Free Shipping Day is a day which is waited by one and all as one gets value for money and need not pay anything for the transportation of the goods. This is a day when thousands of online merchants offer free shipping on the day that provides enough time for purchases to be delivered in time for Christmas Eve. This year Free Shipping Day is on December 16, 2011.
ComScore is a score which tells how much consumers are spending and it has been reported on Sunday that online spending remained strong in early December. This score holds a lot of significance for US as usually early December indicates a quiet period in the U.S. holiday shopping. This year seems to be an exception and that is why free shipping day is gaining more importance in US these days. Another interesting trivia about online shopping and physical shopping is that eBay created the term Green Monday to describe the Monday of the second week of December. This day tends to be among the busiest online shopping days and this has been experienced for a past number of days. Just remember that if your are doing online shopping than do use these online shopping safety tips, and use credit card and debit card as per the guidelines and one need not worry as online transactions is the safest mode of payment.