Lan NGUYEN, Thu Ha NGUYEN, Thi Khanh Phuong TAN / Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business Vol 8 No 1 (2021) 971–983 971 971
Print ISSN: 2288-4637 / Online ISSN 2288-4645
doi:10.13106/jafeb.2021.vol8.no1.971
An Empirical Study of Customers’ Satisfaction and Repurchase Intention
on Online Shopping in Vietnam
Lan NGUYEN
1
, Thu Ha NGUYEN
2
, Thi Khanh Phuong TAN
3
Received: October 01, 2020 Revised: December 06, 2020 Accepted: December 14, 2020
Abstract
This study aims to examine the factors that affect customer satisfaction and repurchase intention of online shoppers in Vietnam. We
used the anklet method to collect information by sending the online questionnaire to Vietnamese people via social media like Facebook,
Zalo, and instructed participants to fill out the survey. This study collected data randomly from 597 Vietnamese individuals who have
experienced online shopping. Applying both qualitative and quantitative methods, we investigated the impacts of factors (responsiveness,
trust, convenience, delivery, information quality and perceived website usability) on customer satisfaction and repurchase intention. The
results revealed that: (1) Information quality, delivery, convenience, and perceived website usability have the most significant impacts on
customer satisfaction and intention, (2) Trust moderately affects satisfaction and repurchase intention, (3) Responsiveness has no significant
influence on repurchase intention and (4) Control variables, included gender and marital status also impacted satisfaction and repurchase
intention because the study found that male customers are more satisfied than female customers and single people tend to repurchase at
familiar websites more than the other people. The findings suggested that six mentioned factors have different levels of impacts on customer
satisfaction and repurchase intention; moreover, the demographic factors also affect satisfaction and intention to repurchase.
Keywords: Customer Satisfaction, Repurchase Intention, Online Shopping
JEL Classification Code: C12, C83, L83, Z32
accounting for 12 percent of global sales in 2016 (Kinda,
2019). Developing in line with Asia, Vietnam online
shopping market has become more vibrant. The growth
rate of national e-commerce was higher than 32 percent in
2019 and predicted to be over 30 percent this year (Vietnam
E-Commerce Association, 2020). Vietnam E-Commerce
Association (VECOM) also predicted that our e-commerce
sales in 2019 will increase to more than US$15 trillion, up
10 percent in total GDP in 2020 (Vietnam E-Commerce
Association, 2020). Obviously, online shopping is becoming
more important in the economy. Hence, it is crucial for
companies to know how to satisfy the customers to gain
market shares and improve performance.
Prior studies have revealed that customer satisfaction is
critical to business performance (Anderson & Sullivan, 1993;
Loveman, 1998; Reichheld & Teal, 1996) and customer
loyalty leads to better firms’ performance (Reichheld &
Teal, 1996). Regarding satisfaction, it is directly associated
with firm’s financial performance (Williams & Naumann,
2011), profits (Hallowell, 1996), and decreased operating
costs (Reichheld & Sasser, 1990). Satisfaction is also one
of the primary marketing goals that the enterprise wants to
1
First Author and Corresponding Author. International Cooperation
and Scientific Research Department, Van Lang University, Ho Chi
Minh City, Vietnam [Postal Address: 45 Nguyen Khac Nhu Street,
Co Giang Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Vietnam]
Email: lan.ntn@vlu.edu.vn
2
Faculty of Planning and Development, National Economics
University, Hanoi, Viet Nam
3
Faculty of Finance, University of Economics, The University of
Danang, Danang, Vietnam
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1. Introduction
The noticeable development of technology has recently
led to accelerated growth in online shopping. Evidence on
e-commerce provided by the IMF shows that global retail
e-commerce sales rocketed from US$1.3 trillion in 2014
to US$2.3 trillion in 2017 (Kinda, 2019). Besides, Asia’s
e-commerce retail sales surpassed the rest of the world,