Shopping Tips and Tricks to Finding the Perfect Pair of Shoes

This article will provide you with some useful shopping tips and tricks to finding a perfect pair of shoes.</p><p>Following a recent advertising campaign I asked a number of women what information they would find most useful about womens shoes.</p><p>After collating the feedback received the majority asked for:-</p><p><ul><b> <li>How to find the right size and width</li> <li>How to find discount or inexpensive designer shoes</li> <li>Assurance of return policy/shipping service etc</li> <li>How to choose fashionable shoes that are comfortable</li> <li>Reasonable priced shoes without searching all day to compare prices</li> <li>Quality - how to recognise poor quality shoes</li></b></p><p><b>HOW TO FIND THE RIGHT SIZE AND WIDTH</b></p><p>Know your shoe size and always choose a pair in your true size. The size you usually wear.</p><p>Most online shoe stores offer half sizes.</p><p>Unless the store is in Great Britain or Australia, most online shoe stores list their shoes in US sizes.</p><p>Check your country shoe size. For instance I live in England and my size is UK 7. In US this would be a size 9.5 and European size 40.</p><p>Not all online shoe stores offer narrow or wide width shoes.</p><p>If you require a narrow or wide width shoe try to choose stores that provide these.</p><p>It would be disappointing to go shoe shopping and find a pair of shoes you love only to discover the store only offers standard widths.</p><p><b>HOW TO FIND DISCOUNT OR INEXPENSIVE DESIGNER SHOES</b></p><p>The beauty of online shoe shopping is that the majority of the top stores offer up to and more than 100 designer branded shoes.</p><p>It is unrealistic to expect to get yourself a pair of Gucci shoes and only pay $30 for them.</p><p>However, there are shoe stores that offer such designer names at far lower prices than you would expect to pay at a boutique or mall store.</p><p>There are sites that have unique partnerships with designer houses and only offer end of season or discounted items.</p><p>Be very wary of doing random searches for designer shoes online.</p><p>The increase in fake or replica items is on the increase.</p><p>You might end up paying a little more than some of these sites offer. However, shopping with a reputable store will ensure you get what you are paying for and not some fake or replica item that will only be very poor quality.</p><p>Sadly sites offering fake goods are only after your money and not to give you any customer satisfaction in terms of service or quality product.</p><p><b>ASSURANCE OF RETURNS / SHIPPING POLICY</b></p><p>There a few top stores that offer free shipping [usually within the US or their own country] and free returns.</p><p>Stores usually only charge for worldwide delivery.</p><p>Always check the return policy before actually paying for your shoes.</p><p>Reputable online stores offer excellent customer service and make great effort to ensure their customers are happy.</p><p>They give you fast delivery and a free or inexpensive return service.</p><p><b>HOW TO CHOOSE FASHIONABLE SHOES THAT ARE COMFORTABLE</b></p><p>Almost all top internet shoe stores offer designer and branded shoes which means they are well made and have comfort elements taken into account.</p><p>There will always be reports out there that high heels will ruin your feet.</p><p>A poor quality pair of any shoe including high heels certainly will but you can be fashionable without sacrificing the comfort and health of your feet.</p><p>Current fashion spreads across an enormous selection of styles which means you don't have to have towering high heels to be fashionable.</p><p>Wedge heels are very fashionable at the moment.</p><p>Due to the fact that you have a wedge heel rather than a spike or narrow high heel they are very easy to walk in.</p><p>You won't feel like you have the height they actually are.</p><p>Wedge heels give you all the benefits of high heels such as lengthening and slimming the look of your legs and lifting the posture of your bottom.</p><p>They also come in closed toes, sandals and lots of different colours and textures with ankle ties or straps.</p><p>High heels will always be fashionable and wedge heels are a great way to get the heel without the wobble if you struggle to walk in heels.</p><p>Sabrina or kitten heels are quite in vogue.</p><p>The heel is only up to a couple of inches in height. You do still get the heel benefits but are extremely comfortable and easy to walk in.</p><p>Flat sandals or flip flops will always be comfortable if they are well made.</p><p>If you don't fancy being completely flat you can get wedge flip flops or small heeled sandals.</p><p>A shopping tip to remember with sandals is to choose something that flatters your feet.