A shopping addiction is one of the most destructive and extremely difficult to control once it has a grip. Shopping addiction is sometimes laughed off as ‘retail therapy’ by those who suffer with the inability to stop spending online and only the installation of a good quality web filter will provide the kind of control necessary to fight off the urge to spend.

A web filter will effectively block online shopping sites and make it impossible for an online shopping addict to access the kind of shopping sites that are irresistible to someone who indulges in compulsive buying and cannot stop spending. Someone with this kind of addiction derives enormous comfort from being able to spend money, sometimes on completely useless and trivial purchases.

The level of the problem might sometimes be dire before help is sought and often the online shopping addict will have exhausted a number of avenues of credit before seeking assistance to overcome their addiction. The one saving grace is that often there is no further credit available and so the addict is able to resist seeking shopping sites on other computers. For the home computer, an effective web filter will block shopping sites and prevent the addict from accessing the kind of online stores they frequent to feed their spending habit.

People of all ages might suffer from compulsive buying and often teenagers will fall victim to over spending and take the habit with them into maturity, often undiscovered until they are in dire financial circumstances. Any member of your family might be at risk from this invasive addiction which could be so easily prevented with blocking software.

The problems of online shopping are compounded by the availability of online stores, which are open twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. Their aim is to make their products available and they certainly do a good job. For many of us who find the internet a convenience, having such a service is a bonus but to a shopping addict, it is like being given the keys to the kingdom!