網路的暢行無阻讓顧客對於產品資訊的蒐集成本降低,甚至無需任何成本。當供應商之間的差異化不大時,會使得此等虛擬市場近似完全競爭市場。消費者在幾乎沒有轉換成本的情況下,將輕易的轉換至其他商家與之交易。因此知道如何保留顧客對於網路商家是相當重要的。 本研究以無形的網路環境作為研究主體,探討關係行銷結合方式在關係品質為中介變數下,在不同的產品類型中對於顧客忠誠度會有何影響。由於網路的特性,本研究以產品資訊不對稱的程度作為標的,將產品區分為搜尋型、經驗型與信任型產品。 本研究發現,財務性結合方式對於關係品質的影響,在搜尋型產品中會比在經驗型和信任型產品影響來得大;社會性結合對於關係品質的影響,在經驗型和信任型產品中會比在搜尋型產品影響要大;結構性結合對關係品質的影響裡,在信任型產品裡的影響,會比在經驗型和信任型產品中的影響來得大。另外,若商家能與顧客擁有較好的關係品質,將會導致較高的網路忠誠度。
Because Internet shoppers can search and compare offerings worldwide at little or no cost, the Internet is nearly a perfect market (Srinivasan, Anderson and Ponnavolu, 2002). Customers almost don’t have switching cost, thus they would transfer to other sellers easily. It is very important for e-tailers to understand how to keep customers for long-term. This study suggests the way to build long-term relationship with customers in a virtual environment, including information about the nature of bonds between consumers and e-tailers and the relationship about relational bonds, relationship quality and e-loyalty, and determining which bonding strategies lead to higher relationship quality in different products. The results suggest that financial, social, and structural bonds have positive impacts on relationship quality and e-loyalty and relationship quality have positive impacts on e-loyalty. In addition, a specific relational bond would have a greater impact on relationship quality in different products. Relationship quality can enhance the positive effect of relational bonds on e-loyalty.