Identification of the characteristics of e-commerce websites

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E-commerce websites must possess certain characteristics in order to attract customers/users. Although previous studies have been conducted to determine some of these characteristics of different categories of websites, but the characteristics unique to e-commerce websites (i.e. online stores) remain unknown. To obtain a comprehensive view of these characteristics, this study uses a focus groups study. Although this study is exploratory, it identified as many as 13 characteristics, which include: security, appearance, adequate information about products and services, speed in downloading the pages, navigation friendly, search option/search engine, hyperlinks to other information, information on member facilities, history and profile of the company, ability to obtain information in limited number of pages instead of browsing several pages, option for providing feedback from customers, visitor statistics, and availability of interactive online activities. A systematic analysis procedure

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