15 April 2007

Questionnaire Results

  1. What is your gender?

Male

3

43%

Female

4

57%

Total Respondents

7

100%

  1. What year were you born?

1983 1981 1975 1969 1967 1967 1961

  1. Which of the following describes you (tick all that apply)?

Student

5

71%

Self-employed/Business owner

5

71%

Employed (full or part time)

2

29%

Homemaker

1

14%

Pensioner

1

14%

  1. Please indicate your highest level of education completed?

Some university

6

86%

Some post graduate

1

14%

Total

7

100%

  1. On average, how many hours per week do you use the Internet?

11-20

1

14%

More than 20

6

86%

Total

7

100%

  1. For how many years have you been a regular Internet user (best estimate)?

2

1

14%

3

1

14%

7

1

14%

8

1

14%

9

1

14%

10

1

14%

15+

1

14%

Total

7

100%

  1. What tasks do you regularly use the Internet for (tick all that apply)?

Shopping

6

86%

Banking

7

100%

Email

7

100%

Chat/IM

4

57%

Academic Research

7

100%

Product/service research

6

86%

Games

3

43%

Promoting a business

3

43%

Conducting a business

4

57%

  1. When you visit a business/shopping website, what website features make you feel comfortable with, and/or trusting of the business?

1

Secure transactions, Professional look/feel

2

Quality of content, quality of products & service, overall design (looks like it's been made by a pro / amateur etc), ease of navigation, security (payments etc).

3

secure banking facilities - names that I know and trust

4

clear navigation and/or instructions

5

paypal, shopping cart, telephone number contact details address

6

Like to see a known company, contact details, abn, business address, prices (some want to hide their prices). I like fluid designs: CSS usually makes a site easier to use and faster to load whereas frames and tables dramatically increase loading times and are problematic. Especially on shopping sites flash can be a real problem; the simpler the site the better that's why ebay is so effective: it's just html & CSS.

7

personal info about the people who work there and their willingness / speediness in answering email queries about the product / service. contact info i guess.

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  1. And what do you think is the most important of these website features?

1

Secure transactions

2

Quality of products and service

3

security

4

what website features? or have I missed something

5

paypal

6

definitely CSS for layout

7

person to person communication

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  1. What features put you off using a particular business/shopping website?

1

Broken images and links, Splash screens, Slow email response

2

Not enough products / product info, no assurance of secure payment

3

too difficult to navigate

4

pop up ads, unclear navigation and/or instructions

5

no contact details or phone number

6

Do not like broken links on shopping sites eg: woolworths homshop (either their webmaster is overworked or just not keeping up). Slow loading pages (frames and tables) and very poor search tool eg: coles online.. the search usually crashes the site if you try to search for more than one word.

7

too many pages for transaction, slow downloads, self-important marketese and not enough info about product(including tiny images) etc.

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11. Do you currently have a business website?

Yes

3

43%

No

4

57%

Total

7

100%

12. Which of the following services would you consider paying for (tick all that apply)?

Website design

3

43%

Website re-design

2

29%

Logo design

4

57%

Shopping cart system

6

86%

Content management system

4

57%

13. What would be your preferred payment option for such services?

Easy online estimate, followed by pre-arranged quote

6

86%

Other - Online Estimate with follow-up discussion and quote

1

14%

Total

7

100%

Notes: Some irrelevant responses may have been excluded from these results.

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