I enjoy purchasing things. Cars, vintage records, antiques, electronics, software, you name it and chances are at some point in my life I’ve purchased it. And while I like to make purchases, I do not like going into stores. So I make most of my purchases online, especially software purchases. I love doing that.

Did you know that you can purchase software online? You can. If you don’t believe me, just get on the Internet and type “purchase software online” into your preferred search engine. I’ll wait a minute so you can do it….

See, I told you. Did you purchase any software while online? I bet you did. Isn’t it sweet that you can purchase it and download the software right away? That’s why being online is my favorite place in the world. What I like most is that I don’t have to get dressed up to go anywhere. Like right now for instance, I’m wearing a dress shirt and sweat pants. Can you imagine walking into a store to purchase software dressed like that? I can’t. It would be kind of funny though.

Would you like to know my all time favorite online software purchases? I thought you would. I bet you and I share a few favorites. I don’t want to put them in order though. Ranking my favorite software isn’t fair to the other software I own.

World of Warcraft - I know, I know. Who doesn’t have WOW as a favorite?

Microsoft® Front Page - You’ve probably visited some of my web sites without even knowing it.

McAfee Anti-Virus - Pretty much the most essential piece of software you can own.

Video Professor Learn HTML - I own most of his stuff, but this one’s my favorite.

Adobe Photoshop® - You can do so much cool stuff with this software. Great all-around online purchase if I do say so myself.

Of course there are many other software titles that I’ve purchased online over the years, but I won’t list them all for you, unless you’ve got like two reams of paper and a ton of ink. My list is pretty long. I bet I’ve spent nearly $10,000 buying software online. Some people spend that much on their cars.

If you want to start buying your software online, I can offer a few tips. For example, make sure you have enough money in your checking account because you’ll get charged right away. Also, buy your software at night. The phone lines aren’t as busy so the data will download quicker. Also, that way if someone tries crank calling you at 3 A.M., they’ll just get a busy signal. Finally, make sure you have a lot of blank CDs so you can burn the software to a disk just in case your computer crashes.

I hope this helped you become a better online software purchaser.