There was a time when shopping for a car, finding a new home, or adopting a pet meant spending hours, if not days, scouring newspaper ads, visiting local shops, and making countless phone calls. You had to go from one place to another, sometimes across town, just to see what was available. Today, those days are long gone. With a small device in your pocket your mobile phone, laptop, tablet, or computer—you can access almost everything in a matter of seconds. From purchasing a used car to browsing real estate listings and even adopting a pet, the digital world has…