During the period of Double 11 and Double 12, major merchants used the "blind box +" marketing methods to create "blind box + beauty", "blind box + clothing", " Blind box + air tickets" and other games, which were sought after by consumers. In addition, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games sold "ice dun dun" blind boxes, which once caused the situation of "one dun is hard to find". The blind box economy has gradually become one of the mainstream economic cultures. The blind box was initially popular in the tide market, its randomness and unknown attributes continue to stimulate consumer psychology, bringing psychological satisfaction to consumers. However, nowadays, there are a lot of companies in the market, so it is urgent to explore the psychological needs of blind box consumers and to seize the psychological motivation of consumers. It helps companies to better understand the psychology of consumers and guide the healthy and sustainable development of blind box companies. Therefore, in this paper, we investigate the purchase intention of blind box consumers, especially the influence of target tendency effect on blind box consumers.
Based on consumer psychological behavior, two mediating variables, the target tendency effect and the avoidance of repetition effect, are proposed to investigate the impact on consumers' purchase intention and to clarify what other factors influence blind box consumers' purchase behavior. A questionnaire was designed and distributed through a Tencent survey, and the data were analyzed using SPSS. The results of the study indicated that the number of blind boxes that consumers already owned did not have a significant effect on consumers' purchase intention, and the target convergence effect had a significant positive effect on consumers' purchase intention and a significant positive effect on the avoidance of repetition effect. The avoidance of repetition effect does not have a significant effect on consumers' purchase intention.
At the same time, the target tendency effect and the avoidance of repetition effect showed mediating effects on consumers' purchase intentions. The results of the study are examined and recommendations are made on both the firm side and the consumer side.
This study confirms the mediating effect of the target tendency and avoidance of repetition effects between the number of blind boxes consumers already own and consumers' purchase intention, and clarifies the psychological needs and behaviors of blind box consumers, which is innovative.