Influence of Customer Experience on Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty in Delivery Service Platforms

With the activation of non-face-to-face services, the use of delivery service platforms has been increasing. At this juncture, this study empirically analyzed the impact of customer experience on customer satisfaction and customer loyalty in the context of delivery service platforms. Specifically, the study segmented customer experience into four sub-factors: product experience, moments of truth, outcome focus, and peace of mind, and analyzed their individual impacts on customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. The independent variables, representing customer experience, were divided into the aforementioned four sub-factors. The mediating variable was customer satisfaction, and the dependent variables were repurchase intention and recommendation intention. A survey was conducted with customers who have used delivery service platforms, and 300 valid responses were utilized for the analysis. The empirical results are as follows: all four sub factors - product experience, moments of truth, outcome focus, and peace of mind - significantly and positively influenced satisfaction with the delivery service platform. Among these, peace of mind had the most substantial impact. Additionally, customer satisfaction was found to mediate the relationships between product experience, moments of truth, outcome focus, peace of mind, and both repurchase intention and recommendation intention. This study is academically significant as it segments and examines customer experience into four distinct factors. Practically, it highlights the importance of providing peace of mind to reassure customers as the most crucial factor in enhancing their satisfaction and loyalty.