chapter 10: week 16-17 Flashcards
Consumer Decision Making Process
3 Levels of Consumer Decision Making
Extensive Problem Solving
Limited Problem Solving
Routine Response Behaviour
Purchasing situations that necessitate a significant amount of
effort because the buyer has no prior experience or
knowledge of the product or suppliers.
EXTENSIVE PROBLEM SOLVING
Limited problem solving is used for products purchased occasionally or when buyers need to acquire information about an unfamiliar brand in a familiar product category.
LIMITED PROBLEM SOLVING
Routine response behavior is a buying situation in which the buyer has had considerable past experience.
ROUTINE RESPONSE BEHAVIOUR
GIVE 3 Consumer Decision Making – The Process
NEED RECOGNITION
PRE-PURCHASE SEARCH
EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVES
the realization that there is a difference between actual and desired states.
NEED RECOGNITION
-The higher the gap, the stronger the need (or bigger the problem)
NEED RECOGNITION
Active: those you are aware of Inactive: those that you are not yet aware of (but exist)
Active Versus Inactive problems
Types of Problems
- Active Versus Inactive problems
- Those that require immediate solutions and those that do not require immediate solutions.
Problem Recognition and Marketing Strategy:
Identify existing _________ problems and find ________ for these.
consumer
solutions
Problem Recognition and Marketing Strategy:
________ the actual state.
Lower
Problem Recognition and Marketing Strategy:
Increase the __________state.
desired
Problem Recognition and Marketing Strategy:
Increase the importance of the ____ between actual and desired states.
gap
Problem Recognition and Marketing Strategy:
________ inactive problems to active problems.
Convert
Problem Recognition and Marketing Strategy:
Convert problems into ones requiring an _______________.
Immediate solution
Problem Recognition and Marketing Strategy:
Convert ________ problems to _______ problems.
inactive
active
GIVE 3 Pre-purchase search
- Types of information
- Types of information sought
- Factors affecting extent of information search
7 Types of Information Sources
PERSONAL
Friends
Neighbors
Relatives
Co-workers
Computer
Salespeople
Calling the electronics Store
8 TYPES OF IMPERSONAL
Newspaper
Articles
Magazine
Articles
Consumer Reports
Direct-mail brochures
Information from product advertisements
Internal web site
3 Types of Information Sought
- Brands or alternatives available
- Evaluative criteria to be used – Generally, product features
- Ratings of brands on evaluative criteria
Factors that Increase the Level of Pre-purchase Search
Product Factors
Situational Factors
Social Acceptability
Value-Related Factors
Consumer Factors
It is a long-lasting or infrequently used product.
PRODUCT FACTOR
There are frequent changes in product styling.
PRODUC FACTORS
Large volume is purchased.
PRODUCT FACTORS
The price is high.
PRODUCT FACTORS
There are many alternative brands.
PRODUCT FACTORS
There is much variation in features
PRODUCT FACTORS
Experience is lower.
SITUATIONAL FACTORS
Previous experience was unsatisfactory.
SITUATIONAL FACTORS
Purchase is a gift.
SITUATIONAL FACTORS
Purchase is discretionary.
VALUE-RELATED FACTORS
Product is socially visible in use.
SITUATIONAL FACTORS