Mobile shopping heats up at night
¼ö¾÷ÀÏ : 2012-10-15

 

 

   

Kim Su-hwan uses mobile shopping malls to pick up daily items like bottled water and instant noodles while taking the subway home.

The 31-year-old, who works for an advertising agency, started shopping from online malls using mobile apps two months ago as he frequently works overtime and lives alone, giving his scant time to head to the supermarket.

“At work, it’s difficult to shop online, and at home, the last thing I want to do is spend more time in front of the computer. Mobile apps make shopping quick and painless,” he said.

A growing number of so-called “thumb shoppers” like Kim attest to this rising trend, and Internet shopping malls like 11st, Shinsegae Mall and Lotte.com are working to win customers and gain an edge in the market.

KT’s research institute Digieco expects the size of the mobile shopping market to pass 1 trillion won ($900 million) this year.

Transaction traffic is at its heaviest from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m., which accounts for 40 percent of the day’s take, the online retailers say. The most popular items are processed foods - like instant noodles, instant rice and sweets - healthy foods and products related to fashion or beauty, with daily necessities the undisputed favorite, they add. Male shoppers go more for IT and electronic appliances.

Fresh produce is not popular because it is easily perishable and same-day deliveries are not yet possible when shopping by smartphone.

Mobile shoppers also make their minds up faster about whether to buy something rather than spending a long time browsing, according to the online stores.

 

 
   

Due to the brevity of the interaction, shoppers avoid risks by purchasing products they are familiar with, or which seem to be more or less the same in quality, they add. They also opt for cheaper products as another form of risk mitigation.

“More than 60 percent of our customers are in their 30s We also have a lot of male customers,” said an employee at Shinsegae Mall Mobile.

Whereas online shopping malls claim that over 70 percent of their customers are female, mobile malls say men make up around 40 percent of their customer base.

Retailers that have entered this brave new digital domain are ramping up the number of services tailored to “thumb shoppers,” and there are now more mobile-only products.

 

 

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