How to buy men’s shoes on the internet

How to buy men’s shoes on the internet

The first thing you need to know is what size your feet are, you can’t buy a pair of shoes if you don’t know what size shoe you are. The best way to find out your shoe size is by being measured professionally. This is quite easy accomplished, all you have to do is the next time you visit the high street or visit a shopping mall go into a shop that sell men’s shoes and ask for your feet to be measured.

When you have your feet measured for a pair of shoes they will give your measurement based on either the UK or the European shoe size scale.

UK 3 3½ 4 4½ 5 5½ 6 6½ 7 7½ 8 9 10 11 12 13
EU 35 35½ 36 37 37½ 38 38½ 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47

When shopping on the internet for men’s shoes you don’t want to be ordering shoes and having to send them back because they don’t fit. Even though you’ve had your feet measured and you know your size there’s a little hiccup here because shoe manufacturers have tolerances in their sizing. Some manufacturers are on the small side and others on the large side. Therefore the next step after being measured is to try different manufacturers’ shoes, make a note of those that fit according to your shoe size and those that you have to go up or down a size, note also the style. For example you’ll find that Birkenstock shoes are in the main on the large size and most people drop down a size.

The beauty here is that once you know your shoe size and have a feel for how the shoe size varies with the different styles and manufacturers, buying men’s shoes online is easy.

To make buying men’s shoes online even easier here are a few tips;

• If you know the style and make of shoe you want be specific in your search.
• Only shop on websites that are reputable, don’t just go for the cheapest.
• Read the about us, how long have they sold men’s shoes?
• Read the returns policy – can you send the shoes back?
• Only shop on sites that you can speak to – look for the phone number on the contact us page.
• Only part with your credit card details on a secure sight, look for the padlock at the bottom of the screen.
• Build a list of men’s shoes sites and store them in your favourites.