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标题:
ReuseIntentionofThird-PartyOnlinePayments:
A
FocusontheSustainableFactorsofAlipay作者:
YongrokChoi,LiliSun其月干丨J:
Sustainability,第8卷,第2其月
年份:
2016字数:
译文4000多字
原文
ReuseIntentionofThird-PartyOnlinePayments:
AFocusonthe
SustainableFactorsofAlipay
YongrokChoi,LiliSun
Abstract
AnanonymoustransactionenvironmentandtheadvantageofvirtualpropertyhaveresultedintrustplayinganimportantroleintherapidgrowthofonlineshoppinginChina.Tosatisfythistrustissue,Alibaba(China)Co.,Ltd.(Hangzhou,China)inventedAlipay,thelargestthird-partyonlinepaymentservice.Usingastructuralequationmodel(SEM),thispaperattemptstodeterminewhetherAlipay^sservicequalityfactorsaretrulysustainable.Theresultsindicatethatonlytwooffivefactors—convenienceandsecurity—aresignificantlymediatedbythesustainableperformanceofcustomersatisfactionasamediatorTheotherthreefactors—usefulness,responsivenessandeconomy—wererejectedfortheroleofcustomersatisfaction,eveniftheyareacceptedregardingthedirecteffectonreuseintention.ThisresultimpliesthatChinesewebcompaniesneedtomakegreatereffortsnottoensureinitialsuccess,butinsteadtoensuresustainableperformance.
Keywords:
thirdpartypaymentservice;structuralequationmodeling;reuseintention;China;Alipay
Introduction
Inrecentyears,Chinahasexperiencedsignificantachievementsinallindustriesandparticularlye-commerce.Alibaba,theleaderoftheChinesee-marketers,inventedKwangkunjie(Single’sDay),andone-dayonlinesaleonNovember11thatissimilartoblackFridayafterThanksgivingintheUnitedStates.Onthisdoubleelevenday,Alibaba’stotalturnoverfromallofitsplatformshasbeen91.2billionYuan(US$13.68billion),whichinvolved232countriesand467millionlogisticsorders.Thesefiguresrepresenttheworldrecordforsingle-dayonlinetransactionvolume[1]•Alibaba’ssignificantsuccessonKwangkunjiemayhaveresultedfromthemostsuccessfulintermediationofAlipay,thethird-partyonlinepaymentsystemthatitlaunchedinChinain2004.Alipaychargesnotransactionfeesandprovidesanescrowservicethatenablesconsumerstoverifytheirsatisfactionwiththegoodstheypurchasedbeforereleasingmoneytotheseller.Thisserviceiscriticalbecauseitgivesconsumersguaranteedintermediationbyanauthorizedthirdparty,anecessitygivenChina’sweakconsumerprotectionlawsandregulations.Itspro-activenessmakesAlipayauniquepayment-relatedservice;forexample,relativetoILS^basedPaypal’ssimplethird-partypaymentservice,Alipayprovidesguaranteesfortransactions.Alipayalsoprovidesenhancedonlinepaymentfunctionsthroughintegrateddiversefunctions,suchasformobilegames,moviesandothers.Incontrast,SamsungPayinKoreasimplyprovidesflexiblepaymentservices.Alipayismuchmoreattractivetocustomersgivenitsintegratedone-stopmulti-user-friendlyservices.China’sthird-partyonlinepaymentvolumeincreasedtoapproximatelyeighttrillionYuan(US$1.2trillion)in2014,withgrowthof50.3%comparedto2013.Alipayhasledthisrapidlyincreasinggrowthinthird-partyonlinepayments,witha49.6%marketshareor3-87trillionYuan,asshowninFigurel.Morethan300millionpeopleintheworlduseAlipayforpaymentservicesatTaobaoandTmall,aswellasatmanyofflinestores.Alipay’sstrongescrowsupportenabledAlibabatorapidlyincreaseitsonlinemarketshareinChina,andotherfollowerseffectivelyenabledconsumersinthislargecountrytointegrateonlineshoppingwithonlinepaymentsandlogisticsthroughone-source,multi-channeltransactions.In2013,AlipaylaunchedafinancialproductplatformcalledYu’ebaothatenablesAlipayuserstodepositanyremainingmoneyinanaccountandearninterest.Thisinterest-yieldingnewinventionbythethird-partypayermadeAlipaytheleaderinthise-businessnewfrontier.
Currently,Alipayprovidesboththird-partyescrowguaranteesononlinetransactionsandinterestontheunusedportionofanAlipayaccountInadditiontothesedirectsupportservicesforonlineshopping,manymoreapplicationsexistforAlipayuserswhofrequentlyvisitdiversegameandotherentertainmentsitesandforusersengagedininformativecommunityactivities.Alipaybeganasanonlineshoppingsupporterbybeinganescrowproviderandbecameamulti-channelthird-partyonlinebankingportalsite.ThecontinuingsuccessofAlipaycertainlyarisesfromtheproactiveorganizationalcultureofAlibaba(China)Co.,Ltd.,whichisakintoreadingusers”mindsandpullingtheirdemandinsteadofengaginginpushing-orientedforcefulpromotionalmarketing.Alipay'slong-termperformancecouldbesustainablegivenitsuser-friendly,performance-orientedmarketingefforts,becausethevaluecreationbasedonnetworkmanagementwithdiverseparticipantsofacertainproductiskeytosustainablee-businessmanagement.
