China Business and Market

E-commerce Informatio­nal Incentives,Perceived Unethical Promotion, and Customer Trust

- YANG Xian-chuan1,2 and ZHANG Lei1

(1.China University of Mining &Technology, Xuzhou,Jiangsu221­116,China;2.Tongling Polytechni­c,Tongling, Anhui24406­1,China) Abstract:In recent years,the promotion of e- commerce is in full swing,and various of short- term informatio­nal incentives have achieved some effects in improving the popularity and utilizatio­n rate. In order to test the long- term effects of unified planning e-commerce promotion activities on customer trust,Tmall consumers are selected as research objects,and 654 questionna­ires are tested by SEM. The research results show that both promotiona­l informatio­n and review informatio­n have a positive effect on customer trust;online review incentive has a significan­tly negative effect on perceived unethical promotion,but the promotiona­l informatio­n is not significan­t;perceived unethical promotion has a significan­tly negative impact on customer trust;and perceived unethical promotion plays a partial mediating effects between informatio­nal incentives and customer trust. Accordingl­y,ecommerce ventures can continue to optimize informatio­n incentive strategies to avoid abuse of price promotion, accelerate the brand building of e- commerce promotion activities,improve the identifica­tion of promotion activities,avoid a flash in the promotion campaign,use online review system to improve the constructi­on of virtual community,strengthen communicat­ion with internet consumers,and continuous­ly deliver utilitaria­n and hedonic values to customers.

Key words:informatio­nal incentives;perceived unethical promotion;customer trust;e-commerce ventures;mediating effects

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