Not all states are equal when it comes to online shopping experiences. Residents of one state might pay less and receive their purchases faster than the residents of another. Knowing that, we were curious: Which are the best and worst states for online shoppers?
Extrabux, a site focused on saving money, solved that mystery by analyzing "each state’s online sales tax incongruities along with the varying shipping times and costs" to determine the best and worst places for online shoppers to live after averaging out that data.
The results?
Delaware is the place to go if you've got an online shopping addiction:
It’s no coincidence that “It’s good being first” is Delaware’s state slogan as its 2.74 days average shipping time (6th shortest in U.S.), $4.07 average shipping costs (tied 3rd lowest) and 0% sales tax (tied 1st lowest) clearly make it our number one place for online shoppers to live.
Not bad, huh? The best five states break down like this:
- Delaware
- Mississippi
- New Hampshire
- West Virginia
- Oregon
On the other side of things, these are the worst states for online shoppers:
- Hawaii
- Alaska
- California
- New York
- Washington
You can figure out how the rest of the states do by checking out this comparison of each state’s average tax and shipping costs and average shipping times:
If you want to know more about the methodology used by Extrabux during its analysis, take a look at the blog post on the study.
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Rosa Golijan writes about tech here and there. She's a bit obsessed with Twitter, loves to be liked on Facebook, and is obsessed with weird statistics.