According to a consumer survey from 2019, cheaper price was the main motivator for most of Finnish respondents to use foreign websites for online purchases. Other common reasons for shopping on foreign online shops were better product availability (32 percent), and affordable delivery costs (21 percent). Around ten percent of the respondents said that the preferred website was not available in Finland or that the delivery time from abroad was quick.
Reasons why Finnish consumers preferred shopping on foreign online shops in 2019
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Posti. (January 30, 2020). Reasons why Finnish consumers preferred shopping on foreign online shops in 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 12, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123847/reasons-for-shopping-on-foreign-online-shop-in-finland/
Posti. "Reasons why Finnish consumers preferred shopping on foreign online shops in 2019." Chart. January 30, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 12, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123847/reasons-for-shopping-on-foreign-online-shop-in-finland/
Posti. (2020). Reasons why Finnish consumers preferred shopping on foreign online shops in 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 12, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123847/reasons-for-shopping-on-foreign-online-shop-in-finland/
Posti. "Reasons Why Finnish Consumers Preferred Shopping on Foreign Online Shops in 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123847/reasons-for-shopping-on-foreign-online-shop-in-finland/
Posti, Reasons why Finnish consumers preferred shopping on foreign online shops in 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123847/reasons-for-shopping-on-foreign-online-shop-in-finland/ (last visited June 12, 2024)
Reasons why Finnish consumers preferred shopping on foreign online shops in 2019 [Graph], Posti, January 30, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123847/reasons-for-shopping-on-foreign-online-shop-in-finland/