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Top e-commerce sites in SA

Staff Writer

 ·3 Sep 2014

E-commerce technology company, uAfrica.com has published the results of a survey highlighting the top 30 websites in South Africa when it comes to user experience, quality of data among other things.

The group is expected to publish a more detailed list on Thursday (4 September), when it announces the winners and runners up in the various categories in its 2014 South African eCommerce Awards.

On Wednesday, however, uAfrica.com published a list of 30 e-commerce sites in alphabetical order, following its findings from 116,000 e-commerce survey responses.

The list:

1. Baby Life
2. bidorbuy
3. Cape Coffee Beans
4. Groupon SA
5. kalahari.com
6. LegWear Safari
7. lekkeslaap
8. loot.co.za
9. Mantality
10. MzansiStore.com
11. NicSocks
12. OneDayOnly
13. Orms Direct
14. Out Door Photo
15. Poetry
16. Red Chilli Deals
17. Seeds for Africa
18. Simplicity Online
19. Spree
20. Sterkinekor
21. Superbalist
22. takealot.com
23. TravelGround
24. TravelStart
25. WebAntics Online
26. Wellness Warehouse
27. Woolworths
28. Yuppie Gadgets
29. Yuppiechef.com
30. Zando

The criteria used to determine the top 30 websites included:

• User Experience;
• Quality of Data;
• Customer Care / Communication;
• Ordering Process;
• Mobile.

Each of these were then broken down to various aspects that are measured when conducting the evaluations.

A ‘secret shopper’ evaluation was also conducted where items were bought from each of the top 30, under a pseudonym, to evaluate the shopping process and experience.

2013 winners included the following:

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