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Research

How Indonesias Youngsters Use E-Commerce

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BACKGROUND

The growth of e-commerce in Indonesia. The growth of service providers for e-commerce in Indonesia. The improvement of the online infrastructure in Indonesia. The rapid growth of e-commerce website in Indonesia. Indonesia counts for a very big market for e-commerce. Young people as inuential trend-setter in e-commerce.

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Research Objectives
To discover the landscape of e-commerce in Indonesia. To identify behaviour of the young people when using e-commerce services. To analyze which e-commerce websites are visited frequently. To identify which products that young people buy online. To describe the proportion and frequency of Internet and Mobile use. To identify the reason why young people dont use e-commerce.

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Research subject
n = 500
Male and Female. Proportion of Female Respondents reach 70%. Married and Single. Between 20 - 30 year-old. From middle to upper class who owns high-end/smartphone. High Internet Literacy (all respondents have smartphone, are able to identify online activities, and are capable of utilising a variety of functionalities that can be achieved using mobile devices and internet tehnology).

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Duration & Place for Survey

Duration: 30 days (1 month) Place: Jakarta and the surroundings area, specically in Jakarta Business Districts and in University areas.

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Despite of the high growth of the Internet, in terms of infrastructure and penetration, peoples level of knowledge about Internet itself is still developing. There still seems to be a wrong assumption in regards to what ecommerce really is, in comparison to the respondents behaviour when shopping online. Respondents still dont fully understand the real meaning of ecommerce, i.e. a fully integrated payment system maximised by use of Internet network. They still assume that a bank transfer is the ecommerce payment system.

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On the other hand, online stores or e-commerce service providers still havent maximised the payment system that they are offering. The fact that most online stores or ecommerce providers use bank transfer method for their transaction shows that really they are still using the semionline method. More education on this issues are clearly still needed for all parties. Meanwhile, the rapid growth of shopping online will still give a great prospect for e-commerce in Indonesia.

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Research Locations Proportion (Where do they live?)

10%

Jakarta: 72% Bogor: 0,4% Tangerang & Banten: 14% Depok: 4,2 % Bekasi: 10%
4% 14%

0%

72%

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The reason why Jakarta counts for a bigger proportion

Jakarta has a better Internet Infrastructure (compare to other places), and the consumer in Jakarta has already known about e-commerce sites and the process of buying goods online.

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Occupation Proportion (What do they do?)

16% 3% 3% 1%

78%

77,6% Student 16% Private staff 3% Entrepreneur 2,8% Government staff

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The Reason why Respondents are centered on students

Students are the widest market, not only in number but also the fact that they are more Internet literate than other demography. Students are one of the most frequent user of the Internet, dont mind to try new product (including Internet Services) and has a big and growing buying power.

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93%
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used Blackberry as their main smartphone

Subjects Online Behavior

8% 19%

Measured by International standard of Internet literacy Most of respondents (74%) doing online activities less than 50 hours per week, for 50-100 hrs are 19%, respondents online all the time are 8% The data shows that average Internet literacy of youngster are still considered low to moderate level

74%

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Some of the questions asked in this research reect the economic status of the respondents which consist of SES A and B.

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Most Visited Websites

1. Facebook 2. Twitter 3. Kaskus 4. Google 5. Yahoo

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Sites they visited

Facebook: 32% Kaskus: 14% Twitter: 20% Yahoo & products: 9% YouTube: 4% detik: 8% Google & products: 13%

9% 8% 14%

13% 4% 20%

32%

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The two most visited websites, according to this research, are Facebook (32%) and Twitter (20%). Hot on their heals come Kaskus, a local site that has the biggest community in Indonesia, with 14%. Then come Google (13%), which includes Google Search, GMail, Google Translate, and other Google services. Three other websites, following the above big 4, are Yahoo! services (9%), Detik - a local online portal services (8%) and Youtube bringing out the rear with 4%. Again, just like Google, we include all services provided by Yahoo! and Detik into one umbrella, whilst for Youtube, even though its par t of Google, respondents recognise it as a product of its own with a high social aspect.

