Consumers' Experiences With E -Commerce Technologies: Three Essays
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description: Essay three explores the effect of online shipping charges on consumers' e-commerce purchase decisions. (Such purchase decisions relate in part to two of the three shared understandings: trust/control and success.) Two experiments were conducted with college students using a simulated e-commerce website. The first experiment examined how the amount of the shipping charge and the way it is framed (bundled with or separate from the merchandise price) influence the decision to purchase a CD storage unit online or at a conventional retail store. The second experiment examined the influence of framing and online merchandise return policies on purchase decisions. Relevant theory was drawn from prospect theory and mental accounting principles.
abstract: Essay three explores the effect of online shipping charges on consumers' e-commerce purchase decisions. (Such purchase decisions relate in part to two of the three shared understandings: trust/control and success.) Two experiments were conducted with college students using a simulated e-commerce website. The first experiment examined how the amount of the shipping charge and the way it is framed (bundled with or separate from the merchandise price) influence the decision to purchase a CD storage unit online or at a conventional retail store. The second experiment examined the influence of framing and online merchandise return policies on purchase decisions. Relevant theory was drawn from prospect theory and mental accounting principles.
author: Lloyd, Susan M.
language: eng
keywords: Business Administration, Marketing
date published: 2015-09-25T22:21:24Z
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:26:23Z
provider: University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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