Evaluating consumers benefits in electronic-commerce using fuzzy TOPSIS

Online platforms are preferred by customers when choosing and buying products. The contemporary digital era is witness to e-commerce platforms. Customers rely on various aspects of an e-commerce website for their needs. Sometimes they get more benefit from other digital platforms. This research focu...

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Main Authors: Rakesh Kumar, Janjhyam Venkata Naga Ramesh, Sachi Nandan Mohanty, Muhammad Rafiq, Iskandar Shernazarov, M. Ijaz Khan
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Published: Elsevier 2025-03-01
Series:Results in Control and Optimization
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Janjhyam Venkata Naga Ramesh
Sachi Nandan Mohanty
Muhammad Rafiq
Iskandar Shernazarov
M. Ijaz Khan
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description Online platforms are preferred by customers when choosing and buying products. The contemporary digital era is witness to e-commerce platforms. Customers rely on various aspects of an e-commerce website for their needs. Sometimes they get more benefit from other digital platforms. This research focusses on how consumers can benefit from digital platforms. The study explores how consumers can embrace a website by leveraging various factors on an online business. The study identified five advantage factors, each offering six benefits, based on previous literature reviews. The study conducted interviews with E-marketing experts based on a questionnaire. This Research used Fuzzy TOPSIS method to determined ranking of most advantageous factor. The factors that provide advantages include usability, service quality, information quality, and online trust. The research analyses the ranking of these factors based on results. The research finds that usability of a website, i.e., functionality, efficiency, and search mechanism, is the most important advantage factor. This research is useful for businesspeople who engage in e-commerce platforms. The study explores future scope of research like cost, time, and regional issues on different products and regions.
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spelling doaj-art-a8ccf52780e3414db8800d2b5a39a9612025-02-04T04:10:37ZengElsevierResults in Control and Optimization2666-72072025-03-0118100535Evaluating consumers benefits in electronic-commerce using fuzzy TOPSISRakesh Kumar0Janjhyam Venkata Naga Ramesh1Sachi Nandan Mohanty2Muhammad Rafiq3Iskandar Shernazarov4M. Ijaz Khan5Uttaranchal Institute of management Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, IndiaDepartment of CSE, Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun, 248002, India; Department of CSE, Graphic Era Deemed To Be University , Dehradun, 248002, Uttarakhand, IndiaSchool of Computer Science & Engineering (SCOPE), VIT-AP University, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaCollege of Business Administration, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University KSADepartment of Chemistry and Its Teaching Methods, Tashkent State Pedagogical University, Tashkent, UzbekistanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia; Corresponding author.Online platforms are preferred by customers when choosing and buying products. The contemporary digital era is witness to e-commerce platforms. Customers rely on various aspects of an e-commerce website for their needs. Sometimes they get more benefit from other digital platforms. This research focusses on how consumers can benefit from digital platforms. The study explores how consumers can embrace a website by leveraging various factors on an online business. The study identified five advantage factors, each offering six benefits, based on previous literature reviews. The study conducted interviews with E-marketing experts based on a questionnaire. This Research used Fuzzy TOPSIS method to determined ranking of most advantageous factor. The factors that provide advantages include usability, service quality, information quality, and online trust. The research analyses the ranking of these factors based on results. The research finds that usability of a website, i.e., functionality, efficiency, and search mechanism, is the most important advantage factor. This research is useful for businesspeople who engage in e-commerce platforms. The study explores future scope of research like cost, time, and regional issues on different products and regions.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666720725000219ConsumersElectronic commerceOnline trustDigitalizationBusiness
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Evaluating consumers benefits in electronic-commerce using fuzzy TOPSIS
Results in Control and Optimization
Consumers
Electronic commerce
Online trust
Digitalization
Business
title Evaluating consumers benefits in electronic-commerce using fuzzy TOPSIS
title_full Evaluating consumers benefits in electronic-commerce using fuzzy TOPSIS
title_fullStr Evaluating consumers benefits in electronic-commerce using fuzzy TOPSIS
title_full_unstemmed Evaluating consumers benefits in electronic-commerce using fuzzy TOPSIS
title_short Evaluating consumers benefits in electronic-commerce using fuzzy TOPSIS
title_sort evaluating consumers benefits in electronic commerce using fuzzy topsis
topic Consumers
Electronic commerce
Online trust
Digitalization
Business
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666720725000219
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