What is shopping in a French market like?

Why should one prefer shopping on these online shopping sites like e-bay, flipkart rather than shopping from the market? What is the basic idea behind these sites? How does it prove beneficial to us and what are its cons?

• Answer:

  Nowadays people prefer to shop online because it's really convenient. You just don't spent so much time and efforts in offline shops and can use saved time for some other activities. People are using mobile devices for shopping very often, so besides desktop e-commerce, there is such a trend  called m-commerce. You can read about its pros and cons herehttp://mobidev.biz/blog/how_m-commerce_software_can_enhance_your_business.html