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An Online Consumer Purchase Decision Cycle

An Online Consumer Purchase Decision Cycle
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Author(s): Penelope Markellou (University of Patras, Greece), Maria Rigou (University of Patras, Greece)and Spiros Sirmakessis (Technological Educational Institution of Messolongi, Greece)
Copyright: 2005
Pages: 13
Source title: Advances in Electronic Marketing
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Irvine Clarke III (James Madison University, USA)and Theresa B. Flaherty (James Madison University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-321-0.ch016

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Abstract

This chapter presents the overall consumer purchase decision cycle and investigates the issues that affect Web users from e-shop selection to product delivery and final assessment of the shopping experience. This process has been divided into three successive stages: outside the e-shop, inside the e-shop, and after sales. Each stage is analyzed on the basis of customer states and transition conditions, while special focus is set on abandonment factors. The chapter aims to provide a thorough insight to e-shop features that ensure customer satisfaction and those that may result in further enhancement of online shopping. The ultimate objective is to provide guidelines for designing successful e-shops and clarify success and failure factors.

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