2019 The millennial generation is looking for shopping inspiration from social resources.
As you just started in 2019, let’s take a look at the characteristic of the most lustrous generation of shoppers that may affect your sales this year: millennial. Then, we will discuss how small enterprises use these knowledge to help generate brand interests and generate some incremental income.
Millennial generation is a group of social groups
In the millennial generation (usually aged 18 to 38), social media on product discovery and purchase decision -making It has significant influence: 39.8% of people listed social resources (social media, family, friends) as their three creative channels. Products to be purchased.
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This is not surprising: this generation grew up watching videos (\”Boxing\” videos) on YouTube to watch other children testing new toys. Pass -recommendation and social influence are important for them.
Millennial generation is a group of mobile
[ 123] These young shoppers are more willing to shop on mobile devices than ordinary Americans. According to a recent study, 46% of the young millennials (18-23 years old) and 67% of the elderly millennials (24-38 years old) said they prefer to shop on smartphones or tablets, and all ages The average ratio of the paragraph is 42%of the group. 2
However, many companies, especially small companies, are still in the early stages of using this channel. Those who provide intuitive shopping and payment methods for millennials may see significant changes.
Millennial generation is a group of people shared The millennial generation listens to each other on social channels -correlation and authenticity are the key to this crowd. They believe that family (75%) and friends (72%) have the greatest impact on their own shopping habits and purchase decisions, far more than they quoted celebrities (33%).
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The social influence of this group is sufficient, and it is recommended to arouse a lot of brand interest.
Venmo is the intersection of social sharing and business ObviousIt is a big advantage to transform these shoppers into brand supporters. Merchants who understand how to use social influence and commercial integration in a naturally -related manner can enhance their brand in the process. Venmo is a mobile payment platform similar to PayPal, but its uniqueness is that it allows users to like and share their payment and purchase in social information flow. This is a social network established around the point -to -point and cost.
As more and more people start using Venmo, an interesting thing happened: the core Venmo user -that is, the millennial generation -starting to use \”what use?\” Send or request payment payment Time sharing details and update memo. The initial ledger became a social media.
Many transactions are naturally social, such as fundraising purchase gifts or buying activities tickets, but daily purchases such as coffee or grocery are usually not enough to release on social platforms. But Venmo has established a forum, and friends and family members can naturally discuss where they get the old T -shirt, makeup or the latest gadgets. There is a friend network behind each person who uses Venmo. They can view, like and comment publicly sharing or sharing the brand exposure of each purchase between friends. With Venmo, companies can get:
contact. Venmo will prompt users to open an average of 2-3 times a week. 4
- Real word of mouth.
- Social recommendations from friends and family members will stimulate interests and actions. 50% of the ordinary Venmo users see it at least once online or in the store after seeing it on the social information flow of friends. 5
- VENMO is developed specifically for mobile platforms, so it has optimized customer experience for mobile platforms from the beginning. Venmo users can buy it at a few times, easily split the purchase between Venmo users, and share their discovery with friends. New!
- PayPal Checkout in WooCommerce now provides smart payment buttons.
Seamless shopping on mobile devices.
The Smart Payment Buttons (TM) example of PayPal. PayPal Checkout extension in WooCommerce extends the most related payment methods to shoppers. The new smart payment button dynamically displays PayPal, Venmo, PayPal Credit,
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Essence Learn more about:
PayPal Checkout extension in woocommerce. The benefit of Bao Bao’s checkout. When the company provided Venmo as a payment option, they opened the door to the millennials who shopping on mobile devices and prepared to benefit from the influence of their peers.
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- Data Source: Emarketer, where is the idea of \u200b\u200blooking for a product to buy a product? September 2018. http://totalaccess.emarketer.com/chart.aspxr\u003d224495
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Data Source: Emarketer, which devices do digital buyers like to buy digital purchases? September 2018. http://totalaccess.emarketer.com/chart.aspxr\u003d222926 (123]
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3 3 3 123] Source: EMARKETER, it will affect the social posts/comments sources of the decision to purchase decisions of the American millennial social media users, in October 2017 (percentage of respondents). http://totalaccess.emarketer.com/chart.aspxr\u003d214171 4 Venmo internal data, 2017 fiscal year
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PayPal Keltonon Digital trend survey. August 2018. The base (total sample, those who have a social media account and take action after seeing the information flow of friends) n \u003d 1090; (Venmo users will take action after seeing friends’ information) n \u003d 138 Q32. Seeing it on a friend’s social media, which one did you do? Including new stores, restaurants or restaurantsSmall enterprises buy goods or buy products based on (their friends) or their online sharing links to buy online.
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PayPal Credit must be approved by consumer credit.
7 PayPal Checkout function may not be available in all countries/regions.