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HOW THEY USE ECOMMERCE SITES

1% 10% 26%

38%
26% respondent just surfing for products, while 25% of respondent refer r ing for pr ice before offline buying, 38% surfing for products and purchase it online .
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25%

Window shopping can be described as a process where respondents visit a wide variety of websites before they decide to buy a specic product, online or ofine. In a way, they are just using the websites as reference to browse products before they decide for a particular one. Compare Prices constitutes the behaviour where respondents analyse product prices from different e-commerce websites and compare them with the those prices ofine. This behaviour shows that respondents recognise the existence of e-commerce websites but still cannot leave their ofine shopping pattern. As much as 26% of respondents only compare prices online without actually buy anything, whereas 25% of them use e-commerce website as reference to compare prices before they buy ofine.

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38%
Respondents compare prices AND buy online
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The number of Respondents who use e-Commerce

224 Respondents 175 Females 49 Males

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Based on the background explained previously, in relation to the respondents age, their activities and and tendencies they showed in answering the questions, at the end this research is focusing more on seeing how young people in big cities using ecommerce. Apart from focusing on young respondents, this research is also divided into two topics regarding consumer behaviour related to services. The rst topic will see in details consumers view about e-commerce, what attracts them to it, where they nd information about e-commerce websites and behaviour patterns related to buying process of products via e-commerce service. The second topic will dig deeper on the behaviour patterns of consumers who dont buy from e-commerce websites, what their reasons are and what type of information that is needed by e-commerce sites to increase their service to attract consumers. This survey also found that 224 respondents have used e-commerce services, while the other 276 have never used any.

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150

Good e-commerce

112.5

75

37.5

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n = 224 respondents

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From this research, its been found that respondents still hesitate in using e-commerce services, but are getting more condent with the help of their friends recommendations or other users positive comments. On the topic of experience in using e-commerce services, respondents want easier online buying process and nicer look and feel. They also say that a user-friendly sites are one of the important factors. Another thing that respondents wants from e-commerce sites are a security guarantee, they need e-commerce services that are trustworthy and easy to be accessed.

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E-commerce sources of information

150

112.5

75

37.5

friends & relative search engine

kaskus

offline magazine

facebook

n = 224 respondents
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Most respondents are getting their information about e-commerce from their friends and relatives (60%). This shows that recommendation is an important factor in the online buying process. The second biggest source in getting information about e-commerce is by using the Search Engines (325 respondents). Search Engine is a dominant reference as the source of information for to-be buyer. Kaskus, as Indonesian biggest community site, also give quiet an inuence in making decision on choosing e-commerce services (9 respondents). Moreover, online stores owner often post in Kaskus informing products and services that they provide. These posts normally include links that send readers or to-be buyers to their sites. Other sources that are used by respondents to get information about ecommerce are Print Media and Facebook.

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1. Kaskus 2. Tokobagus 3. Facebook 4. eBay 5. Amazon

MOST VISITED E-COMMERCE SITES

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Kaskus, an online forum with the biggest member in Indonesia has facility for its members to buy goods online, they also provide service for sellers to sell their merchandises. This integration makes consumers who are looking for a a product they want more easily. Kaskus members are very loyal to the forum, they would happily tells their friends and family, or other medium about Kaskus and get them to search and buy goods as product.

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Kaskus has more or less 2.4 million users and most of them frequent Forum Jual Beli (FJB) - Forum of Buying and Selling, which is one of the most popular market in Indonesia. In one hand, this makes users easily nd their product, and on the other hand it is protable for the sellers. Even if a user is not registered to Kaskus, he/she can easily visit the FJB, to look for and compare prices. This means that the barrier of entry to nd information for a particular product is . But because Kaskus is just a Forum, things related to security is still get highlighted. Although Kaskus always improves their service by providing their own payment method and some additional service.

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TokoBagus is another Online Store picked by respondents. Not so long ago TokoBagus aired its TVC ads which gave them expose to customers who want to buy online. Facebook is also picked as alternative to conduct transaction online using social media. The rapid growth of Facebook users, accompanied by a growing number of sellers, give a boost to users to buy and sell online in Facebook. Facebook has also a user-friendly interface, attractive layout and promotion based on relationship graph and networks. All of these help Facebook as a good alternative for people to buy goods online.

