Abstract
Any transaction in which money is electronically transferred from one account to another is considered an e-wallets payment. People are increasingly more likely to purchase eco-friendly products through e-wallets payment. The study's primary goal is to analyses the preferred e-wallet payment methods used by environmentally conscious consumers and determine the advantages that the sample respondents enjoyed. The data has been collected from 150 consumers by applying convenience sampling method and analyzed the collected data by using statistical tools including Percentage analysis, Friedman test, Correlation and Independent samples "t" test. The researcher concluded that most of the consumers are using digital wallets such as Google pay, PayPal, Venom, Paytm, Amazon pay, Phonepe etc. The young consumers are highly preferred e-wallets payment transaction for both offline and online. The high income groups of consumers are purchasing the eco-friendly products through e-wallets payment.
Key words: Eco-friendly Products, E-wallets Payment, Benefits of E-wallets Payment
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