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theShoppingBoard.com provides 100’s of Shopping Resources for U.S. and Worldwide Consumers offering 1000’s of Shops from more than 200 Shopping Categories. We hope to provide you a Shopping Guide for International Shopping and how best to take advantage of our website. Please find below a selection of the most popular features here on theShoppingBoard.com and learn more how you can best use our services.

International Shipping

Probably our most targeted consumer base are shoppers from the USA, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand, Asia and Europe are able to see instantly whether a certain shop offers Worldwide Shipping and Delivery to your Country. With many the shops offering this service, we have listed international shipping details with every Shop, Store and Online Retailer available within our Shopping Directory. Please find out more about International Shipping.

 

Free Shipping

Many online Shops can be very generous when it comes to Shipping Costs. However, even better offers include Free Shipping for any orders you make, or orders over a certain value. This provides huge savings for Consumers on Shoppers on the net and does not cost you know more than the price your paying for with the Product, or Products or purchased. Please find out more about Free Shipping.

 

Shipping Costs

When you make an order from an online shop, be sure to get a better idea of the item you purchased how much it will cost you for Shipping and delivery. For basic items such as DVDs, CDs, Books average Shipping costs should cost about $2.00 to $5.00. However larger items like TVs, Furniture and Electrical Appliances would cost up to $10.00 to $30.00US. most importantly don’t be taken for a ride, once in a while you may feel your getting a great saving, but you may not know it you will be paying high Shipping Costs. This is usually common on eBay as people feel they can make up the difference by charging extra on the Shipping Costs. This can sometimes for as nearly as much as the items you purchased, so please be careful with this.

Secure Shopping

For any online shopper, it is vital you keep your personal information safe and away from potential fraud. When shopping online from e-Commerce Shops, be sure there is a small picture of a GOLDEN KEY. This tells you that the Shop is run on a Secure Server, preventing anyone from stealing your Credit Card and other personal detail when you place it on an order form to process your order online. Without this feature the Shop in question may not be secure and vulnerable to Fraudsters. Once in a while you may be taken to a third party website to process your order, PayPal in particle need you to login to your PayPal account to fuller process your order.

 

1) Never Ever give anyone your Credit Card details unless from a Secure Form.

2) Keep your PC Monitor Hidden when placing your Credit or Debit Card Details.

3) Keep your Password and Login Details to yourself.

 

Currency Converter

For International Shopping it is vital you no how much you are spending rather then taking a lucky guess. Please be sure the Online Shop offers a Currency Converter whereby all the Products on their Website will change into your own currency. However, if this feature is not available to you, you can always us a free Currency Converter Tool on the Internet. Please consider using our Currency Converter Below (available soon)

 

Returns & Refunds

Before purchasing from a Shops in the US or Worldwide, be sure to learn more about their Returns and Refunds policy. Most Returns and Refunds policies include Wrong Item Sent or Broken Items when Refund. To be entitled to a full refund, do not Open the Item or you could be entitled to only a partial refund. However, many shops will allow you to return the item within 30 Days to receive your full refund. For International Orders, Shipping Costs may be paid for you include US Shipping. Now and again, international orders may not be required for to be sent back if the error was the Shops mistake. 


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