This statistic presents the result of an online survey conducted in June 2017 about the main reasons why smartphone users in Japan use online marketplace apps to shop secondhand goods. The survey revealed that with 50.5 percent the majority of Japanese smartphone owners used peer-to-peer re-commerce apps to buy goods at low costs. It was further found that almost 38 percent of respondents used so-called flea market apps to sell their unwanted possessions.
Main reasons why smartphone owners in Japan use online marketplace apps for secondhand goods as of June 2017
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MMD Labo. (July 12, 2017). Main reasons why smartphone owners in Japan use online marketplace apps for secondhand goods as of June 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 10, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/753585/japan-reasons-recommerce-app-usage-among-smartphone-users/
MMD Labo. "Main reasons why smartphone owners in Japan use online marketplace apps for secondhand goods as of June 2017." Chart. July 12, 2017. Statista. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/753585/japan-reasons-recommerce-app-usage-among-smartphone-users/
MMD Labo. (2017). Main reasons why smartphone owners in Japan use online marketplace apps for secondhand goods as of June 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/753585/japan-reasons-recommerce-app-usage-among-smartphone-users/
MMD Labo. "Main Reasons Why Smartphone Owners in Japan Use Online Marketplace Apps for Secondhand Goods as of June 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Jul 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/753585/japan-reasons-recommerce-app-usage-among-smartphone-users/
MMD Labo, Main reasons why smartphone owners in Japan use online marketplace apps for secondhand goods as of June 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/753585/japan-reasons-recommerce-app-usage-among-smartphone-users/ (last visited June 10, 2024)
Main reasons why smartphone owners in Japan use online marketplace apps for secondhand goods as of June 2017 [Graph], MMD Labo, July 12, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/753585/japan-reasons-recommerce-app-usage-among-smartphone-users/