Naming a Best Online Shopping Portal in India is as difficult task as naming the Best Businessman of the Year. A number of factors decide which one is the best. Starting from the design and simplicity of the online shopping site, to how products are branded and marketed online, to what offers and discounts are being offered and at what time of the year and what are the after sales services of the site. This is just an outline of how a certain online shopping portal can be termed as ?The Best?.

If you go through various search engines, you will find a number of shopping portals circulating. Some of them are very famous ones like ? indiapalza, homeshop18, indiatimes shopping, ampee.com, humsurfer.com, metamindsindia.com, bumperoffers.com, futurebazar.com, naaptol.com and so on. All of these feature the best brands and companies in name of products they sell. These can include any category clothes, fashion and accessories, gift items, kitchenware, hardware, computers, mobile, technology, jewellery, cameras, laptops, MP3 players, camcorders, books, health and beauty, kids and toys, home appliances and so on.

These online stores are gaining popularity because of the schemes they run on which include Free Home Delivery and Huge Discounts on the products purchased. With increasing traffic jams and lesser time for working professionals, these are best places to shop on. When a particular Online Shopping Store is selected for the Best Portal, these advantages and offers are genuinely counted. Customer's votes also play their role in making a portal reach the top ranking.

As per my shopping experience I term HomeShop18 as the best Online Shopping Portal so far. It is one of the best stores as per my shopping experience here. A venture of Network 18 Group, it has been awarded as the Best Workplaces 2008. Customer satisfaction too is above the satisfaction level. In terms of discounts, monthly and yearly offers and on-time home delivery, there cannot be a better place than Home Shop18. It has also been awarded at the Best Shopping Website by PC WORLD WEB AWARDS in the year 2008. With schemes like ?Buy a product and win assured prizes? and ?sabki jeet pakki? it is the favorite site among the customers. The most favorite feature of Home Shop 18 is ?Pay Cash on Delivery? which is really popular with its customers. I suggest all those who haven't checked in the website of Home Shop 18, should try this memorable experience of online shopping at least once!