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Today, Ukrainian society is highly digitalized in terms of communication with family and friends, searching for relevant information, and shopping online. Find out how and what Ukrainians most often buy online, and whether there are more moderate shoppers, entertainment seekers, or gossipers among the population
If during the pandemic, most Ukrainians chose offline shopping because of their habit of going to stores and choosing goods physically, then with the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the boundaries between online and offline shopping have become blurred, as almost the same number of Ukrainians prefer each of these methods of purchasing goods. This is evidenced by the results of a study by the analytical company Gradus Research.
What do Ukrainians buy online most often and what else do they spend money on online - read more in the article.
How many Ukrainians buy goods online?
In general, the vast majority (87%) of Ukrainians surveyed consider the process of buying goods and services online to be easy. However, not all of them use the opportunity to buy something online with the same intensity.
Thus, 26% of respondents said that they prefer to shop online, while 38% of respondents said that they buy both online and offline. But what segments did Ukrainians fall into in terms of "online behavior patterns"?
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What are they like on the Internet?
In the course of researching and analyzing the behavior of Ukrainians on the Internet, experts have identified six main segments into which respondents can be divided. Thus, based on the typical behavior and frequency of online purchases, the following conditional categories of consumers were identified.
The most active shoppers (36%):
▶ Advanced are active and highly engaged online consumers. They consume and create content on a daily basis, actively follow brand communications, and compare their values, products, and services. More than half (54%) of them shop online at least once a day, but they are also the smallest segment, with only 6% of respondents.
▶ Pragmatists are a segment of consumers who mainly receive news and thematic information online, but at the same time, they make financial transactions online no more than a few times a week. There are about 14% of them among Ukrainians.
▶ Gossipers are consumers for whom the Internet is primarily a social circle and an option for communication. But at the same time, they buy goods and services online every day (13%), pay bills (17%), and use online banking (62%). In total, there are about 16% of them.
Digital shoppers are less active (64%):
▶ Entertainment seekers are a category of consumers who mainly consume online games and entertainment content on social networks. At the same time, they make online purchases several times a month or less. There were 18% of such Ukrainians among the respondents.
▶ Unengaged consumers are those who prefer to shop offline. There are about 20% of them in Ukraine, and 13% of them said that they have difficulties making purchases online.
▶ Moderates are a segment of users who use the Internet to search for information and read news. As a rule, they do not actively conduct financial transactions online, limiting themselves to one or more transactions per month. In addition, they often do not buy goods, but rather compare prices and use online banking services. This is the largest category of Ukrainians, accounting for 25%.
We remind you! Google has presented the most popular search queries among Ukrainians, reflecting the current and popular topics of this year. Read more about what Ukrainians googled most often in our previous article.
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