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Favourite websites to buy goods online

80 60 40 20 0
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n = 224 respondents
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Search Engine still holds an important role for respondents to nd Online Store. Often respondents dont remember in which online store they did their last transaction because they had found the store through the search engine. The most preferred site for e-commerce is Kaskus. One of the deciding factor for respondents to choose a particular ecommerce service is recommendation theyve got from friends and families. Viral Promotion from users also helps to promote Kaskus to be the most populur e-commerce service provider. On the third place for the favourite site to buy goods online is Facebook. Although selling product in Facebook is against their TOC; a big number of users, ease of use and the effectiveness of the platform are making Facebook as an alternative place for respondents to shop online.

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92%
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customers that they are

satised
with online shopping

Respondents say that they are satised with their online shopping experience. Respondents are also actively tell their experience in buying goods online with their friends and families. The loyal users of Kaskus and Facebook are also actively share their experience, especially which online store they like the most.

n = 224 respondents
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Types of products bought online

150 112.5 75 37.5 0

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The number of respondents on this research is dominated by female respondents, they do shopping online compare to their male counterpart. The types of product that are often bought by the female respondents are clothes, shoes and make-ups; whereas the male respondents tend to buy shoes, gadgets and gadget accessorises.

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The amount of transaction

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n = 224 respondents

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The amount that respondents spend for each transaction is less than Rp. 500,000. The reason of this rather small amount of transaction is because the products that they usually buy, e.g. shoes, clothes and accessories, tend to cost around Rp. 500,000. Respondents also choose to buy goods that cost more than Rp. 500,000 ofine so that they can try it themselves directly. Respondents also prefer to get the more expensive goods ofine so that they can haggle for them, as well as check the items physically. Respondents still dont feel safe to spend more money than Rp. 500,000 because of credibility issue.

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Payment Method
200 150 100 50 0

bank transfer cash

credit card paypal

n = 224 respondents

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Payment method is one of the deciding factors of ecommerce services. On this issue, respondents choose to mix payment methods, e.g. ATM Transfer and also to maximise the use of Internet and Mobile Banking. As many as 36 respondents choose to pay cash when shopping online, whereas only 8 respondents would use Credit Card, and as few as 2 people use Paypal.

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The Ideal Payment Method

200 150 100 50 0

bank transfer cash

credit card paypal

n = 224 respondents

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One thing that we found from this research was the fact that a big number of respondents have this view that the only solution to do online transaction is via the bank transfer. This payment method via bank transfer is also the most popular because its processing speed, easily found and trust in term of security as well as the bank wide coverage. This lack of knowledge on respondents in regards to online payment method could be seen as an opportunity by itself. Respondents need to be educated and given more information on already existing payment methods they could use, and of course the challenge is to provide payment platform that suit consumers need.

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276 respondents

RESPONDENTS NOT USING E-COMMERCE

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Reasons why dont buy online

120 90 60 30 0
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n = 276 respondents
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The reason why respondents dont buy online is mainly about trust, either with the e-commerce sites themselves or the goods sold. There is also the reason that they prefer to buy goods ofine. This trust issue is the main reason why respondents have no condence to buy products online. Respondents say that the problem has to do with past experience or assumption that the goods they buy and pay for will not be sent by the seller. They also say that they worry that the goods they buy and receive is not what the site was originally offered. Respondents choose to browse the products online where they can physically touch and see the details of the product before they choose to buy it. The ability to haggle to nd the ideal price after checking the product ofine is also one feature that online shopping experience still cannot match, hence become one of the reason why respondents dont go shopping online.

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150 112.5 75 37.5 0

What can be improved from e-commerce services?

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n = 276 respondents
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Looking at the fact that many respondents dont conduct their shopping online, there are a few things that can be improved from e-commerce services to make it more attractive to more consumers. The trust factor has been highlighted quite heavily by the respondents. This issue has the biggest proportion, leaving the biggest gap compare to the other reasons why respondents dont do their shopping online such as price, unique product, recommendation and stock availability. Respondents need to be reassured that e-commerce is safe. Respondents need to know if a site is registered and has license (to trade). E-commerce sites must be able to convince consumers that their service is safe and trustworthy. Moreover, a unique product and price offers can be a value-added proposition by e-commerce.

