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All companies, regardless of size and type of business activity, had to adapt their business models to the new circumstances through transformation of their business processes and offering products or services tailored to the changing customer behavior. This study aims to analyze the peculiarities of online sales during the COVID-19 health crisis via the integration of classic and modern data analysis methods. The purpose of the paper is to identify the main factors determining user behavior and examine their impact on customer satisfaction in e-commerce. The survey method and structural equation modeling (SEM) were used to recognize the dependencies between variables from the online users\u2019 perspective. The satisfaction determinants indicated and described in the paper affect differently the perceived value for the customers. As this value is subjective and dynamic, this study developed a reliable system for e-commerce factor evaluation. 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