{"id":67492,"date":"2014-09-03T12:29:46","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T10:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=67492"},"modified":"2014-09-03T12:29:46","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T10:29:46","slug":"top-e-commerce-sites-in-sa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/67492\/top-e-commerce-sites-in-sa-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Top e-commerce sites in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The list:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Baby Life<\/li>\n<li>bidorbuy<\/li>\n<li>Cape Coffee Beans<\/li>\n<li>Groupon SA<\/li>\n<li>kalahari.com<\/li>\n<li>LegWear Safari<\/li>\n<li>lekkeslaap<\/li>\n<li>loot.co.za<\/li>\n<li>Mantality<\/li>\n<li>MzansiStore.com<\/li>\n<li>NicSocks<\/li>\n<li>OneDayOnly<\/li>\n<li>Orms Direct<\/li>\n<li>Out Door Photo<\/li>\n<li>Poetry<\/li>\n<li>Red Chilli Deals<\/li>\n<li>Seeds for Africa<\/li>\n<li>Simplicity Online<\/li>\n<li>Spree<\/li>\n<li>Sterkinekor<\/li>\n<li>Superbalist<\/li>\n<li>takealot.com<\/li>\n<li>TravelGround<\/li>\n<li>TravelStart<\/li>\n<li>WebAntics Online<\/li>\n<li>Wellness Warehouse<\/li>\n<li>Woolworths<\/li>\n<li>Yuppie Gadgets<\/li>\n<li>Yuppiechef.com<\/li>\n<li>Zando<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The criteria used to determine the top 30 websites included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>User Experience;<\/li>\n<li>Quality of Data;<\/li>\n<li>Customer Care \/ Communication;<\/li>\n<li>Ordering Process;<\/li>\n<li>Mobile.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each of these were then broken down to various aspects that are measured when conducting the evaluations.<\/p>\n<p>A \u2018secret shopper\u2019 evaluation was also conducted where items were bought from each of the top 30, under a pseudonym, to evaluate the shopping process and experience.<\/p>\n<p>2013 winners included the following:<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Award<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Second runner-up<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>First runner-up<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Winner<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\"><strong>Best e-commerce website<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Simplicity Online<\/td>\n<td>Takealot.co.za<\/td>\n<td>Yuppiechef<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\"><strong>SA\u2019s Favourite website<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Takealot.com<\/td>\n<td>Bidorbuy.co.za<\/td>\n<td>Kalahari.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\"><strong>Best mobile website<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Simplicity Online<\/td>\n<td>Kalahari.com<\/td>\n<td>Groupon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\"><strong>Best website usability<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Yuppiechef<\/td>\n<td>Takealot.com<\/td>\n<td>Kalahari.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\"><strong>Best shopping process<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>5rooms<\/td>\n<td>Takealot.com<\/td>\n<td>Yuppiechef<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\"><strong>Best customer service<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Zando<\/td>\n<td>Yuppiechef<\/td>\n<td>Bidorbuy.co.za<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on e-commerce in 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