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Conclusions
Respondents who use e-commerce sites

The growth and development of Internet in Indonesia has pushed businesses in the tech industries to create e-commerce based services. Indonesia with its massive number of population and still relatively low growth (unsaturated) of Internet penetration has a big potential in term of business opportunities for e-commerce. The behaviour of Indonesian young people also indicates they have potential as consumers of e-commerce service. The young people is the drive behind e-commerce because they the ones who are technology literate and an active user of the internet.

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Conclusions
From 500 respondents from this survey, 224 respondents (45%) have used e-commerce services, whilst 276 of them (55%) havent not done any online transaction from e-commerce services. From the gender point of view, the proportion of females are 80% of the whole respondents. They seem to be the ones that are more familiar with the internet world and shop online more often compare to their male counterpart.

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Conclusions
From age point of view, most respondents are around 20-25 years old and are studying in universities. The age of respondents show that this time we focused on university students and early job seekers as the subject of this research. More than 94% of respondents have Blackberry as their main mobile phone. This explains about their social-economic status which is at level A & B. How respondents use e-commerce for is evidently differently from one person to the other. These usage-patterns can be divided as follows: Window-Shopping. Here respondents only browse for products and compare prices but there is still no intention to buy yet.
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Conclusions
Compare prices for several products from several online stores. Compare prices before deciding to buy product ofine, not online. Window-shopping means that respondents visit online sites before they decide to buy the product either online or ofine. An e-commerce site can be used like a catalog to browse products and prices. In term of price comparison, respondents analyze prices from products sold in e-commerce sites and compare them with ones ofine.

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Conclusions
Respondents who doesnt use e-commerce sites

Respondents still hesitates to use e-commerce sites. Recommendations and positive comments from other users lend a big hand in buying decision. Respondents want nice look and feel and userfriendly site. Respondents want trustworthy and easy to nd site.

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Conclusions
Most respondents tend to buy based on advice from their friends or families, about 60% of respondents do their online shopping using this behaviour pattern. Respondents usually search online stores via the search engines and 9 respondents found them via Kaskus. Kaskus is also functioned to promote services for online store owner by putting links into the forum which sends visitor to their sites.

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Conclusions
Customer satisfaction plays an important part in buying decision, loyal users who satised in a buying process from Kaskus will virally share their experience to their friends and families, and would inuence them to use Kaskus as a place to do their online shopping. With more than 2.4 million users, mostly using FJB (Buy-Sell Forum) service, Kaskus has provided a tool for online store so that users can easily search a particular product, or the latest prices for products, not only for registered users but also for non-members. Facebook strength is on its attractive look and feel and ease of use. This has made Facebook as one of alternatives to buy goods online. TokoBagus as one of e-commerce service provided received some expose when their ads was aired at several national tv channels.

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Conclusions
From the point of view of types of product bought online, women would by clothes, accessories and beauty cares, whereas men would by shoes and gadgets. The price of products bought online is around Rp. 100,000 - Rp. 500,000. Payment method type chosen by most respondents is bank transfer. Respondents also think that bank transfer is the only type of payment method available for e-commerce. Knowledge about other alternative ways of payment is still low. Bank is also regarded as the main choice for payment due to the fact that its easy to reach, quick and has wide reach. Respondents need to be more educated on the subject of better and simpler payment methods. The main challenge is to provide payment method that suits what consumers need.
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Conclusions

Trust issue, from product point of view or from the ecommerce site itself. Respondent prefer ofine transaction because: they can haggle, they can see, touch, feel and try the product physically.

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Conclusions
What can be improved by e-commerce service provider to persuade to-be customer or ones who dont use e-commerce: - Be trustworthy - Competitive price - Unique product - Legally trading

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DS Research
DS Research is a research company based in Jakarta, Indonesia. We do research on technology industry where we have strong connection to the industrys most inuential people and companies. Our research-based consulting model is designed to quickly deliver actionoriented recommendations by leveraging our existing research. Our analyst consultants enter into projects with a deep, immediate understanding of your business environment and challenges which means faster, more cost-efcient results for you. We bring together research insights, benchmarking data, problem-solving methodologies and hands on experience to improve the return on your IT investment.

Our core competencies: Internet technology web-based products Mobile technology Technology investments in Indonesia Gaming, social network, e-commerce, etc

Contact our representative Rahmat Harlyadie +62 857 1532 6032 rahmat@dailysocial.net http://dsresearch.net/contact/

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