The Causal Relationship of Online Marketing Mix, Perceived Value, Brand Credibility and Customer Intentions to Purchase Furniture in Thailand

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Ploynapa Summasap
Irawat Chomraka
Kullaya Uppapong

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study examine the consistency of causal relationship patterns between online marketing mixes. perceived value brand credibility and purchase intent of customers and study direct influence indirect influence and the total influence between the online marketing mix. perceived value brand credibility and purchase intent of customers in the furniture business in Thailand. Questionnaires were used to gather the data from a sample of 540 Online furniture buyers and Customers with purchase intentions in Thailand. This research collected data using a stratified sampling method based on population proportion from 10 online furniture pages with 10,000-100,000 followers and were randomly sampled by customers who contact online. The questionnaire was used as a research tool. The statistics used in the analysis were frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation and structural equation model analysis.


The results showed that the model was consistent with the empirical data. As for the results of the influence study It found that online marketing mix had a positive direct correlation with purchase Intention furniture online. The analyzing indirect influences It was found that the online marketing mix had a positive effect on perceived value and brand credibility. And both factors had a positive direct correlation with purchase Intention furniture online. In addition, It was found that building perceived value and brand credibility played a role as an intermediate factor in the relationship between online marketing mix and customer purchase intent.

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