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UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE
Submitted by
SANDRA DAVIS
(CCASBCM229)
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
MARCH 2021
CALICUT UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the project report entitled <A STUDY ON CUSTOMER
SATISFACTION AMONG E-BUYERS= is a bonafide record of project done
by, SANDRA DAVIS, Reg. No. CCASBCM229 under my guidance and
supervision in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree
of BACHELOR OF COMMERCE and it has not previously formed the basis
for any Degree, Diploma and Associateship or Fellowship.
DECLARATION
I,SANDRA DAVIS, hereby declare that the project work entitled <A
STUDY ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AMONG E-BUYERS=is a record
of independent and bonafide project work carried out by me under the
supervision and guidance of Ms. Kalpa SivadasAssistant Professor, Department
of Commerce, Christ College, Irinjalakuda.
The information and data given in the report is authentic to the best of my
knowledge. The report has not been previously submitted for the award of any
Degree, Diploma, Associateship or other similar title of any other university or
institute.
Date: CCASBCM203
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to take the opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to all people
who have helped me with sound advice and able guidance.
Above all, I express my eternal gratitude to the Lord Almighty under whose
divine guidance; I have been able to complete this work successfully.
I would like to express my gratitude to all the faculties of the Department for
their interest and cooperation in this regard.
I extend my hearty gratitude to the librarian and other library staffs of my college
for their wholehearted cooperation.
TABLES OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
INDUSTRY AND
CHAPTER 3 8 – 15
COMPANY PROFILE
FINDINGS, SUGGESTIONS
CHAPTER 5 40 – 43
& CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ANNEXURE
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Introduction
Surplus seeking consumers and retailers are always searching for markets
that are more economically efficient hence, online purchasing. Although
there are abundant research works undertaken relating to factors that
influence customer satisfaction and purchase intention in the context of
online shopping (e-commerce), factors that are found to influence the level
of customer satisfaction actually vary from time-to-time & location-to-
location.
To find out the satisfaction level of the customer for online purchase.
To know the specific reasons for which customers purchase
online shopping.
To find out the consumers' satisfaction level for services provided by
the online shopping
The research design used for the study is descriptive. Descriptive research
studies are those, which are concerned with descriptive of the characteristics
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This refers to the number of items to be selected from the total population
to constitute the sample. The sample size used for this study is 50
1. Graphs
2. Tables
3. Diagrams
4. Percentage analysis
1.9 Chapterisation
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Review of literature
Chapter 3: conceptual framework
Chapter 4: Data analysis and interpretation
Chapter 5: Findings, suggestion and conclusion
CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
1. Tse and Wilton, (1988) & Oliver (1999) define Customer satisfaction is
defined as an "Evaluation of the perceived discrepancy between prior
expectations and the actual performance of the product".
4. Eshghi, Haughton and Topi (2007) state that previous researchers have
found that satisfaction of the customers can help the brands to build long and
profitable relationships with their customers. Though it is costly to generate
satisfied and loyal customers but that would prove profitable in a long run
for a firm. Therefore, a firm should concentrate on the improvement of
service quality and charge appropriate fair price in order to satisfy their
customers who would ultimately help the firm to retain its customers.
7. Liang and Lai (2000) state that online shopping possesses five steps
similar to those associated with traditional shopping behaviour. In the typical
online shopping process, when potential consumers recognize a need for
some merchandise or service, they go to the Internet and search for need-
related information. However, rather than searching actively, at times
potential consumers are attracted by information about products or services
associated with the felt need. They then evaluate alternatives and choose the
one that best fits their criteria for meeting the felt need. Finally, a transaction
is conducted and post-sales services provided.
8. According to Kotler & Keller (2009), a buyer goes through five stages
while making a decision to purchase. These stages are best explainable when
a buyer goes for buying costly items, such as a house, a car, diamond
jewellery etc. However, in day- to- day purchase, consumers may not go
through all these stages, since some commodes do not need information, and
based on buyer’s previous experience they will visit a store for the purchase.
These stages are (Figure 1): <problem recognition, information search,
evaluation of alternatives, purchase decision, and purchase behaviour=.
