3.3 Research hypotheses 3.3.1 Perceived usefulness Perceived usefulness is defined here as the degree to which a person believes that using a particular system would enhance his or her job performance. On the basis of these findings, the following hypothesis is proposed: H 1 There was a positive relationship between perceived usefulness and consumer intention in using e-commerce. 3.3.2 Perceived ease of use Ease of use is defined as the individual's perception that using the new technology will be free of hardship and hard effort. Applying this to the research context, ease of use is the consumer’s perception that shopping on the Internet will involve only minimum effort. By applying these into e-commerce context we hypothesize: H 2 There was a positive relationship between perceived ease of use and consumer intention in using e-commerce