Goli, I think these days online shopping is very prominent all across the world and my country is definitely no exception. Although it is not as relevant as my country because it took Iran a long while to adopt these new technologies and we didn’t have the proper proper infrastructure in terms of banking and in terms of the post service, but these days nonetheless it has again a significant prominence and people buy a wide range of products online anything from niche items like buying food supplements for my cats or the litter for their litter box to more advanced items like computers and mobile phones and some people have a tendency to leave reviews online. I think that the closes are the only items that are not really good to buy them online and they are not as they are not as soft for online as other products because people want to like try them and touch them and actually interact with the product. So I think just minus those few exceptions you can find the reviews for almost anything all across the world.
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Goli, I think these days online shopping is very prominent all across the world, and my country is definitely no exception. Although it is not as relevant as in other countries because it took Iran a long while to adopt these new technologies, and we didn't have the proper infrastructure in terms of banking and the postal service, these days it nonetheless has significant prominence. People buy a wide range of products online, anything from niche items like food supplements for my cats or litter for their litter boxes to more advanced items like computers and mobile phones. Some people have a tendency to leave reviews online. I think that clothes are the only items that are not really good to buy online. They are not as suitable for online shopping as other products because people want to try them on, touch them, and actually interact with the product. So, just minus those few exceptions, you can find reviews for almost anything all across the world.
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