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Online customer value: a new approach to designing successful online services


Full version in Dutch & French

Le retour de la valeur d'usage
French, pdf, 1 page, 31K, appeared in Tendences, 7 June 2001
   
ROI voor de surfer?
Dutch, pdf, 1 page, 30K, appeared in Trends, 7 June 2001
   
English summary

The internet crash makes companies think about the return-on-investment or ROI of their internet projects. What companies often forget is that users of websites also make an ROI evaluation of their internet experience. This evaluation determines whether a website will be successful.

We need a new approach to designing online services that focusses on delivering customer value. What is the user's added value of using a site in terms of advantages, gaining time, convenience, pleasure...? What is the user's investment in terms of learning and usage time, cost, frustration, loss of privacy...?

 

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