Beyond Transactions: Uncovering the Determinants of Customer Satisfaction in Online Shopping

Authors

  • Mst. Momena Akhter Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Business, ASA University Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Keywords:

Customer Satisfaction, Online Shopping, E-commerce, Information Quality, Trust, Convenience, Perceived Value, Security & Privacy

Abstract

This paper attempts to identify the determinants of online customer satisfaction and the relationship between the determinants and the subject by means of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) & multiple regression․ A total of 405 online customers were surveyed․ The EFA resulted in four factors which explained 54․31% of the total variance․ The results from the multiple regression analysis have shown that online consumer satisfaction is considerably influenced by security/privacy concerns‚ price fairness‚ convenience‚ information quality‚ and trust; security/privacy concerns were found to be the most significant predictor․ The overall model accounts for 60․5% of the variance in customer satisfaction․ It finds that customers care more about risk reduction than service quality aspects․

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2025-08-20

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Akhter, M. M. (2025). Beyond Transactions: Uncovering the Determinants of Customer Satisfaction in Online Shopping. American Journal of Trade & Policy, 12(1), 23-29. https://ajtp.us/article/view/762