consumers prefer the amount of discount when
promoting utilitarian products. While hedonic
products emphasize enjoyment value, consumers who
buy such products tend to be more emotional and
prone to feelings of guilt. In order to escape from
feelings of guilt, consumers are more inclined to
present the way of percentage discounts when
promoting hedonic products.
The conclusion of this paper has implications for
e-commerce operators to design more effective price
promotion activities. Price discount presentation
affects consumer purchase intention, and perceived
value plays an intermediary role, therefore when
making product prices, business operators need to
carefully consider what kind of price discount
presentation, to increase the perceived value of the
consumer, in turn, increase consumers' willingness to
buy, finally achieve better promotion effect. Product
type plays a moderating role in the influence of price
discount presentation mode on consumers' perceived
value and purchase intention. Therefore, operators
should select price discount presentation mode
according to specific product types. When the product
is a utilitarian product, the dollar-based deals mode
should be selected. When the product is a hedonic
product, choose the percentage-based deals.
Although the experimental results in this paper
prove the research hypothesis, there are still some
deficiencies. First of all, the average effective data of
each experimental group in this paper are about 30
people, and the representativeness and stability of
experimental results are limited. Secondly, this paper
adopts the experimental method, and there may be
some differences between the performance of the
subjects in the experimental conditions and the real
online shopping. Further research using more realistic
experimental scenarios can provide more useful
reference information for e-commerce operators. In
addition, sports clothing was selected as the stimulus
in this experiment to draw a conclusion. Whether this
conclusion is also applicable to other product needs to
be further studied.
APPENDIX
Please read the material and imagine the following
scenario: you are buying a set of pre-sale sportswear
in an online shop, the sportswear meets your quality
requirements, it wears comfortable, has good air
permeability, not easy to deformation; Appearance
design, image sensing, and fashion sense are
relatively ordinary. According to the pre-sale page of
the sportswear, the original price is 200 yuan, the
deposit is 20 yuan, the payment is 50 yuan less, and
the final payment is 130 yuan, so the purchase price
is only 150 yuan.
Please read the material and imagine the following
scenario: you are buying a set of pre-sale sportswear
in an online shop, the sportswear meets your quality
requirements, it wears comfortable, has good air
permeability, not easy to deformation; Appearance
design, image sensing, and fashion sense are
relatively ordinary. According to the pre-sale page for
the sportswear, the original price is 200 yuan, the
deposit is 10 %, the final payment is 25 % less, and
the final payment is 65 % of the original price.
Please read the material and: you are buying a set
of pre-sale sportswear in an online shop, the sports
clothes meet your quality requirements, this set of
sports clothes has beautiful appearance, fashion
design, the image sensor is very good, can bring you
a happy feeling; Comfort, workmanship and air
permeability are relatively ordinary. According to the
pre-sale page of the sportswear, the original price is
200 yuan, the deposit is 20 yuan, the payment is 50
yuan less, and the final payment is 130 yuan, so the
purchase price is only 150 yuan.
Please read the material and imagine the following
scenario: you are buying a set of pre-sale sportswear
in an online shop, the sports clothes meet your quality
requirements, this set of sports clothes has a beautiful
appearance, fashion design, the image sensor is very
good, can bring you a happy feeling; Comfort,
workmanship and air permeability are relatively
ordinary. According to the pre-sale page for the
sportswear, the original price is 200 yuan, the deposit
is 10 %, the final payment is 25 % less, and the final
payment is 65 % of the original price.
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