An empirical comparison of consumer usability preferences in online shopping using stationary and mobile devices: results from a college student population

  • Authors:
  • A. Ant Ozok;June Wei

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA 21250;Department of Management/Management Information Systems, University of West Florida, Pensacola, USA 32514

  • Venue:
  • Electronic Commerce Research
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

To determine the differences in user preferences between electronic and mobile commerce in consumer shopping, a 25-item survey concerning usability aspects of the two media was implemented on one hundred and eighteen college e-shoppers with experience in mobile devices. The Mobile Commerce Comparison Survey (MCCS) had four validated comparison factors: human factors-related, interface features, product-, and service-related factor. The comparison concludes that usability issues are perceived to be behind in m-commerce, and that m-commerce should be a shopping medium complementary to classic e-commerce rather than a direct alternative to it. Future studies may include empirical usability experiments for m-commerce tasks.