Author(s)

Kanokwan Atchariyachanvanich, Noboru Sonehara, Hitoshi Okada

National Institute of Informatics 2-1-2 Hitotsubashi Chiyoda-ku.
National Institute of Informatics 2-1-2 Hitotsubashi Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

Since keeping the customer purchasing a product/service is essential to maintaining the profitability of any business, the continuance of purchasing through the Internet is vital to online business. This study is one of the few attempts to investigate the perceived benefit factors affecting customers’ intention to continue purchasing through the Internet. Ac-cording to a multiple regression analysis of online questionnaires filled out by 998 online customers in South Korea, extrinsic benefits measured in terms of time and money savings as well as intrinsic benefits measured in terms of pleas-ure, novelty, and fashion involvement have strong effects on the repurchase intention. Our findings indicate that cus-tomer retention must be promoted in Internet shopping by guaranteeing not only extrinsic benefits but also intrinsic benefits. This study discusses the relevant techniques of providing those benefits to customers and guidelines for future research.

repurchase intention, benefit, Internet shopping, extrinsic benefit, intrinsic benefit

K. Atchariyachanvanich, N. Sonehara and H. Okada, "What are the Benefits of Continued Purchasing through the Internet? A Study of South Korean Consumers," Journal of Service Science and Management, Vol. 1 No. 1, 2008, pp. 101-110. doi: 10.4236/jssm.2008.11010.