Features of the e-commerce market in Slovakia. Slovak e-shoppers are used to making online purchases from abroad

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Who are Slovak e-shoppers

When we talk about Slovaks who shop online, we must know that the majority are represented by women (62%, up by 8 percent compared to the previous year), well above the EU average (56%). At the same time, e-shoppers in Slovenia are over 2 years younger than those in the European Union, their average age being 40.8 years (EU 42.4 years).

For them, online shopping reduces the stress of shopping in stores (70%, EU 66%), takes less time (82%, EU 77%) and is cheaper (68%, EU 63%).

Slovacks prefer Fashion products 

In the first place in the list of products preferred by Slovak e-shoppers are those from the Fashion category (69%, EU average 59%). Next, Footwear (54%, EU 49%) and Beauty/Health Care (54%, EU 48%).

Other product categories preferred by Slovak e-shoppers: medicines (37%, EU 24%), books (35%), leisure products (33%, EU 37%), food and beverages (32%, EU 35%) ), furniture/decoration (27%, EU 31%) and toys (26%, EU 29%).

Always looking for good deals

For 76% of Slovak e-shoppers (EU 61%), price is the most important factor in the purchase decision, 83% of them (EU 69%) say that they are always looking for very good deals and 69% (EU 53 %) are waiting for events with big discounts (Black Friday, seasonal discounts, etc.).

Recommendation: use social media

The overwhelming majority of Slovak e-shoppers (86%, well above the European average of 70%) have used social media for at least one online shopping purpose, and two-thirds (66%, EU 48%) have already bought directly from social media platforms.

One in three Slovak e-shoppers do their online shopping on the recommendation of relatives or friends (32%, EU 21%), and 27% buy products they see in the feed (EU 18%).

Slovaks are used to buying from abroad

63% of Slovak e-shoppers tend to go to online stores abroad (EU 57%) where they find better deals (61%, EU 52%) or products and brands unavailable locally (46%, EU 52%). For 25% (EU 13%) it was also important that the respective online stores had the offer in Slovak.

In the top of foreign online stores, the ones from the neighboring country, the Czech Republic (63%, EU 5%), China (57%, EU 51%) and Germany (20%, EU 29%) are in first place. In total, 75% of Slovaks buy from online stores located in neighboring countries (EU 44%).