Gender 63.3% of the respondent were female and 36.7% were male. Age 34% of the students belong to age of 22 followed by 22% to age 23 and 20% age 21.
Q1. Do you like to shop online?
a) Yes b) No (then jump to Q16) Interpretation: 94.1% of the respondents like online shopping and rest of the 5.9% dislike online shopping. Q2. If yes, how often do you make online purchase? a) Once in a month b) Once in 2-3 months c) More than once in 6 months d) 1-3 times in a year e) As & when required Interpretation: about 40.8% of the respondents shop as & when they required 22.4% shop once in 2-3 months rest of them have 12.2% each. Q3. What is the average amount that you spend per purchase while shopping online? a) Up to 500 b) Rs 500- 1000 c) Rs 1000-5000 d) Above Rs 5000 Interpretation: 63.3% of students spend an average of Rs. Up to 500 per purchase while shopping online followed by 22.4% who like to spend Rs.500-1000. Q4. Generally, when do you prefer making online purchase? a) During Festive season b) During heavy discount period offers (online shopping festival) c) Depends upon mood or desire d) As & when required Interpretation: 36.7% of students prefer to shop online during festive season, 32.7% of students shop during heavy discount period followed with 24.5% of the students shop online depending upon mood or desire. Q5. How do you make payments mostly when shopping online? a) Debit Card b) Credit Card c) Cash on Delivery d) Third Party (e.g. PayPal, Paytm wallet etc) Interpretation: 63.3% of students make cash on delivery when shopping online and 32.7% would do using debit card and 12.2% of the with third party and rest of the 6.1% with credit card. Q6. Rank your purchase when you go for online shopping? a) Apparels b) Electronic Goods c) Accessories d) Books e) Beauty & personal care products f) Footwear g) Tickets (Railways or airways) h) Luggage/Bags interpretation: most of the students are interested in purchasing accessories followed by beauty and personal care products, electronic goods and least rank is for purchasing books. Q7. Which of the following websites do you prefer for online shopping? a) Flipkart.com b) Amazon. In c) Jabong.com d) Snapdeal.com e) Others (please specify............) Interpretation: majority of the students prefer flipkart.com 79% and 64.6% people purchase from amazon.com and rest of the population go for other apps. Q8.Which medium do you prefer for online shopping? a) Laptop/P.C b) Smartphone c) Tablet Interpretation: majority of the students 93.8 % prefer smartphones for purchase and rest of the 6.3% purchase from laptop. Q9. What is/are the reason(s) for e-shopping? a) Saves money b) Saves time c) Convenient d) Range and availability of products e) Others (please specify.............) Interpretation: 70.8% find e-shopping time saving, rest of the option has 41.7% each
Q10.Have you ever felt any problem in online purchase?
a) Yes b) No If yes, what kind of problem(s)? a) Delay in delivery b) Cheap quality c) Damaged product d) Non-Delivery (address problem) e) Others (please specify..........) Interpretation: 56% of students respond that they felt problem on online purchase and rest of the 43.8% doesn’t. The major problem they faced is cheap quality product and delay in delivery. Q11. How do you rate your experience of online purchase? a) Very much satisfied b) Satisfied c) Not satisfied d) Can’t say interpretation: 83.3% of students rate that they are satisfied on the experience from online purchase Q12. Do you feel secure when shopping online? a) Yes b) No Interpretation: majority of the respondent (87%) feel secure while they shop online and rest of the 37% feel unsecured. Q13.Does cash on delivery option influences you to go for online shopping? a) Yes b) No Interpretation: 76.6% of the students are influenced by the cash on delivery option and 23.4% are influenced by other features. Q14. How do you like to do online shopping? a) Through e-shopping websites or browser b) Through e-shopping app Interpretation: 78.7% of the respondents shop through e- shopping websites or browsers and 21.3% shop through the application. Q15. Features you think are necessary for an online shopping website to have? a) Social networking integration b) Multiple payment gateways (debit card, credit card etc.) c) Privacy & secure checkout d) Customer friendly e) Credibility f) Customer care service g) Comparison between sites h) others (please specify......) interpretation: 59% of the respondents think privacy and security is the necessary feature for online shopping websites and 45.5% think customer friendly and customer care service is necessary 38.6% think credibility 31.8% think multiple payment gates 22.7% think social networking integration. Q16. Rank the factors which you consider important in refraining/stopping you from shopping online? a) Risk of identity theft (hacking) b) Risk of not getting what you paid for c) Difficulty in returning products/items d) Waiting to receive the product (delivery issues) e) Complex compared to traditional shopping f) Lack of trust worthiness of vendors g) Not being able to touch & see products h) More expensive than sold in retail store Interpretation: respondent gives 1st rank to delivery issue they consider it as the factor which stop you from online shopping ,2nd ranked risk of not getting what you paid for and 3rd ranked risk of theft. Q17. Do you think the feature of “tracking the order” is an important factor influencing the online shopping decision? a) Yes b) No Interpretation: 87.2% respondent believe that track record is an important factor influencing the online shopping decision and 12.8% doesn’t believe on it. Q18.Does “free shipping” option motivates you to shop online? a) Yes b) No Interpretation: 85.1% students are motivated from the option free shipping and rest of the 14.9% doesn’t get motivated from it. Q19.Do you visit retail stores before purchasing a product online? a) Yes b) No Interpretation: 57.4% of the respondent visit retail stores before purchasing a product online and 42.6% doesn’t visit. Q20. Do you search for complete information about the product on the net before making online purchase? a) Yes b) No Interpretation: 89.4% respondent search for complete information about the product on the net before making online purchase and 10.6% doesn’t search before shopping Q21. Do you want to add any new category of your choice in the list of e-shopping categories? a) Yes b) No interpretation: 78.35 of the doesn’t want to add any new category of your choice in the list of e-shopping categories and 21.7% needs to add choice.