Aderonke (2010) proposed that source credibility impacts perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. Later, Li (2013) demonstrated that source credibility exerts cognitive and affective responses, such as usefulness and ease of use, in the acceptance of new technology systems. Chen et al. (2014) reported that source credibility had a positive effect on perceived usefulness. Similarly, Kim et al. (2016) found that customers who perceived a source as highly credible experienced greater perceived usefulness in an online shopping environment. Thus, we hypothesized the following: