E-commerce has shown an enormous upswing in the last decade. The clear winners of this turnaround are companies such as Amazon, which have perfected global e-commerce. However, small, regional companies in particular do not have the resources to position themselves against the service offerings and pricing strategies of these global competitors.
This master thesis deals with the question if and how a local trading platform can position itself on the online market sector. For this purpose, models from the field of e-commerce were analyzed, evaluated for use and adapted to the specific context. A total of 145 people participated in the study, which were divided into two study groups.
The statistical analysis showed that the group of "Innovators and Early Adopters" differs significantly from the group of "Early & Late Majo-rity" in several dimensions. Thus, important factors for the individual group, as well as commonalities, could be identified.