The potential exists for an increasing population of older Web users, who tend to have a high disposable income, to become a major factor in the success and profitability of e-Commerce websites. Due to the natural ageing process, this group are subject to a decline in their visual, motor and cognitive abilities. These age-related impairments form the major barriers that adversely affect both We...

Nowadays, the number of e-commerce websites steadily grows. Therefore, it is hard to collect and analyze such websites manually. Meanwhile, there are many market researchers and aggregation services that need to collect e-commerce websites for some reasons, for instance find them in a predefined domain zone or find only sites that belong to a certain product category. This paper proposes severa...

Virtual worlds are three-dimensional (3D) persistent multi-user online environments where users interact through avatars. The affordances of virtual worlds can be useful for business-to-consumer e-commerce. Moreover, affordances of virtual worlds can complement affordances of websites to provide consumers with an enhanced e-commerce experience. We investigated which affordances of virtual world...

In the literature of e-Commerce website development, qualities of usability and usefulness have received the main attention of researchers. However, with the rapid growth of e-Commerce, there is a growing concern to improve e-Commerce interface by engineering the affective appeal in the website design. Kansei Engineering is a translating technology of a consumer’s feeling and image for a produc...

The principle objective of this research project is to determine whether or not search engines rank websites in dot-com domains higher than alternative generic top-level domains (gTLDs). The research question is: Should websites in these other gTLDs have to increase their marketing exposure of their websites? The methods to be employed in this research project are to build separate websites eac...

More than half of small businesses in Australia (57%) use a website to promote their business. Having an effective website is an important step for small business owners moving towards e-commerce. The research suggests that once a business has a clear online strategy through a website they are more likely to move to e-commerce. While many small business owners have a business strategy, it is of...

The invasion of new technologies combined with the high cost for running shop force enterprises to search for new sales methods. Network applications and ICT (Information and Communication Technology) can help achieve e-commerce goals. In Greece, many enterprises in the agro-food and drink sectors are already present on the internet. This paper studies the adoption of e-commerce on websites tha...

This research-in-progress analyzes the impacts of geospatial website attributes on eImage, or the online image of an organization. Specifically, geospatial attributes on websites of serviceoriented businesses that must convince consumers to visit their physical locations are addressed. Limited existing research regarding geospatial website attributes provided the motivation to conduct this stud...

Cross-border e-commerce has been rapidly expanding. However, little research has been done to investigate how consumers decide to shop across national borders. This study aims to explore the factors that impact consumers’ intention to shop on foreign websites. A conceptual model is developed from the perspectives of consumer perceived trust and value. We also examine the effects of vendors’ sig...

Managers at e-commerce firms are in need of proven methods for evaluating the usability of their websites. So, one of the most pressing issues is whether the design of their online storefronts is effective, and if not, which areas require attention and improvements. However, current usability evaluation methods (e.g., user testing, inspection, inquiry) are not well suited to the task at hand. T...