The five stages of consumer buying desision process
1) Need of recognition
2) Imoformation search
3) evolution of alternative
4) Purchase Decision
5) Post purchase Behavior
1) Need of Recognition
- For the decision process to begegin ,a potential buyer must
recognizea problem or need.
- The need may have been triggered stimli such as hunger or
thirst or external stimuli such adersting .
- It mean that it can be caused by internal and external
stimli.
- according to the Maslow"s hierarchy , only when the has a
fulfilled the their need at an certain stage itcan he move for
another or next stage.
2 ) Imformation search
1 The imformation can be obtain from their are 3 sources
they are as fallows
- Personal Sources (family ,friends,neighbors and
acquaintances )
- Commertial sources (dealers,packaging
,Advertising ,Salespeople and displays)
- Public Sources (REstaurant reviews ,Editorials in the
travels section , cosumer rating organizations)
2 In this stage the buyers can be effort at search the new
business environment to identify and observe sources of imformation
related to the buying decision
3 The it refer to recalling past experience with the
product.
3) Evaluation of
Alternatives
- In this stage as the consumers evaluate the
different product or brand on the basis of experience or varrying
product of attobutes . and these send to the benefits that the
customer are seeking.
- The evolution of the avilable alternatives on following basis
1) price 2) covenience 3)taste
- Customer rank can be attribute and to form a purchase
intentions
4) Purchase Decision
- In this stage, the purchase take place .
- After evolution costomer reaches to a point that which product
can be best one to choose so that it can be satisfy need and
wants.
- The final purchase decision are distrupted by two factores
- The decision may be distrupted due to anticipated
situation
- The negative feedback from other customer
5) Post Purchase Behaviors
- The last stage costomers on the basis of previous
expectation compared the product
- And he cleare that either satisfied or dissatisfied.
- This can be good effect effect the dicision process for similar
purchases from the same company in the future.