Since the announcement of the Top 40 websites in the 2011 South African E-Commerce Awards last month, Jump Shopping has been evaluating these sites to determine the Top 20 for the third and final round of the awards. The evaluations covered Design, Standards & Ease of use, Mobile, Social Networking and Public Voting. Jump Shopping outsourced the Design (Look and Feel) Evaluations to an independent design company.
The Top 20 are:
Bid or Buy
Calora
Cars.co.za
Greenlove
Groupon My City Deal
Kalahari.com
kulula.com
Leisure Books
Look and Listen
Loot.co.za
NuMetro
Private Property
Prophecy.co.za
SafariNow.com
Simplicity Online
Takealot
Travel Ground
UbuntuDeal
Wicount
Yuppiechef
Jump Shopping will be ordering from the Top 20 websites under pseudo names to evaluate the ordering process and customer service. The evaluations conducted in Round 2 and 3 will determine the winners in the 2011 South African E-Commerce Awards.
The categories are:
• The Public’s Favourite E-Commerce Website
• Best E-Commerce Store
• Best E-Commerce Services Website
• Best Group Buying Website
• Best Design, Standards & Ease of use
• Best Shopping Process
The Awards will close on 31 October 2011 and the winners will be announced on 7 November 2011. The winners will be announced with the two runners up in each category.
Entry into the iPad 2 competition is closed. The lucky winner of the iPad 2 16GB WiFi + 3G, sponsored by ShopMaster, will be announced on 10 November 2011.
The 2011 South African E-Commerce Awards is run by Jump Shopping, who identified the opportunity for such an awards event in 2006, and took the opportunity to start this as part of their goal to uplift E-Commerce in South Africa. The awards are now in its sixth year. These awards have been designed to recognise and reward those companies and organisations that have demonstrated excellence through the use of the Internet, with specific emphasis on E-Commerce. The Awards are open to South African E-Commerce websites based in South Africa.
For further information please contact:
Kirsty Henderson
Kirsty@jump.co.za
012 809 3139