Abstract:
Research objectives were: (1) to survey personal factors of consumers who choose to buy smart phones in the online market place in Thailand; (2) to study marketing mix factors that influence consumers decision to buy smart phones in the online market place in Thailand; and (3) to study the decision to smart phones in the online market place in Thailand, by using a sample group of 400 for the study. Tools used for data collection were questionnaires, frequency, standard deviation, and for the hypothesis testing, One-way analysis of variance and Chi-square statistics.
The research found that the samples were women approximate to men, of single status, occupation as private company employees, Bachelors degree, with an average income of more than 30,000 Baht per month. For marketing mix factors, product, price, place, promotion to buy smart phones in the online market place in Thailand ranked high. The decision to buy smart phones in the online market place in Thailand ranked middle.
For the hypothesis, it was found that the relationship between personal factors had an effect on the decision to buy smart phones in the online market place in Thailand. The hypothesis of affecting the decision to buy smart phones in the online market place in Thailand fall into 4 points, product, price, place and promotion.
Keywords : Factors, Buying Decisions, Smart Phone, Online Market Place.