10. Case, Burns, and Dick (2001) suggest that internet knowledge, income,
and education level are especially powerful predictors of Internet purchases
among university students according to an online survey of 425 U.S.
undergraduate and MBA students. Ho and Wu (1999) discover that there are
positive relationships between online shopping behavior and five categories
of factors, which include e-store, logistical support, product characteristics,
websites, technological characteristics, information characteristics and
homepage presentation.
CHAPTER III
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Definitions
"It is the behavior that consumers display in searching for, purchasing, using,
evaluating and disposing of products, services and ideas, that they expect
will satisfy their needs" -Schiff man and Karuk.
Importance
The three major factors that affect modern customer satisfaction are
customer understanding, service, and technology. By tapping into these
factors, you can provide positive, consistent customer experiences and create
real customer loyalty.
1. Customer Understanding
Your customers have to know that your company isn’t just profiting from
them. Loyal customers want to be assured that they are buying from an
organization that truly cares about their best interests.
Customers prefer companies that offer multiple choices, remember their
preferences, and personalize the buying experience for them.
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2. Service
Good service is often described as warm, friendly, and polite. It’s easy for
businesses to meet these factors, but true customer satisfaction takes more
than just attentive employees. Excellent customer service is also ensuring that
the needs of consumers are met. Most consumers require convenient,
intuitive customer service that delivers exactly what they want in a timely
manner.
Convenient: Convenience is an essential component to making a positive
experience. Timely service and ease-of-use are factors that influence where
consumers go, what they buy, and who they engage with. For example, when
most people think of convenience, they think of Amazon’s wide selection of
products and quick delivery service. Amazon makes it much easier to skip
the visits to brick-and-mortar stores and rely on their service entirely.
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anticipate their needs before they even think about it. Take for instance
Southwest Airlines, who has a team of Proactive Customer Service
employees working with 14 other airline departments to ensure safe and
highly-satisfactory experiences for every customer.
Technology
Technology has become a necessary aspect of operating a business in an ever-
developing modern world. Social media, websites, blogs, and apps are factors
that give tech-savvy businesses an edge over their competition. A blog article
from Access Development mentioned that research
firm Apptentive found 66% of companies that did not have a mobile app saw
a decrease in customers. In order to satisfy consumers with technology, your
company channels should be widely accessible, easy to navigate, and load
pages quickly.
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Loads pages quickly: No one is ever happy with wait times, especially
with slow websites. According to an article by Neil Patel, 47% of consumers
expect web pages to load in 2 seconds or less. If your pages don’t load
quickly, potential clients will end up looking for a different store. Time is
money, so you should make your customer’s time worthwhile. Chatbots and
other innovations can help you with maintaining real-time interactions with
website and app visitors.
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CHAPTER IV
DATA ANALYSIS AND
INTERPRETATION
Data analysis
Male 28 56
Female 22 44
Total 50 100
60%
50%
40%
30%
56%
44%
20%
10%
0%
Male Female
Percentage
Interpretation
The above graph shows that among the 50 sample respondents, 56% are males
and the rest 44% are female
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Below 30 16 32
30-50 21 42
Above 50 13 26
Total 50 100
26%
32%
Below 30
30-50
Above 50
42%
Interpretation
The above graph shows that out of 50 respondents 32% belonging to the age of
below 30 and 42% belonging to 30-50 and 26% belonging to above 50.
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Married 37 74
Unmarried 13 26
Total 50 100
74%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40% 26%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Married umarried
Percentage
Interpretation
The above graph shows that among 50 respondents, 74% are married and 26%
are unmarried customers of online shopping.
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Below 15000 5 10
15000-30000 7 14
30000-45000 10 20
Above 45000 28 56
Total 50 100
percentage
60%
56%
50%
40%
30%
20%
20%
10% 14%
10%
0%
below 15000 15000-30000 30000-45000 above 45000
percentage
Interpretation
The above analysis shows out of 56% belongs to the income level above 45000
and only 10% belongs to income level below 15000
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8%
16%
50%
26%
Interpretation
The above table shows that 50% of respondents considering whole family for
decision making while purchasing from online.
