What are the advantages and disadvantages of online market research methods compared with traditional market research methods?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of online market research methods compared with traditional market research methods?


Advantages: first, it is interactive. This interaction is not only reflected in consumers' opinions and suggestions on existing products, but also in consumers' participation in products that are still in the conceptual stage. This participation will enable enterprises to better understand the market and insight into the potential demand of the market;
The second is the timeliness of network research. On the one hand, the speed of research information transmission to users is accelerated, on the other hand, the speed of information transmission from users to researchers is also accelerated;
The third is the convenience and economy of network research. In the whole process of the survey, the investigators can modify and supplement the questionnaire in time, and the respondents only need to have the computer and Internet conditions to feed back their opinions quickly and conveniently. At the same time, the investigators can also sort out and analyze the feedback data quickly and conveniently, Because the feedback data can directly form a database
The fourth is its reliability and objectivity. On the one hand, visitors to enterprise websites are generally interested in enterprise products. On the other hand, the filling of online survey questionnaire is voluntary, not the "forced" type of traditional survey. Therefore, the respondents generally answer the questions carefully, and the survey results are highly reliable, The interviewees accept the research in the environment of completely independent thinking, which is free from the interference of human factors in the traditional research, and can ensure the objectivity of the survey results to the greatest extent. Therefore, the survey results based on existing customers and potential customers can largely reflect the consumer mentality and market development trend, and the survey results are objective and highly reliable
Fifthly, it's space-time. Internet research can be conducted 24 hours a day, and its research objects can be from all over the world
Sixth, its cost is very low, faster than the traditional research speed, low cost, high efficiency, convenient data mining
Disadvantages: low credibility, limited browsing population, need to update frequently, need related skills