The role of aesthetic factors on online marketing: An application on newswires

Because of the fact that customer satisfaction is an important element on the process of purchasing decision, customer satisfaction is necessary for providing continuance of business. It is known that customers are not only satisfied with functional factors of products/services; aesthetic factors of products/services are also effective on the customer satisfaction. Accordingly, the aim of this paper is to show the effect of aesthetic factors of online marketing on the customer satisfaction. It is analyzed that the influence of aesthetic factors of newswires on customer satisfaction, besides it is also examined that whether the consumption demographics of newswires make difference on customer satisfaction level. The data is acquired by the way of conducting survey to customers of face to face. The data analyzed shows that attractiveness, uniqueness, design, style and mystery which are some of the aesthetic factors are effective on the customer satisfaction and that consumption demographics also create significant difference on customer satisfaction level.