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Congratulations on your engagement.

This is such an exciting time for all Brides-to-Be! He asked, you said "yes"! Let the planning begin.

One of the first things most women start looking for is their dream wedding dress. Usually you begin by looking through magazines and possibly visiting your local bridal salon.

If you have done those things, before you buy, consider looking for wedding gowns online. Not only will you save time, but because most online bridal stores eliminate the middle man, you can get some very good deals, and probably get a dress that you could not afford at your local salon right on the Internet for 1/2 the cost!

Brides shopping online just need to follow a few simple guidelines that will ensure their transaction goes smoothly and they are 100% satisfied.

Here are the Top 5 things to consider when you are shopping for wedding gowns online;

1. Check the Return Policy – This is definitely the first thing that you will want to do before you look! Some online stores will only exchange your dress for another one. This is not good unless you are familiar with the quality that they produce. The best return policy is one that gives you so many days from the time your receive your dress to return it. This guarantees that you do not "wear" the dress and send it back, but it also makes you confident that if you really do not like the dress, you will not be stuck with it.

2. Look Carefully at the Pictures of the Gowns – Do not purchase from a site that only uses photographs from magazines. There is nothing worse than thinking you will get a certain quality and when your gown arrives it is cheap and falling apart.

3. What is their policy on embellishments – This is important because so many women have gotten a dress only to find out that their sequins, flowers, bows, appliqués are simply glued on! Not good. Make sure these are sewn on, and if done by hand, that is even better.

4. Look at the Materials of Different Dresses – If all of these dresses are shinny satin, then the quality is low. This is the cheapest polyester blend you can get. Make sure they have options like matte satin, tulle, silk and English lace. If they do not use these types of materials, go somewhere else.

5. Thinking about eBay? Be careful, there have been many scams reported from dresses manufactured in China and sold on eBay. Some ladies never even get their dresses. If you know of the sellers reputation via word of mouth, that is fine, but otherwise beware.

That's the hard part. Now that you have done your homework, you will see that there are several, reputable Online Bridal Shops that offer their customers designer quality dresses at wholesale prices. And the best part, maybe you have fallen in love with a $ 3,000 dress but just can not afford it. Well if you buy wedding gowns online, you can often times get that same dress for around $ 499. Now you can get that dream dress and spend your money somewhere else.

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Source by Deborah Kolich