{"id":138073,"date":"2016-09-26T15:35:04","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T13:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=138073"},"modified":"2016-09-26T15:46:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T13:46:44","slug":"the-best-places-to-shop-online-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/138073\/the-best-places-to-shop-online-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"The best places to shop online in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2016 PriceCheck Tech & E-Commerce Awards were announced at an event in Cape Town last week, with Takealot.com named as the overall winner.<\/p>\n

Awards were also given to new entrants and established brands like\u00a0OneDayOnly, SweepSouth, Funky Tights, bidorbuy, DHL, Zando, SnapScan, Uber, OLX, FNB, Travelstart, and wiGroup.<\/p>\n

PriceCheck said it wants to recognise outstanding South African businesses and individuals in the e-commerce and technology spheres with its awards.<\/p>\n

Candidates for each award were selected by public nomination, provided they met\u00a0certain\u00a0criteria. The list of nominees was then submitted to a panel of judges who selected the top three nominees per category before finally choosing a winner.<\/p>\n

Read: Best and worst banks for online in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The full list of winners of the 2016\u00a0PriceCheck Tech & E-Commerce Awards are as follows:<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Category<\/th>\nWinner<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Fintech Platform 2016<\/td>\nwiGroup<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Payment Service 2016<\/td>\nSnapScan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Mobile Shopping Experience 2016<\/td>\nZando<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Overall Shopping Experience 2016<\/td>\nZando<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Travel Booking Service 2016<\/td>\nTravelstart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best On-Demand Service 2016<\/td>\nUber<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Online Financial Services Platform 2016<\/td>\nFNB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Small Online Business 2016<\/td>\nFunky Tights<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Online Classified Platform 2016<\/td>\nOLX<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Marketplace Platform 2016<\/td>\nbidorbuy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Delivery\/Logistics Provider 2016<\/td>\nDHL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Customer Service 2016<\/td>\ntakealot.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Black Tech\/E-Commerce Entrepreneur 2016<\/td>\nAisha Pandor (SweepSouth)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best Female Tech\/E-Commerce Entrepreneur 2016<\/td>\nAisha Pandor (SweepSouth)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Employer of the Year 2016<\/td>\nOneDayOnly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
People\u2019s Choice Award 2016<\/td>\ntakealot.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Overall Winner 2016<\/strong><\/td>\ntakealot.com<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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