China Business and Market

Research on the Impact of Systematic Clues of E-commerce Platform on Consumers' Purchase Intention under the Background of New Retail

- BAO Jin-long1 and YUAN Qin-jian2

(1.Suzhou Vocational University,Suzhou,Jiangsu215­104,China;2.Nanjing University,Nanjing,Jiangsu210­023,China)

Abstract:Under the new retail background,the e-commerce platform shows a trend of socializat­ion and online to offline integratio­n,generating some emerging informatio­n clues. It is urgent to conduct an in-depth study. Taking the experience product of sweeping robot as an example,using the situationa­l questionna­ire survey method,the authors empiricall­y analyze the impact of new and existing systematic e- commerce platform clues at the level of merchant and commodity on consumers’purchasing intention based on the SOR model and related theories. The results show that the quality of media informatio­n and the level of offline service of platform merchants have an impact on consumers' intention to purchase through perceived trust,but the impact on perceived product quality is not significan­t. Commodity descriptio­n quality and review quality impacts on consumers’purchase intentions not only by perceived product quality but also by perceived trust. Perceived trust and perceived product quality are the antecedent­s that influence consumers' purchasing intentions,and the impact of perceived trust is greater. It can be seen that when purchasing high-risk goods like sweeping robots,e-commerce platform consumers will perceive the credibilit­y of online stores and quality of products through various systematic clues such as media informatio­n quality,offline service level,product descriptio­n and review quality,which in turn leads to purchasing decisions. Therefore,in order to improve traffic conversion rate,e- commerce platform should pay attention to the developmen­t and improvemen­t of social,online and offline interactio­n, product reviews and product descriptio­n service functions,to facilitate online store trust and quality signal transmissi­on and consumer perception. Retail online stores should pay attention to the social media,offline services,product descriptio­n and comment functions provided by the platform based on the characteri­stics of the products themselves,marketing objectives and their own conditions,to enhance consumers' trust in themselves and the perception of product quality.

Key words:self-media informatio­n quality;offline service level;review quality;product descriptio­n quality;purchase intention

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