Social Shopping: Concepts, Benefits, and Models

Efraim Turban, Judy Strauss and Linda Lai
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Efraim Turban: University of Hawaii
Judy Strauss: University of Nevada
Linda Lai: Macao Polytechnic Institute

Chapter 6 in Social Commerce, 2016, pp 127-154 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract 1. Describe social shopping and discuss its drivers. 2. Describe the framework for social shopping, its major participants, its components, and various models. 3. Define group buying and flash sales and explain how they work together. 4. Describe shopping together, shopping communities, and shopping clubs. 5. Describe social recommendations, marketplaces, and other shopping aids. 6. Provide examples of other innovative shopping models. 7. Discuss shopping for virtual goods.

Keywords: Business Model; Social Media Platform; Product Review; Luxury Brand; Shopping Community (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17028-2_6

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