However,asanonlinepaymentservice,Alipaymayrequiremoresustainableoperationsforsuccessfulperformance,becauseitisintheinitialstagesofthemarket,andtherapidlychangingenvironmentinChinacannotguaranteethatinitialluckwillcarryforwardtothelongterm.Inparticular,webmarketingforanonlinepaymentserviceisalsobasedonsustainablerelationshipswithusers.AccordingtoBhattacherjee(2001),thesustainableperformanceofwebservicesshouldnotbebasedonsimple,instantaneousintentionsintheshortterm,butonreuseintentionsforthelongterm.Chinesecustomersarequicklyadopting“multichannel”shoppingbehaviorthatiscreatingbothopportunitiesandchallengesforsociale-commercebrands/companies,retailersandcompanies.TaobaoanditspaymentsystemAlipaycertainlyprovidethemostappropriatemarketingplatforminChina.Aspreviouslymentioned,theU.S.-basedPayPaldoesnotprovideescrowservices,andSamsungPayinKoreaprovidesveryflexibleaccesspointsforpayments,butnootherservices.Comparedtothesethird-partyonlinepaymentservices,Alipayprovidesdiverse,yetintegratedservicesformulti-channelusers.However,moreisnotalwaysbetter,andapaymentservice’scorecompetenceshouldmaintainanappropriate“reach”toenablereusebyusers.ThepurposeofthisresearchistodetermineAlipay^sustainablefactorsasathird-partyonlinepaymentserviceprovider.Toevaluatethesustainablefeasibilityoftheonlinepaymentservice,thispaperempiricallyteststherelationshipbetweenthewebmarketingmixofAlipayandthereuseintentionofusers.However,alinkisalwaysmissingbetweenwebmarketingmixanditsperformance.Becauseofthismissinglink,previousstudiesconcludethatinitialtrustinthewebmarketingmixisnoteffectiveenough,whereasothersinsistthatthewebmarketingmixissignificant.Therefore,thisresearchempiricallyteststheroleofconsumersatisfactionasamediatorbetweenthewebmarketingmixandthereuseintentionofconsumersonthird-partyonlinepaymentsystems,withanemphasisontheuniqueconnectionalcharacteristicsofAlipayTheoryandHypotheses
CharacteristicsofThird-PartyOnlinePaymentsThird-partyonlinepaymentservicesarewellknownasescrowservices,becauseanescrowgenerallyreferstomoneyheldbyathirdpartyonbehalfofthetransactingparties.Theseservicesarebasedonacontractualarrangementinwhichathirdpartyreceivesanddisbursesmoneyordocumentsfortheprimarytransactingparties,withthedisbursementdependingonconditionsagreedtobytheseparties-AstheAlipayserviceindicates,thisprocesssometimesmeansthatanaccountisestablishedbyabrokertoholdfundsonbehalfofthebroker'sprincipaluntiltheconsummationorterminationofatransaction.Ingeneral,mostonlinepaymentservicesprovideanobjectivetransferofmoneyalongthelinesofacommercialtransaction.Third-partyonlinepaymentsworkbyplacingmoneyinthecontrolofanindependentandlicensedthirdpartytoprotectbothbuyerandsellerinatransactionovertheInternet.Whenbothpartiesverifythatthetransactionhasbeencompletedperthesetterms,themoneyisreleased.Ifatanypointadisputeoccursbetweenthepartiesinthetransaction,theprocessmovestodisputeresolutiorhTheoutcomeofthedisputeresolutionprocessdetermineswhathappenstothemoneyinescrow.AsthemostrepresentativeonlinepaymentserviceinChina,Alipayhassuccessfullyoperatedathird-partyonlinepaymentserviceforonlineshoppingatTaobao,itsbrotherwebsite.Becauseonlinepaymentsarewebservices,Alipay’ssuccessfuloperationmayresultfromtheappropriateutilizationofthewebmarketingmix.Thus,thecorecompetenceofwebservices,suchasonlinepayments,shouldbebasedonthecapabilitytocreateandmaintainrelationalmarketing,whichisdifferentfromtraditionalmarketing.Similartootherservices,anonlinepaymentservicecouldbeevaluatedthroughitsservicequality.Ingeneral,servicequalityisdefinedastheintegratedcapacityfortheconsumertobesatisfiedwiththeexpectedservicepackagelevelanditsrelatedfunctions.Parasuramanetal.(2005)definee-servicequalityastheextenttowhichawebsitefacilitatesefficientandeffectiveshopping,purchasinganddelivery.WolfinbargerandGilly(2003)definee-servicequalityasthebeginningtotheendofatransaction,includinginformationsearch,websitenavigation,order,customerserviceinteractions,deliveryandsatisfactionwiththeorderedproductInthesedefinitions,ane-servicehasamuchbroaderspectrumthantraditionalorgeneralservicequality.Inparticular,WilfinbargerandGilly(2013)arguethate-servicequalityshouldbeself-sufficientinfulfillingtheproceduralset