-minute drive, but if you want better prices you have to go even
further to Legends, which is roughly a 45-minute drive. Or, you could walk five seconds to a computer and save plenty
of time and not have to wait in line, which on a busy day, could be ten more minutes added on to the trip. Also, if you
are like me and do not know where to find things in the store, you could use online shopping and use the handy dandy
search bar at the top of the page.
This is why the ratio of men to women at Zona Rosa or Legends or any shopping area is largely on the women’s side.
Men do not like wasting the gas or time when they could just plop down on a seat and get more choices online than any
other store in the world.