Survey ranks Apple best online electronics retailer
A report by Philip Elmer-DeWitt of Fortune noted that in terms of customer satisfaction, Apple ranked fourth out of all the top 100 online retail sites, behind Netflix, Amazon, and Avon.
Apple was also ranked as one of the most improved, with its satisfaction score jumping 11% over last year. The brand added 8 index points to its score of 83 points out of 100. Among computer and electronics retailers, Apple edged out Newegg, last year's top site, as well as besting this year's other top online sites Tiger Direct, BestBuy, Dell, HP, and Sony, which all scored between 79 and 81 points.
Overall, online electronics retailers improved by an average of 4 index points (or 5%) over their year ago scores, reaching a collective score of 78.
ForeSee executive Larry Freed said the improvement was a reaction to the poor economy. "The state of the economy really forced e-retail to step up their game," Freed said.
"Since so much of the financial downturn was out of their control, companies turned to those things they could improve, and now they are reaping the benefits. Customer satisfaction is not a byproduct of a healthy economy. Instead, a healthy economy is a consequence of satisfied customers."
Freed said every point in improvement in his company's satisfaction index translates into an additional $89 million in sales.
7 Comments
Too bad their shipping estimates are so off the mark so frequently, and they delete complaints from their forums...
And the iTunes store is a POS, and Apple.com's own online store is retarded.
I guess either the standards are just low online in general couple with the fact that the products Apple makes are so great that people come away with an overall relatively positive experience when their iMacs finally do ship (compared to getting a turd of an ASUS delivered on time from CircuitCity.com...)
Too bad their shipping estimates are so off the mark so frequently, and they delete complaints from their forums...
And the iTunes store is a POS, and Apple.com's own online store is retarded.
I guess either the standards are just low online in general couple with the fact that the products Apple makes are so great that people come away with an overall relatively positive experience when their iMacs finally do ship (compared to getting a turd of an ASUS delivered on time from CircuitCity.com...)
A bit harsh...and certainly not my experience!
Apple is doomed! (Trademarked)*
*Haven't figured out how to do special characters on my iPad yet.
Apple is doomed! (Trademarked)*
*Haven't figured out how to do special characters on my iPad yet.
Made me smile!
Well, when you do, how about putting it in your 'signature' whilst commenting on the article at hand! Not a criticism, just an observation!
(end of light teasing!)
And the iTunes store is a POS, and Apple.com's own online store is retarded.
I guess either the standards are just low online in general couple with the fact that the products Apple makes are so great that people come away with an overall relatively positive experience when their iMacs finally do ship (compared to getting a turd of an ASUS delivered on time from CircuitCity.com...)
Or could it be that your requirements are not really reflective of the great majority of people that buy products on line? Could that be???