New research on the e-commerce industry finds that the top 20 percent of
online shoppers who spent at least $1,000 per year online account for about
87 percent of the total consumer online sales market.
Analytical eCRM provider Cyber Dialogue said its research
“underscores the importance of businesses identifying and targeting their
most profitable customers.”
Businesses need to understand their customers to determine which are making
online purchases, what attracts them and how to keep them, the company said.
Shoppers spending the most money online are likely to be affluent, educated,
middle-aged and male, Cyber Dialogue says. In addition, this group is much
more likely than the average online shopper to purchase high price-point
items online, participate in rewards programs, seek customer service by
e-mail and state that their opinions of specific brand names have changed as
a result of information they gather online.
“Many businesses are not equipped with customer relationship management
solutions that enable them to distinguish between window shoppers and
valuable repeat customers,” said Qaalfa Dibeehi, director of Cyber Dialogue’s
Internet consumer practice. “… no matter how you define value – transaction
volume, repeat visits, ad clicks — the key is being able to identify,
acquire and retain this group.”
Cyber Dialogue’s Internet consumer practice outsources a technology that
integrates log file, registration and e-commerce data with traditional data
sources to help companies reach and retain high value online shoppers. In
addition, the company offers strategic analytics, e-mail and campaign
management services and syndicated online consumer research.