</p><p>If you have long toes or feet, choose a flip flop that has some detail at the centre of the thong. This draws the eye away from your toes and creates width rather than length.</p><p>Sandals that have a strap or band across the foot to reveal your toes will draw attention to your toes. Trying sandals that have a thong style will reveal more of your foot.</p><p>Shopping tips show that an ankle tied sandal which will draw attention to your legs as well as your feet.</p><p>Loafers or slip on flat shoes are always comfortable.</p><p>Shoe shopping trends show that indian style satin slippers are extremely fashionable at the moment you can choose a few pairs in a variety of styles and maintain the flat heel.</p><p>A good shopping tip is to choose one with a genuine leather hard sole. The quality is better and they won't fall to pieces after short while either.</p><p>Mules and pumps are becoming more popular and designers are creating collections of colours and styles in these ranges.</p><p><b>REASONABLE PRICES WITHOUT SEARCHING ALL DAY TO COMPARE PRICES</b></p><p>Top online shoe stores are extremely competitive.</p><p>Behind the scenes each store will compete for certain key words that their visitors search for.</p><p>For instance if you are looking for a flip flop and go to your search engine and type in 'womens flip flops' you will see pages of listings to choose from.</p><p>Each company's listing has competed against the next to get higher up on the search engine page.</p><p>Their listings then entice you to click on their listing.</p><p>Just because you click on the top listing doesn't mean you are getting the best store for womens flip flops.</p><p>It just means that particular listing has competed better for that particular word and got to the top.</p><p>Unless you have purchased shoes online and know of a few reputable stores, its best to check out a guide or read up on what to look for.</p><p>Prices vary enormously online. The top online stores remain at the top because they offer their customers low prices and quality products.</p><p>These stores will regularly offer sales and maintain low prices.</p><p>Again, don't expect to buy a pair of Gucci shoes for $30. You can expect to get shoes far cheaper than in the stores at the mall and a greater choice of quality designers and shoes in general.</p><p>A good shopping tip is to shop around the top online shoe stores. All have regular sales and heavily discounted lines.</p><p><b>HOW TO RECOGNISE POOR QUALITY</b></p><p>Due to the fact that online shoe stores only offer branded items, you can be assured of the quality.</p><p>A good shopping tip is to look at the shoe images on the sites you are shopping at. They should be clear and a description and larger photo available for you to view.</p><p>Don't waste your shopping time buying shoes from sites that offer little or no choice in terms of both styles and sizes.</p><p>The store doesn't have to be the largest out there but any store should offer you a good selection to choose from.</p><p>The quality of the site itself is also a good indication on what you can expect in terms of service and value for your money.</p><p>If you find it impossible to locate the policy, terms of use or contact us page try and avoid. Its important to have clear policies.</p><p>A shopping tip to remember is the more customer service benefits you see the better your overall shopping experience will be with them.</p><p><b>IMPORTANT TIPS</b></p><p>Shopping tips are important if you want to do this in a breeze. Try to decide what you want before starting out and remember some of the things outlined above.</p><p>Payment is an extremely important factor and you should never give your credit card or personal details if you are not on a secure site or subscribing to something.</p><p>An accurate way and most important of the shopping tips is to check that the payment page is secure is to look at your browser. It takes a second.</p><p>The browser is the white box you see at the top of the web page beginning http://www.thenameofthepage.com</p><p>When you have selected your item[s] and click to checkout the browser screen should change to https://www.thenameofthepage.com/paymentorcheckout.html</p><p>Or something along those lines.</p><p>What is important is the little letter s. This means you are on a secure page to provide your payment details.</p><p>If you note these shopping tips your online shoe shopping experience will be a good one.</p><p>Shelley Costello is owner and author of the Womens Shoes Guru. The site gives a factual and honest guide to choosing womens shoe online. Provides extensive information on little known secret benefits of womens shoes as well as giving a clear understanding of shoe designs.</p><p><a target="_new" href="http://www.womens-shoes-guru.com">http://www.womens-shoes-guru.com</a>