20
50%
44%
45%
40%
36%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10% 10%
10%
5%
0%
0%
everyday once in a week twice in a week once in a month once in 2-3 months
percentage
Interpretation
The above graph depicts that among 50 respondents 44% of the respondents
purchase from online once in a month where as 36% of respondents purchase
once in 2-3 months. Only 10% each is likely to purchase in once or twice in a
week and no one seems to purchase every day from online.
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35% 32%
30%
26%
25%
15%
10%
6%
5%
0%
below 1 hour 1-2 hours 2-4 hours 4-8 hours above 8 hours
percentage
Interpretation
The above graph reveals that 32% of the respondents do spent 2-4 hours every
day on internet and 18% of respondents spent 1-2 hours and above 8 hours
equally. Only 6% spent less than one hour whereas 26% of them spent 4-8 hour
daily
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45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
42%
20%
15% 26%
10% 18%
5% 8% 6%
0%
Very convenient low price product variety more offers others
and time saving
Interpretation
The above information states that out of 50 respondents 42% of them are
influenced because of very convenient and time saving whereas 26% of
respondents are influenced by the product Varity and 18% of them are
influenced because of more offers .only less than 14% of respondents find low
price and other factors which influence them.
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60%
48%
50%
40%
30%
18% 16%
20%
12%
10% 6%
0%
price the way of solving loyalty for this the speed of The difference
problems online shop delivery between your
expectations and
real products or
services
percentage
Interpretation
From the above graph ,48% of respondents get affected by the price factor and
18% of them by the speed of delivery. While 12% of them by loyalty for this
online shop whereas 16% of them by the difference between expectations and
reality. Only 6% of them by the way of solving problems.
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2% 0
14%
52%
32%
Interpretation
From the above pie chart we can understand that service quality is very
important and 52% of them strongly agrees with that and 32% of them agrees
with it. Only 14% of them are neutral whereas 2 % of them disagree with it.
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10%
24%
66%
Interpretation
The above pie chart reveals that 66% of the respondents do sometimes get
hindered by the delivery charges and 24% of the respondents always do.Only
10% of respondents never get hindered by the delivery charges.
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18%
38% 2%
6%
4%
38%
Interpretation
The above information says that 38% of the respondents are strongly
agreed that the speed of delivery is important, 38% have agreed, 18% are
neutral, 4% have disagreed and 2% are strongly disagreed that speed of
delivery is important.
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70%
60%
50%
40%
30% 62%
20%
10% 18%
12%
8%
0% 0
highly satisfied satisfied neutral unsatisfied highly unsatisfied
percentage
Interpretation
From the above graph we can understand that 8% of the respondents was
highly satisfied, 62% was satisfied, 18% are neutral and 12% of them are
unsatisfied with the level of speed of delivery.
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2% 0%
14%
Strongly agree
44% Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly disagree
40%
Interpretation
The above information says that 44% of the respondents are strongly agreed
that the price level is important, 38% have agreed, 18% are neutral, 4% have
disagreed and 2% are strongly disagreed about the price level.
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50%
40%
30%
20%
20% 12%
10%
10%
0
0%
highly satisfied satisfied neutral unsatisfied highly unsatisfied
percentage
Interpretation
From the above information we can understand that 10% of the respondents are
highly satisfied on overall experience on online shopping, 58% have satisfied,
20% are neutral, 12% have unsatisfied and none are highly unsatisfied.
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34%
35%
30%
30%
25% 22%
20%
14%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Discount in price Specific offers Fast delivery Laziness to go out
percentage
Interpretation
From the above graph, out of 50 respondents, 34% of them choose online
shopping due to discount in price, 30% due to specific offers, 14% due to
fast delivery and 22% due to laziness to go out.
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16%
84%
yes no
Interpretation
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90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40% 78%
30%
20%
10% 22%
0%
yes no
percentage
Interpretation
The above information depicts that 78% of respondents did get influenced
by COVID-19 on online shopping.
