The Importance of Digital Trust in E-Commerce: Between Brand Image and Customer Loyalty

Abstract

Technology becomes an important part that cannot be separated from human life today, including the business world. The ease, speed, and practicality provided by technology indirectly changes people's lifestyles, both in social relations and product consumption behavior. Online shopping is one phenomenon that arises because of technological advancements. Simply access the internet with a device, customer can get the desired item without having to leave the house or need to go to the store. The shift in consumer spending patterns from traditional to digital also raises a new challenge, namely digital trust. If a conventional store guarantees service quality, it becomes a question of how e-commerce currently present in Indonesia is maintaining customer trust, especially when customer never meet seller face-to-face and only mediating using e-commerce platform. Through this research, the authors are interested in discussing (1) the importance of digital trust in e-commerce; (2) how digital trust affects the brand image of e-commerce; (3) how digital trust affects customer loyalty. This study uses a quantitative approach with methods of collecting data through questionnaires and observations e-commerce’s customer in Bandung, Indonesia.

Authors and Affiliations

Daniel Hermawan,

Keywords

Related Articles

Factors Influencing Digital Marketing and Digital Payment on Consumer Purchase Behaviour

The issue of whether innovation and technological advancement continually bring new phenomenon remains unpredictable, especially in the financial industry. As technology and digital services continue to ingrain themselve...

Green Human Resource Management: The Path to Corporate Environmental Performance

As an emerging phenomenon, green human resource management (Green HRM or GHRM) means human resource management practices that enhance favorable environmental outcomes. Green HRM has become a widely accepted concept in to...

Strengthening The Skill Of Creativity And Innovation In Pre-Primary And Primary School Education

In the present age, students must improve their critical and creative thinking skills in order to make the right decision and solve complex social problems to deal with the tremendous transformations of the third millenn...

Management Substitution Patterns In The Current Era

Human beings are central issues in management and organization. In today’s world, the knowledge-based economy is considered, and in this view, human resources are regarded as intellectual property, spiritual capital, a...

On the Potentials of Artificial Intelligence in Marketing – The Case of Robotic Process Automation

The various applications of AI have not yet led to widespread acceptance in marketing. Nevertheless, AI has enormous potential to fundamentally change the field of marketing with its applications, making the topic highly...

Download PDF file
  • EP ID EP745356
  • DOI https://doi.org/10.33422/ijarme.v2i3.268
  • Views 65
  • Downloads 0

How To Cite

Daniel Hermawan, (2020). The Importance of Digital Trust in E-Commerce: Between Brand Image and Customer Loyalty. International Journal of Applied Research in Management and Economics, 2(3), -. https://www.europub.co.uk/articles/-A-745356