Given that the proportion of female online population has increased (Howard, Raine, & Jones, 2001) and even new Internet users are more likely to be females (Katz et al., 2001), online marketers should be aware that females have higher perceived risk than males. Moreover, the majority of respondents of this study were under 30 and most of them were college students. This group of young online purchasers perceived higher risk on performance, financial, social, and physical risks.