Online consumer reviews can serve as a useful informant and recommender in the E-commerce. As an informant, online consumer reviews can provide different types of product information. As a recommender, online consumer reviews can improve the sales of the niche products. Making use of research on this topic over the past decade, this paper summarizes the current state of our knowledge about the factors determining the persuasiveness of online consumer reviews. Three factors have received much attention: involvement with the product and consumer knowledge, consumption goals and brand strength. According to the factors, the paper also puts forward some suggestions of practical implication.
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Univ Macau, Fac Arts & Humanities, Dept English, Taipa, Macau, Peoples R China
Jinan Univ, Coll Foreign Studies, Jinan, Peoples R ChinaUniv Macau, Fac Arts & Humanities, Dept English, Taipa, Macau, Peoples R China