In this day and age nearly everything you find available on the high street or within shopping centres can also be found online. By being able to buy your goods online it makes shopping a lot more convenient, as it enables you to browse from any computer, laptop, tablet and even mobile phones - as long as there is an internet connection. It allows you to avoid paying for travel to get to and from your destination, paying for parking - if you have driven and queueing in-store, which lets face it, is the bane of every shoppers life! Browsing the world wide web also gives you a greater variety of choice as there are a lot more shops online than any other shopping centre or high street and it also allows you to find shops you didn't even know existed! What I really love about shopping online though is knowing that there are so many people who are bed bound, or coping with disabilities which prevents them being able to go shopping, and by using online shopping it gives them an alternative and makes shopping accessible. The process involved with buying goods online commonly involves browsing through all of the products available, adding numerous items to your virtual shopping basket and when you have finally found everything you wish to purchase you then visit a virtual checkout. When you are go to make your payment you get the option to choose your payment method, whether that may be using your credit/debit card or making a payment via PayPal, and you will also need to choose the delivery method, which depend on how quickly you would like to receive your parcel. Once you have chosen your method and delivery and made the payment, an order confirmation should come up on the screen and then soon after you should receive a shipping confirmation advising you your product is on its way (usually via email or sms). When buying either dressmaking fabrics or haberdashery items from Calico Laine the same process applies. This is a commonly used procedure for buying online and is clearly instructed so that it makes it easy for all of our customer to use. Our website layout it also very clear to understand as we have chosen to group together all of our products that fit the same category. This allows our customers to go directly to the section that they need. When it is so easy to buy products online it is hard not to. Here at Calico Laine, we find that zip orders are an extremely common order that we receive lots of, daily, this is because they are not only an imperative item for your sewing kit but they are a crucial haberdashery item that are used by most of us daily. So if you need to Buy Zips Online or "the hookless fastener" as it was initially called, why not visit our zips section and have a look at our huge variety. Zips are widely used by dressmakers to put on coats, jackets, jeans and dresses for practicality but are also being used recently to make bold fashion statements when they are used on the outside of garments. Imagine you were mid way through making a skirt and realised you did not have a zip in your stash, that either matched the fabric you were using, or was too big/small to fit into what you were making. Obviously, you know that you need to get a zip to finish your garment, but you may not be lucky enough to have a local fabric/haberdashery store. This being the case, the first thing you think is 'I'll just buy it online' - because this is definitely the most convenient way to get it. If you are looking to Buy Zips Online, here at Calico Laine, we do stock a massive array of zips, and all haberdashery products for that matter. Specifically we stock dress zips, concealed zips, plastic and nylon open ended zips, tent zips, trouser zips and the list really does go on! At Calico Laine we understand that you not only need to Buy Zips Online but you come to us to buy everything from threads and bobbins all the way to the fabric to be able to create fabulous garments, and due to be updated into our New Arrivals section we have 5 upholstery fabrics which means if you need to reupholster old chairs, foot stools or even just make some basic cushions we can now help you out! Everything we stock online is also available throughout both of our stores in Neston, Cheshire and Liscard, Wirral, so if you want to look and feel some of the fabrics that we have available you will be warmly welcomed by all of our smiley staff. If however, you are unable to visit either of our stores, our website is purposely designed so that you are able to purchase samples of any of the fabrics you are interested in! We most certainly are the really useful textiles company.