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Many goods and services, that once had to be purchased from retail stores, can now be purchased on line....., and very often at lower prices. Store location is generally irrelevant, and the suppliers of good and services don’t need to pay for expensive rentals or leases. The cost of producing colour catalogues on-line, is relatively insignificant compared with the cost of production of glossy, full-colour hard copies of catalogues.
If you are a supplier of any retail product or service, and you do not have an on-line presence, you are missing out on a huge potential market. You should go to my companion web site at www.ianmckenziesdomains.biz to purchase a domain name, (generally for less than $10 a year), and then set up a hosting account, ( this will generally cost you less than $50 a year). So, for a very minimal expenditure, you will be open for business 24/7.
But, this page is all about purchasing goods and services. If those products you plan to purchase are digital, (such as soft-ware programs or music downloads), then it probably does not really matter to any great extent from where in the world the purchase is made. The main consideration is the price that you will be paying.
Of course, if you are purchasing physical goods, such as new computers etc., it may be wise to find a reputable firm in the country in which you live. Quite often however, with smaller items such as computer parts, the shipping cost and purchase cost combined may well be less from an overseas firm than it may be from a local supplier.
On this page I have listed many discount suppliers The emphasis is on computers and technology related goods and services, but others are listed here also. Feel free to browse, and make up your own mind regarding value for money.
Some of these firms I have listed under the country in which they are based. But, many of these firms will also ship internationally.
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