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Buyer's regret on the rise among tech buyers

FutureCIO Editors by FutureCIO Editors
June 20, 2023
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A Gartner survey reveals that 60% of technology buyers involved in decisions to renew or expand “as-a-service” agreements regret nearly every purchase they make. These feelings of regret are largely driven by the challenges of buying technology with distributed buying teams and funding.

Hank Barnes

“Regret is a known issue with enterprise technology purchase decisions,” said Hank Barnes, distinguished VP analyst at Gartner. “The issue is significant enough that it raises the question of whether business-to-business (B2B) technology buyers have negative attitudes toward purchases by default.”

Handling technology buyers’ regret and negative attitudes

The survey found that technology buyers’ negative attitudes are shaped by frustrating buying experiences, poor communication and an overwhelming number of options to consider. These issues create challenges, such as longer buying cycles and conflicting objectives within the team, when pursuing expansion opportunities.

Despite these challenges, the survey found technology buyers would prefer to have minimal interactions with sales teams. Ninety-five per cent of technology buyers indicated they would have preferred a fully digital/online experience for their expansion purchase.

“Pessimism and regret continue to grow for enterprise technology buyers,” said Barnes. “This usually has little to do with the provider or the products themselves, but rather is driven by ineffective or dysfunctional behaviours within the buying team.”

Product leaders can take the following three actions when negotiating a deal expansion:

Enable customer-facing teams to identify accounts displaying behaviours associated with regret. These teams should be on the lookout for technology buyers wanting to revisit decisions in the buying process, buying team conflict and lack of awareness of the steps required to complete the purchase.

Expand buyer enablement content to build buyer confidence. Guide buyers on the jobs that help reduce conflict and delays in the decision process.

Expand the number of activities that can be done digitally. Two examples of this include introducing digital checklists that guide buyers through an effective process and offering a shared workspace where teams can review objectives and help build business cases.

“The pessimism problems are something that providers and their customers need to work together to address,” said Barnes. “This will have a positive long-term impact for product leaders, their customers and the market.”

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