Factors Affecting E-Loyalty Behaviors in Purchasing Consumer Products On the E-Tailing website in Thailand

Authors

  • Nannapat Kasemsuk Faculty of Communication Arts and Management Innovation National Institute of Development Administration
  • Bu-nga Chaisuwan Faculty of Communication Arts and Management Innovation National Institute of Development Administration

Keywords:

E-Loyalty Behaviors, the E-Tailing website

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to 1) to study factors, consumer expertise in purchasing consumer products perception of product characteristics electronic service quality and satisfaction with electronic promotion programs affecting electronic loyalty behavior in purchasing consumer products of electronic retail websites in Thailand, 2) to study the relationship between consumer expertise in purchasing consumer products perception of product characteristics electronic service quality and satisfaction in electronic promotion programs affect consumer loyalty behavior on electronic retail websites in Thailand and 3) to study effective factors in explaining and predicting electronic loyalty behavior. In order to buy consumer products of 3 electronic retail websites in Thailand, Tesco Locale Online, Big C Online and Tops Online. This research is a quantitative study that collected data from a sample population of 250 people using an online questionnaire method.

The research found that all of the factors were positively related to electronic loyalty behavior including; product perception factor, electronic service quality factors, satisfaction factors in electronic promotion programs and consumer expertise factors in purchasing consumer products as for the effective factors for explaining and predicting electronic loyalty behavior, Three factors were found in order as follows: electronic service quality factors, consumer expertise factors in purchasing consumer goods and satisfaction factors in electronic promotion programs and from the research, it was found that the product perception factor was positively related to the electronic loyalty behavior but it is not an effective factor in explaining and predicting electronic loyalty behavior

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2022-06-28

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Kasemsuk, N., & Chaisuwan, B.- nga . (2022). Factors Affecting E-Loyalty Behaviors in Purchasing Consumer Products On the E-Tailing website in Thailand. The journal of social communication innovation, 10(1), 136–152. retrieved from https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jcosci/article/view/247200

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