I want to know Items you mostly buy from online stores in your routine life?
Liquor.
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Pet supplies
Clothing
Tools
Parts for repair of autos, appliances, etc.
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How about a little context to your question?
My answer is pretty much anything I canāt find in a local store,
IF ā big if
I can wait for, and want to pay for, the shipping. Shipping is always a deal killer.
But if you are talking about things like Etsy and Zazzle and T-spring et. al.? Not a blessed thing. Except for once. I got a really nicely made Plague Doctor mask from a dealer on Etsy. But someone else had gotten one first, so I had first hand knowledge of the seller and the quality.
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I try to buy local as much as possible. If something isnāt available locally or the price difference between what Iād pay locally vs. what Iād pay online is too great, then Iāll buy online. When buying online, Amazon is my absolute last choice. Iāll only buy something there if it isnāt available anywhere else.
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I have a very low opinion of Amazon, especially when it comes to market sellers represented on there. Iāve gotten some really questionable merchandise from some of those sellers and have had more than one run in with rude customer service. Now at the very minimum I check google maps to see if the seller is actually real. And even then, I have to reeeeeeally want the item for some reason and it isnāt available elsewhere. I pay more sometimes just to avoid Amazon.
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The pandemic really boosted my preference for online shopping from, probably, 50% to upwards of 98-plus percent. Now itās turned into a habit that Iāll probably continue going forward. Iāve never enjoyed shopping.
I buy nearly everything online and only resort to shopping at a physical store when Iāve exhausted every other possibility. I even shop for groceries online at one of the local supermarkets, then drive over and they load it all in the back of my pickup. Iād rather pick out produce myself, but all other groceries are ordered online.
Personally, I see no reason to drive to a store hoping theyāll have what I need when I can jump online, check a dozen places, then pick the one with the best combination of price and reviews.
As for Amazon Prime, thereās no shipping charges and I easily pay for the yearly membership fee by finding cheaper prices than I would shopping at local brick and mortar shops. In all the years Iāve been using Amazon Prime, I can only remember one issue, and that was with a misdelivery where Amazon immediately refunded the money. Maybe Iāve just been lucky with it so far.
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Iām much like Just B. I buy everything online. I hate shopping. When the pandemic hit and more ānot in personā options became available - I was delighted quite honestly. 
I get everything I need online - including groceries.
Heh, slightly off topic, perhaps: Over the years Iāve occasionally used Zazzle as a source for one-off personalized gifts. The site has a feature that allows you to set up your own store, but I never did, not intentionally anyway. One of the earliest instances of this was a sweatshirt I did for my brotherāmy daughterās godfatherāthat just said āGodfatherā on it in some stylized type. Given that it was a āmetallicā effect printed on black fabric, the result they delivered was surprisingly good. The funny part is, apparently I unwittingly posted the design for sale, and over the 15 years or so since, with no active promotion whatsoever, it has sold over and over. I get an email, some form of relatively insignificant credit, and a short chuckle when one sells. Probably has something to do with how rare it is to find a āGodfatherā graphic shirt that is unrelated to the films. Anywayā¦
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Iāve used Zazzle for one-off items, too. Itās been a while, but I remember being impressed with the quality.
The pandemic didnāt really stop me from going out to stores and such once I got back to working after the initial lock down. Even then, I still went to the grocery store. In fact I was in a grocery store the night before the first lock down, standing in a line that went halfway around the perimeter of the store. If I didnāt catch Covid thenā¦well, never say never, but still.
Iāve seen the people doing the picking for those who order online. Yeah. Iāll risk the trip.
My sister has Amazon Prime. If I need something there, I hand her cash and email a URL. 
Yeah, theyāre a little iffy. Then again, if you head to the stores late at night, just before closing time, theyāre the ones stocking the shelves. Either way, theyāre involved, and Iām happy theyāre working.
Baby stuff. I try to buy formula, wipes and diapers in bulk.
Clothes.
We buy our groceries online and then pick them up.
Online shopping can do all those other things too?
Since the lockdown ended I donāt buy much online - only really stuff I canāt buy locally. We used to buy presents for friends and family in Europe and ship them over, but since Brexit this is a problem. Last time we did that the Christmas parcel we sent to Germany was still in customs in Frankfurt in March - almost Easter. So now we buy stuff online from German companies and itās on a local delivery.
The other thing is stuff we canāt buy locally and the last time I did that was a band T Shirt because they didnāt have any at the gig.
It isnāt so much āiffy,ā itās more like they just donāt care. Thereās the item, grab it, scan it, and [literally] chuck it in the bag. Iād never have them do produce. Iāve seen them drop non-produce stuff and chuck it in the bag. I got a good imagination. Nope.
Same goes for meat. Iām picky, especially if itās expensive. T-Bone steak means the one with a good size chunk of meat on the inside of the bone, not a one-sided thing to the outside. Or a good, mixed light/dark pork roast, etc.
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I tend to buy only exercise clothes from online stores. I know my size and what I want to get. Often I have to the store and that store doesnāt have it in stock. Buying online makes sense as it shows the whole stock for the entire range. And I have always gotten what I wanted.
Iāll buy shorts, t-shirts, light jackets, trainers (often go through a pair in a year and theyāre expensive).
Itās easier and means I donāt have to waste time going to different locations looking for what I need.
Yeah, I do all the cooking in our house and the grocery shopping is an integral part of that function, as far as my inner chef is concerned. We tried order-and-pickup once or twice before hitting the Never Again button.
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Iām still curious why the OP asked the question.
