"Origin dependency" is another heuristic determining the consumer choice process which is interesting in the context of the «social» aspect. The point of this phenomenon is that what matters to the consumer is the source of resources and the "item of expenditure" on which he spends them. If a consumer thinks about the fact that he or she has already spent a certain amount on one expense item, the amount he or she is still willing to spend on the same expense item within a certain period of time becomes significantly less. The greater likelihood of purchasing goods in a different category than in the category of recently purchased goods is an example of this heuristic demonstration. The conditions for the development of such heuristic arise in case of the «social» goods. For example, if the consumer has already bought (for instance, at the fair) some goods (for example, gingerbread – popular goods at fairs in Gorodets or Kungur, where in 2017 there were "Rallies of social entrepreneurs"), then the probability that again having met at the same fair not just gingerbread, but "gingerbread made by social entrepreneur", he will also buy them, will increase. In this case, subjectively, the "item of expenditure" changes – not the gingerbread, but the "good deed".
The availability of the "social brand" becomes one of the factors that facilitate choosing. In the variety of possible consumer alternatives, this encourages a relief from subjective discomfort.
Another heuristic is "insurance against a wrong choice," which also reduces the discomfort and difficulty of choice: "Even if it turns out to be bad (bad taste, will break quickly, etc.) – I still did good thing," which means "there is no need to regret the buy".
Supposedly, the "holy grail" of sales has been found. Just make your goods «social» (even the level of «label» will be enough) – and the love of the consumers is assured. But in fact, this is not true. Goods quality and its price, even in case of «social» goods have critical factors of the consumer choice (if we are not talking about "charity," which was mentioned above). Moreover, there are various strategies for promoting social goods, establishing the balance of «marketing» and «charity». And this is another important issue that we will try to address in our future publications.