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Technology User Profile - What's Covered  > Technology User Profile - Buying Process

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WHAT TUP COVERS - Question Topics
 
Technology User Profile® – WHAT TUP COVERS
Buying Process

How do customers buy technology products and services?

What is the purchase process?

Where do customers shop, and where do they buy?
 


  • Buying process for specific products & services
    • Within market segments from consumers through commercial (SOHO, SMB)
       
  • Where do consumers shop and where do they buy?
    • Online compared with Retail
    • Specific channels spanning Amazon & eBay through Wal-mart and Circuit City
       
  • Buying processes & sources for specific product categories
    • PCs, Printers, Peripherals, Consumables and other products
       
  • Technology-owning segments
    • Broadband households, Multiple-PC households, Home networks
    • Digital imaging, from acquisition through printing, faxing, and sharing
    • Apple users
    • Notebook & Tablet users
       
  • High-value segments
    • Large technology spenders
    • Families, Households with children, Households with teens
    • Search for news, Health issues, and other

 

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Background & Methodology
Factual, decision-making information like this is only found in one place, the Technology User Profile from MetaFacts. The Technology User Profile market research information service is based on extensive primary research selected and balanced to represent the American population - including technology users and non-technology users. Based on surveys from thousands of respondents each year reporting on over 250 questions, it is the most comprehensive total market technology study available.

Keywords

What TUP covers, buying processes, Product Marketing, OEMS, Operating System deployment, Windows Brand Development, Digital Home Marketing of Windows Media Center Edition PC, Home-based Businesses with a Broadband Connection, Multiple PCs, Home Network, Small Office, Home Offices for Windows, Printing, Faxing, and Scanning, Emerging Ecosystems Apple and Google, high value and growing segments of Small and Medium Businesses
 

 

 

   
                           

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