It is an exciting time for the sport of paragliding: For the first time, you can shop for all your paragliding needs 24/7/365, all from the comfort of your own home.
Your search for one stop shopping has ended. It’s all here.
The iparaglide.com advantage: The finest equipment, selection, prices* and service in the sport of paragliding. Fast, safe and easy!
*All prices in the eStore are in United States Dollars ($USD). Your credit card will be billed in $USD. Your bill statement will show the $USD amount, the cards' independent exchange rate on the date of transaction, and the converted amount in your currency.
You can email, telephone, or fax us anytime 24/7/365 to answer questions regarding paragliding, your order status, or for technical support.
E-commerce is fast, safe and easy.
By ordering on-line, the accuracy is absolute, and the time required to place an order and receive it is greatly reduced.
Fast.
With e-commerce, the order process happens seamlessly, behind the scenes, without wasting valuable timber and time. We have invested the time and resources up-front to build powerful algorithms to do it all. So you can order easily and almost instantly. We have made it virtually impossible to fill out the order incorrectly. We receive it in seconds, and you are immediately emailed a confirmation receipt with all pertinent info on it.
Within four weeks, the paragliding equipment arrives at your door, worldwide. Within North America, orders are being received in as short as two weeks. And, deliveries as fast as one week can be done at a surcharge. Now that’s service!
We use the highest level of encryption available to ensure your credit card security. In fact, the process is identical to going to a traditional retailer, who swipes your card. The machine reads the card number from the magnetic stripe on the back of the card and transmits over encrypted telephone channels to execute the transaction with the creditor. With iparaglide.com, instead of swiping, you just key the number in on our secure site, which uses the same high-level encrypted telephone channels.
With creditors as big as Visa and Mastercard behind the system, you can be sure you are in safe hands.
Besides, why not let your credit card company finance your flying, interest free, for thirty days?
We trust that after your first shopping experience with us, you will prefer no other way. Our graphics designers have created an ergonomic and aesthetic visual based shopping basket system that is user friendly and intuitive.
On-line shopping is completely synonymous to shopping in a regular store:
- "Enter" the store by resting the cursor on (e-store).
- Select an "isle" to browse from the menu by clicking (gliders, harnesses, evac, cockpit, accessories, clothing, library).
- "Stroll" down the isle by scrolling with the mouse.
- Take a closer look at something you like by clicking on the product.
- To put it in your basket, click (add one to basket).
Now here is the great part. You can go on a virtual shopping spree running around our store "isles" and throwing all the paragliding gear you could ever want into the basket:
- When you are done throwing gear into the basket, look into the basket and find out how much it would cost by clicking (my basket).
- Here you will see the contents of your basket and the total price. You can now throw things out of the basket that you want but can’t afford right now by clicking (remove) or adjust items by clicking (update).
In this manner you can "game" a virtual shopping spree without ever actually making a purchase, as long as you don’t proceed to checkout. Just like in a regular store, you can run around adding and removing items from your basket, but nothing really happens until you pay at the register. Also, you can always just drop the basket and leave the store!
Check Out
If you decide you really want that shiny new helmet, proceed to checkout:
- Checkout by clicking (checkout).
- You will be prompted to either (create a new account) or to (place an order without account). We recommend setting up an account as it will save you having to enter all your contact info in the future and we also offer our loyal repeat customers special discounts. However, if it is a one-time quick purchase, it is not necessary to set up an account. You will be prompted accordingly to complete the purchase using your credit card.
- You will receive an email confirming your purchase and shipping address.
- For in stock items, you will receive your order at your door within two weeks in North America and four weeks abroad. Faster delivery times can be obtained for a surcharge. We use only the best worldwide courier services as appropriate for your timing needs and area.
- Enjoy flying with your new toy ASAP! :-)
Of course, for those customers who do not have internet access, or prefer to order using traditional methods, we will be happy to take your order by phone/fax or mail.
The result of this sophisticated, efficient order/shipping methodology is that we spend less time on the paper shuffling and the nitty-gritty details and more time serving you, the customer.
More importantly, the increased efficiency also means we receive preferred rates with paragliding manufacturers. In turn, we can pass these savings on to you, and offer competitive prices.
We have been very pleased with the quality of manufacturer’s who share our vision and want to work with us.
At iparaglide.com, our policy is to test fly the very latest products from most popular quality brands and feature only our top picks for the season. So our eStore is a carefully screened list of our most recommended products. We have many happy customers who have relied on our advice.
For 2004 we have selected the state-of-the-art brands: ICARO, XIX, Airwave, Renschler, Sup'Air and Garmin GPS.
For those rainy days when you are grounded, our library of magazines, technical books, videos, games, CD-roms and DVDs will keep your mind soaring.