home shopping network

TV sales channel

A home shopping network is a television channel dedicated to selling products directly to viewers, who can call in or go online to purchase items as they're demonstrated on screen.

The format typically features hosts enthusiastically presenting merchandise—jewelry, electronics, clothing, kitchen gadgets—with limited-time pricing to create urgency.

She ordered that blender from a home shopping network at 2 AM.

The capitalized Home Shopping Network (HSN) is a specific American cable channel that pioneered the format.

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Categories
Opposites
retail channel type

home shopping networkin-store shopping

Buying merchandise at physical locations

department store · shopping mall · big-box store · boutique · strip mall

shopping modality

home shopping networke-commerce

Internet-based buying and selling

Amazon · online marketplace

shopping experience type

home shopping networkcomparison shopping

Evaluating competing offers

Family

shopping, network, homes, homing, homeless, homely, homeland, homemade, homeward

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G