With the evolution of technology, the smart phone has changed the way people communicate and has driven instant messenger boom, such as “LINE messenger” which has a staggering number of users in the world. In recent years, the emergence of the Internet as a popularly acceptable media platform has changed the way how information transmission and communication were conducted. Virtual community provides a channel to share information. The engagement behaviors of enterprises or individual make people have more willingness to join virtual community. Sharing information from enterprises or individual can also improves the interactive relationship with other users.
Comparing to other transaction modes, it is easier for consumers to aggregate their demands in virtual communities. The coherence and trust among community members, at the same time, further reduce potential risks in transactions. This study aims to understand factors that affect consumer intentions of mobile social shopping intention within the virtual communities and to develop a comprehensive framework. Base on the Stimulus–Organism–Response (SOR) framework, the study explore the relationship among the perceived risk, perceived value, arousal and mobile social shopping intention by the Structural Equation Model (SEM). Second, the study explores the issue of perceived risk by Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA). The results obtained in this study can be used to improve the e-service quality for mobile social shopping providers and build the management strategies.