Abstract:
The objective of this study was to examine the factors that had influences on decision making to buy cosmetics via the electronic commerce system. The sample used in the study consisted of 400 cosmetics buyers via the electronic commerce system. The data were gathered through the application of questionnaire, and were analyzed using descriptive statistics comprising Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation, together with inferential statistics which included Independent Samples t-test, One-way ANOVA (F-test), Chi-Square at 0.05 level of significance.
The results of the study revealed that most respondent were female, aged 31-04 years old, graduated with Bachelors degree, were employed by private companies and single, earned a monthly income of 10,001-20,000 Baht, and preferred to buy facial cosmetics. The reason for buying cosmetics via the electronic commerce system was the product diversity, the respondents made decision to buy cosmetics via the electronic commerce system by themselves, spent less than 1,000 Baht for each purchase, and made payments through the bank accounts.
The results of hypothesis testing showed that different individual factors on gender, age, level of education, occupation, marital status, and income made different marketing factors in the aspects of product and promotion. However, different gender, level of education, marital status did not cause the differences in marketing factors in the aspects of price, websites, and delivering. It was found that age, level of education, occupation, marital status and income had correlation with the buying behavior.