Luxury shopping online: The trend of buying niche products online

Apr 20
10:02

2012

Jenny Jonson

Jenny Jonson

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Online shopping has been on the rise and it has seen a whole new level of acceptance from the consumers over the past 4-5 years.

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A lot more Indians prefer to buy top branded products from online portals which are otherwise expensive,Luxury shopping online: The trend of buying niche products online   Articles the reason being, scope of getting a comparatively decent bargain to it online than on retail outlets and franchisees. Luxury shopping is also a lot of fun provided you know where exactly you have to shop from and which brands you should prefer. Moreover, for every elite shopper it is often tough to take out time to buy luxurious products for oneself. Thus it is better to visit several online portals that offer stylish and expensive branded products and purchase them at a comparatively cheaper price. Luxury shopping online has also gained quite an impetus in India itself.

Luxury shopping online in India didn’t really exist in the past 2-3 years. The country had just gotten used to the trend of online shopping at extremely cheap prices.  But with the increasing work load on people’s life, even the elite and nice class buyers often couldn’t manage time to buy their favorite luxury products at a good price. Thus we had more and more online fashion stores come up to offer luxury products at a much better price than other retail outlets. Luxury shopping online, definitely helps you save ample money and still buy the best possible products that suit your elite style. The luxury products could include designer and branded watches, stylish suits and garments as well as other deluxe and plush accessories. All of that can be bought at a comparatively cheaper price than visiting different malls and branded outlets. Online luxury stores are seeing a steady growth. The popular luxury site, 99labels.com which sells luxury products at a discounted rate claims that there has been a growth in the site by 20%. The website also believes that the main reason why people buy branded products like Burberry, Gucci, Versace etc from the store is simply because of the exciting offers and discounts the company brings to the members. Although the rise of bargains at luxury portals is exactly the main reason why designer brands prefer to stay away from the e-commerce industry. The obvious reason being the fact that they do not wish to be seen as discounted or cheap purchase brands. Although, some brands have preferred to stay put and gain presence online as it indirectly helps in a bit of publicity too. And with getting brands to offer products at a cheaper price, it is a good way to increase the target audience of the product as well

Luxury shopping online is seeing new horizons and more and more brands have welcomed this move of having their products listed on the luxury portals. It has also made many consumers prefer to buy luxury and niche products for themselves due to the affordability factor. In a couple of years the luxury product sector especially online promises to takeover the market in a comprehensive manner.