Design and Development of a Native Model of Viral Advertising for Online Retailers Using the Grounded Theory

The spread of the Internet in everyday life and its development in all social and economic sectors and business processes has caused in today's world, caused by the spread of the deadly corona virus, fundamental changes in the economic system and consequently in marketing and marketing advertising; Therefore, this study tries to help develop theoretical knowledge in this field by examining the characteristics of viral advertising and provide solutions for the implementation of viral advertising programs for marketing managers; Therefore, the aim of the present study is to design a native model of viral advertising for online retailers using the data method. The present research is an applied research in terms of purpose and a qualitative survey research in terms of method. The statistical population of the study consisted of 15 managers and senior experts of the online retail company Digi Kala who were selected by purposive cluster sampling. Research data were collected using semi-structured interviews, the questions of which were confirmed by face to face with the opinion of professors and experts. Results of data method analysis of six identified categories; Indicates causal category, main category, contextual category, interventionist or environmental category, strategies and consequences category. The results of the quantitative section also show that the proposed model presented in the research has seven indicators including message content, usage, sensory perception, trust, branding, ease of use and attitude.