Impact of Website Characteristics on Online Customer Satisfaction

Abstract

Currently, the website characteristics have not been clearly defined or understood, and a proper framework for assessing the status of website characteristics is lacking. The development of a universal model is necessary as a means to measure relevant constructs. This correlational survey research is to explore the relationship between website characteristics and online customer satisfaction. Using a simple random sampling plan, 212 participants from the Yahoo! Shopping website completed an online survey. Multiple regression was used to analyze the data. The hypothesis was partially supported. Findings indicated that information quality, usability, and security/privacy are significant positive explanatory variables of online customer satisfaction. Finally, the researcher provides a discussion of the findings in terms of interpretation, implications, conclusion, and recommendations to this study.