Sustainability · 2023 · 168 citations · 44 references
BusinessMarketingMarketing ManagementConsumer BehaviorConsumption StudiesE-commerce SystemsBusiness-to-consumer E-commerceConsumer InvolvementConsumer NeedsCustomer EngagementE-commerce MarketingOnline Consumer BehaviorConsumer Trust In E-commerceLive Streaming CommercePerceived TrustPerceived Value MeasurementPurchase Intention AnalysisPurchase Intention EffectsPurchase Intention MeasurementPurchase Intention Modeling
Live‑streaming e‑commerce blends traditional online convenience with real‑time interaction, yet it struggles with content homogenization and low repeat‑purchase willingness. The study seeks to identify how to better stimulate consumers’ continuous purchase willingness in live‑streaming e‑commerce. Using the stimulus–organism–response framework, the authors built a model linking perceived utilitarian, hedonic, and social value to continuous purchase intention through trust in the streamer and product, and tested it with a questionnaire of Chinese users. Perceived utilitarian, hedonic, and social value all boost trust in the streamer, while utilitarian and social value also strengthen trust in the product; trust in the streamer enhances trust in the product, and overall consumer trust partially mediates the link between perceived value and willingness to continue purchasing.
As an emerging e-commerce model that combines the convenience of traditional e-commerce with the real-time and interactive nature of live streaming, live-streaming (LS) e-commerce is loved and recognized by consumers. At the same time, LS e-commerce also faces many difficulties such as homogenization of marketing content and consumers’ low willingness to repeat purchase. Therefore, how to better stimulate consumers’ continuous purchase willingness in LS has become a hot topic of current research. Based on the stimulus–organism–response (SOR) model, this paper constructs a model of consumers’ purchase intention mediated by consumers’ trust in LS e-commerce, measuring consumers’ perceived value in LS e-commerce in three dimensions: utilitarian value, hedonic value and social value, and using consumers’ trust in the streamer and trust in the product as mediators to investigate the influence of perceived value on consumers’ continuous purchase intention. Data of Chinese users were collected by questionnaire survey to prove the assumptions of this paper. The results show that consumers’ perceived utilitarian value, hedonic value and social value significantly and positively influence their trust in the streamer; consumers’ perceived utilitarian value and social value significantly and positively influence their trust in product; trust in streamer significantly and positively influences their trust in the product; and consumer trust partially mediates the relationship between perceived value and consumers’ willingness to continue to purchase.
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