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Consumer Behavior-How People Make Buying Decisions: Sit Dolor Amet
Consumer Behavior-How People Make Buying Decisions: Sit Dolor Amet
Behavior—How
People Make
Buying
Decisions
SIT DOLOR AMET
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
Why do you buy the things you do?
How did you decide to go to the college you’re attending?
Where do like to shop and when?
Do your friends shop at the same places or different
places?
1. THE LEARNINGOBJECTIVES
CONSUMER’S 1. Understand what the stages of the
DECISION- buying process are.
MAKING
PROCESS 2. Distinguish between low-involvement
buying decisions and high-involvement
buying
decisions.
The study of when, where,
Consumer
Behavior and how people buy things
and then dispose of them.
Advertising that appears on
Search
Advertising the Web pages pulled up
when online searches are
conducted.
Stage 1. Need Recognition
Here the buying process starts with
identifying his need or a problem based
Stages in the on the situation he faces and it also plays
Buying a vital role in preparing a marketing
Process strategy for a seller/marketer to identify
the category of consumers to target their
product or service.
Stage 2. Search for Information
The customer collects the information
through different sources such as mouth to
mouth, billboards, banners, advertisements in
Stages in the television, radio, social media, internet, etc.
Buying
Process All the platforms where the customer gets the
information is the golden place for a marketer
to create an opportunity to pitch his product
or service by promoting and converting him
for a sale.
Stage 3. Product Evaluation
Any buyer evaluates the product and services
with the available alternatives, there are several
factors he considers like brand, features, cost,
Stages in the benefits, and trust-worthiness are compared.
Buying Many times even though a particular brand
Process
performs best, the consumer opt for the
product/service which he has used before.
Evaluative Criteria: Certain characteristics of products
consumers consider when they are making buying
decisions.
Stage 4. Product Choice and Purchase
This is the stage where the buyer intends to
purchase the specific product/service after
evaluating the alternatives and considering the
factors including his income level, benefits,
Stages in the discounts, and offers.
Buying
But there will be high chances that at the last
Process
moment also the consumer can change his mind
and opt for different products/services.
Many times people buy the products without
having the need only because of the marketing
strategies implemented by the seller.
Stage 5. Post purchase Evaluation
In the final step of customer decision making process, it is
somewhere a lot of marketers just completely forget about.
It is important to build a healthy long lasting relationship
with customers. Frequently, the consumer engages in post-
Stages in the purchase behavior. Buying one item may lead to the
Buying purchase of another. Re-evaluation of the purchase occurs
when the consumer rates the alternative selected against
Process
performance standards.