Play.com

Play.com is one of the largest online stores in UK. It emerged as second largest according to traffic monitor Hit wise, adding testimony to above fact it came 2nd in UK hot shop lists in year 2006 released by IMG and Hit wise. They   host more than 5,000,000 products and have 7,000,000 registered customers. So without doubt they have a great cost advantage compared to other stores.

Home page comprises of variety of principal products they offer which comprises of DVD, Music, Books, Tickets, Audio Books, Games, Electronics, Computing and Mobiles. In fact they are one of the very few sites which offers a complete house hold as well as entertainment products under one brand.

Another striking feature of their website is the section called pick of the week, New releases which is available for the above mentioned principal products. It shows how fast their site gets refurbished to latest trends and fads.  They comprises of more than 500 employees who look after their online activities.

Music and Video is one of many specialties and USP (Unique selling point) of their online store, where they give products from Music DVD’s to even Music and TV celebrity TV shirts. They offer very cheap and low price especially for their music products which are as competitive to other famous online stores in UK like Amazon and even some times much cheaper.

They have a 7,000,000 online customer base, which must give one an idea about how easy one can register with them. They can register by just entering their e- mail address and they can use their account to check their order status, past purchase history and payments etc. They are VeriSign secured; offers quite secured payment and translations.

One does not stop with Music and DVD items, but also can purchase Sunglasses, accessories to even Men and Woman clothing. Another astonishing thing about their shop is delivery of all the items is absolutely free of cost.

They have a column by name Ask Play.com, where they have updated their data base about the various questions asked by customer regarding their shopping with them, and hence a new user can get a fair idea about it and can have a clear mind before entering into any purchase decision with Play.com. They also have listed their customer care helpline number, so that to clarify the doubts which further customer has about them.

One may return any unopened item with seven days for a full refund and their return policy is valid for 28 days from date of receipt. So shopping is made very transparent, which can be of immense benefit for customers.
They have other wide array of sections like

  1. Top sellers
  2. Coming soon
  3. Recent releases
  4. Top 100 specially meant for their principal products.

If one is still not interested, they have a section called sell your stuff, where one can list any of our own items like Music, DVD for sale, and garner money. It is a store which can raise eye brows for sure.