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Online shopping not just for geeks

28 Jan 2007 16:381 commentsBizLike
"It is clear, when looking at the total picture and all the words that [are] searched for, that online shopping in South Africa is starting to take shape in all arenas and is definitely no longer just a place for geeks and early adopters," says Albert Bredenhann, MD of Jump Shopping, a South African comparative shopping search engine.
During the month of December 2006, Jump Shopping's monitoring of online shopping shows that techno toys were still the most searched for products in South Africa, with iPod, XBox 360, PSP and Garmin GPS topping the ranks.

Some of the interesting climbers from previous months were "watches" and "toys". Another term that came up frequently over the festive season was "lingerie" and, by looking at the number of online lingerie stores that opened during the last few months in SA, says Bredenhann, this is understandable.

The results were gathered from a total of 202 000 unique visitor sessions and a total of 3.7 million page views.

The top 20 list of most searched-for terms on www.jump.co.za during the month of December 2006 is as follows:
  1. iPod
  2. GPS
  3. PSP
  4. watches
  5. Garmin
  6. XBox 360
  7. digital camera
  8. toys
  9. car audio
  10. DVD
  11. mp3 player
  12. Nokia
  13. XBox
  14. LCD TV
  15. TV
  16. lingerie
  17. PSP games
  18. Lego
  19. binoculars
  20. PS2 games
Jump Shopping is a SA comparative shopping search engine with more than 70 South African online stores listed. Jump also offers a comprehensive online shopping directory, with more than 600 online stores in SA.
 
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Online shopping taking off in India as well-
I think this is a global trend. Shopping sites like Bechna http://www.bechna.com in developing countries like India are also starting to become popular destinations. It is quite a shift in the mindset of the people in these countries where all shopping was previously done in local bazaars and markets. With lack of time online shopping has become more and more popular and will grow as people start trusting the process more. Posted on 29 Jan 2007 08:39
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