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Total 50 100
(Source: primary data)
20%
80%
yes no
Interpretation
The above information depicts that 80% of respondents do prefer online
shopping than offline shopping.
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Table 4.20: Showing whether product meet the quality you expected.
Figure 4.20: Showing whether product meet the quality you expected.
Sales
yes no
Interpretation
The above information depicts that 88% of respondents did meet the quality
they expected from the product purchased from online.
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10% 10%
80%
Interpretation
From the above graph we can understand that 10% of the respondents always
face difficulties in online shopping, 80% sometimes and 10% never faced any
difficulty.
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percentage
50%
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
cash on delivary UPI/phonepay debit/credit card EMI
percentage
Interpretation
The above information reveals that out of 50 respondents 46% of them pay
cash on delivery, 28% pay on UPI/phone pay and the rest 26% pay from
debit/credit card. No one seems to pay EMI.
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60%
54%
50%
40%
30%
30%
20%
10%
10% 6%
0%
0%
Highly satisfied Satisfied Neutral Unsatisfied Highly
unsatisfied
percentage
Interpretation
From the above information we can understand that 10% of the respondents are
highly satisfied with the customer service provided on online shopping, 54%
are satisfied, 30% are neutral, 6% have unsatisfied .
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percentage
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
always sometimes never
percentage
Interpretation
From the above graph, we can see that 46% of respondents would get
replace/refund from online shoppers, 50% of respondents do sometimes get and
4% of them never get replaced or refunded
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CHAPTER V
FINDINGS, SUGGESTIONS AND
CONCLUSIONS
5.1 FINDINGS
On an analysis and evaluation of the data collected from the respondents, the
following findings were arrived -
6. We can also see that service quality, speed of delivery and price
level of the product is very important to the e-buyers and
majority of the respondents are satisfied with these factors.
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8. This study reveals that the main reason customer choose online
shopping is because of discount in price and due to specific
offers.
10. We can also see that majority of the respondents prefer online
shopping rather than offline shopping and they do meet the
quality expected in the product and services
12. This study depicts that the customers are satisfied with the
customer service provided by them and they would
replace/refund if any of the product is damaged as soon as
possible.
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5.2 Suggestion
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5.3 Conclusion
Online shopping is becoming more popular day by day with the increase in the
usage of World Wide Web known as www. Understanding customer's need for
online selling has become challenge for marketers. Specially understanding the
consumer's attitudes towards online shopping , making improvement in the
factors that influence consumers to shop online and working on factors that affect
consumers to shop online will help marketers to gain the competitive edge over
others.
Through privacy and security policies, website designers are doing their best to
put an end to this unethical practice. By doing so, society will continue to depend
upon online shopping, which will allow it to remain a tremendous success in the
future.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books
Kotler Philip- Marketing Management,2002.
Philip Kotler- Principles ofMarketing,2006.
Kothari Rakesh- Marketing Management, RBD publication,2014.
Journals
Websites
http//www.onlinejournal.in
www.wikipedia.com
www.ijsr.ne
APPENDIX
QUESTIONNIARE
Name:
1. Gender
Male Female
2. Age
Below 30 30-50 Above 50
3. Marital status
Married Unmarried
4. Annual income:
Below 15000 15000-30000
30000-45000 Above 45000
9. Please indicate which one effects your satisfaction most during your
previous online shopping experience
Price
The way of solving your complaint
Loyalty for this online shop
The speed of delivery
The difference between expectations and real products or services
11. Has the delivery charges hindered u from buying your product?
Always Sometimes Never
13. So far, Iam satisfied with the speed of delivery for online shopping
Highly satisfied Satisfied
Neutral Unsatisfied
Highly unsatisfied
15. You are overall satisfied with your experience of shopping online
Highly satisfied Satisfied
Neutral Unsatisfied
Highly unsatisfied
17. Do you often repurchase the product you are satisfied with?
Yes No
23. Are you satisfied with the customer service provided by them in online
shopping?
Highly satisfied Satisfied
Neutral Unsatisfied
Highly unsatisfied
24. If the product you received is damaged would they replace/refund fast?
Always Sometimes Neve