A Review of Website Quality and Its Impact on Customer Satisfaction

A Review of Website Quality and Its Impact on Customer Satisfaction

Nitika Aggarwal
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/IRMJ.305867
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Abstract

China is one of the foremost online markets owing to the rising popularity of online shopping, and being the most populated country in the world, it is expected to develop into the largest market in the foreseeable future. India is not far behind. To conduct business online, website quality (WQ) has been regarded as a significant step. Henceforth, for WQ, along with analysis, several discussions have been dedicated. System quality (SQ), information quality (IQ), service quality, and website design are the WQ's strongest elements. Customer satisfaction (CS) is directly and positively affected by WQ. Similarly, CS has a direct and positive effect on purchase intentions (PIs). This effect is mediated significantly by CS with the existence of WQ's effect on PIs. Consequently, CS, WQ, and hypotheses, together with the research methodology, have been reviewed here. Website accuracy, along with consistency, is also explained here.
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1. Introduction

There is rapid enhancement on the Internet along with the World Wide Web's development, particularly for electronic transactions (JariSalo and HeikkiKarjaluoto, 2007). Websites play a major role in everyone's routine life; they are mainly utilized for communication between user communities. Various types are utilized for conveying information like forms, languages, images, incorporating text, video, and sound with the objective of persuading, presenting a viewpoint, selling, and also changing a belief. Not only does website proliferation pose a challenge in the research field, but so does site quality evaluation (Kentaro Go1 and John M 2004). Whilst interfacing with a website, the quality pertains to CS along with the achievement level of user anticipation. In general, to drive business online, the WQ has been established as a crucial aspect. A business’s integrity, as well as consistency, is influenced by this; sequentially, it is directly related to users’ PI via the website (Diego Esteves et al. 2018). In the development of the PI, a crucial role is played by the WQ. A customer’s PI would be augmented by utilizing a tremendous WQ (Faizan Ali, 2016). The customer's wish to partake in online dealings is mentioned as online PIs, which also comprise the analysis of WQ along with product information (Liang Wang et al. 2015), and users' desire to buy a product on a particular site. The current requirements for an ideal website are included in a set of features being developed. For identifying a path for a website's enhancement, comparing the WQ, and providing a principle for designers and developers whilst developing new websites, the framework being implemented is utilized. The WQ's hierarchy is explicated in Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Hierarchy of the website quality

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Customers' viewpoint is revealed by their perceived playfulness; hence, considering the perceived playfulness is highly significant. Estimation of WQ, whether it results in playfulness, is done by the customer and not by the online retailer (Tony Ahn 2007). Consequently, when the WQ perceived by the customer goes beyond their expectations, there occurs customer-perceived playfulness. This is supposed to be the required factor, which provides actions like behavioral intention along with satisfaction (Cathy S. Lina et al. 2005). Following are the challenges of conveying CS pertinent to WQ (Ashen Ramdhan et al. 2017).

  • ü Understanding customer expectations

  • ü Consistency

  • ü More than customer expectations

  • ü Creating a customer-first culture

  • ü Reaching out to customers

  • ü Employing skilled customer service professionals

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