Still shopping for household products?

Online shopping service supplies busy women with valuable commodity: A way to save money on gasoline and an added bonus of extra time.

You save money on gas without the need for a long trip into town and the stress of trying to find a parking spot. Save time by not having to interweave through throngs of shoppers and standing in long line. Shopping online can be a far more enjoyable experience than the more physical aspect of it.

With the hustle and bustle of everyday life often leaving little free time for many people, even the most basic of day-to-day needs can frequently be overlooked.

With the hours of the day feeling more and more like they're not enough to do all the things you need to, it can get pretty stressful trying to juggle life, household needs and home basics.

However, at least when it comes to shopping, there are many options available to make at least this necessity easy to get around.

Recent surveys have shown that the Internet now counts for just over forty per cent of all retail purchases. And it's not just the technology savvy or the younger generation that are making use of this tool – a new "silver surfer" generation of older shoppers has arisen and are using online shopping to their advantage.

This new kind of shopping has proven extremely popular with mothers trying to run a household as well as hold down a full-time job, the elderly for whom it may be just a little too difficult to make a long trip anywhere, and the housebound, whether through disability or any mobility issues.

With the simple notion of fulfilling all their shopping needs with the simple click of a mouse, it's opened up a whole new world of shopping to people who previously had to rely on others to shop for them.

In the past, online shopping may have brought an image of a shopping channel program. Now even the most basic of household items can be purchased, and the world of shopping in general has changed forever, and for the better.