Some precautions to do while buying fabrics online

There is an increasing trend for buying fabrics online these days. Online market is thriving these days and everybody wants to buy goods online as it ensures home delivery too. It has not superseded manual buying yet but its growth is steep and almost exponential. Giant online stores such as Amazon and Alibaba have managed to become some of the richest companies these days. This trend is not coming slow and will be on a thrive in future too. Apart from these giant online stores that connect sellers and buyers and have a median role in these purchases, many brands offer their services on their own website besides or instead of these platforms. Whatever the medium of purchase and selling, if someone has to buy things over the internet, he must keep his eyes open as there are many fraudulent activities that can be found while there is however no shortage of stores that offer original and unique products. There is some imitation or copy material sometimes, while sometimes there are original goods that you do not need to buy or your requirements are different but you can still make a purchase unknowingly. So it is need of the hour that we should focus on what are our requirements and what is the offering. We should equip ourselves with first hand knowledge of the art and science of purchasing fabrics online. Here is a short list of things that have to be kept in mind while dealing with online business.

Properties and measurements:

It is very essential that we are familiar with the properties and measurements of the material before we even think of buying fabrics online. We should know what kind of fabric it is, for example chiffon, georgette or muslin and what kind of weaving pattern e.g. plain, satin or some other has been used in the formulation of these clothes. We must choose carefully what color it has, what kind of prints it has and how its printing was done. If harmful chemicals were used in the printing process? Have you seen its length in meters and the number of repeats? If a cloth has large patterns it is a custom that it is sold by repeats, while if it has small patterns it must be sold in meters.

Delivery:

How a piece is delivered should also be a point of concern for you and a thing you must pay large attention to. Clothes sold over internet are usually refined ones and shoule be delivered with utmost care otherwise they will lose at least some of their value in this step alone before even you wear them. Coated fabrics should be rolled around a cardboard and then delivered as single entity in a single parcel. There are some fabrics that do not need such an extra care and can be delivered in bulk in a single parcel, usually cheap ones.

Printing process used:

Fabrics can be printed through various methods i.e. by use of flatbed or rotary printing procedures. Rotary printing produces a good imprint and leaves refined colors on the fabric. While using flatbed printing there is usually left another line close to the original line which is sometimes so prominent that it does not look nice to wear. However, this byproduct can be used as design too that looks beautiful so you should put extra care while choosing fabrics online. Check for the colors too, as sometimes deliverables come in different colors that when received may not match with what you viewed on your device like mobile phone or laptop. Color schemes of electronic devices differ a little bit from each other so it may not always be the fault of the brand that you are buying from.