Product Impulsive Buying on Online Shops

Abstract

Purpose: This research is aimed at assisting academics and business professionals in creating and implementing online marketing strategies to increase sales turnover through consumers' impulsive buying behavior to consider the factors of internet addiction, browsing and hedonistic lifestyles in planning and implementing online marketing. Design/methodology/approach: This research employed quantitative analysis utilizing data analysis approaches based on structural equation modeling (SEM) and a Likert scale for the measurement. Findings: The results of the analysis of the direct effect indicate that the internet addiction and browsing variables have a significant and positive effect on the hedonistic lifestyle. Furthermore, browsing has a significant and positive effect on the impulsive buying, whereas the internet addiction and hedonistic lifestyle variables have no significant effect and are positive with regard to product impulsive purchasing on online shops by the residents of Kupang City. Practical Implications: Impulsive online buying behavior is a substantial market potential for MSMEs in Kupang City to market or promote their products using highly effective and efficient online shop media. Originality/value: This paper is genuine Paper type: research paper