Jump Shopping: South Africa's first shopping comparison engine

[mandy]

South African consumers are now able to search for their favourite local goods using a shopping search engine launched by Jump Internet Technologies...

One question that comes to mind is whether there are enough online businesses out there willing to support this venture. South Africa’s e-commerce is hampered by the high cost of bandwidth coupled with low PC and broadband penetration rates...

Ventures of this nature are well worth following as they serve as a good barometer for the progress the South African e-commerce industry is making...

full article: http://www.mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=3131
The Jump Shopping web site: http://www.jump.co.za/
The merchant information center: http://www.jump.co.za/General/Content2.asp?C=27&OC=20
The rate card for merchants: http://www.jump.co.za/General/Documents/...20Card.pdf

[Waaksaam]

One question that comes to mind is whether there are enough online businesses out there willing to support this venture. South Africa’s e-commerce is hampered by the high cost of bandwidth coupled with low PC and broadband penetration rates...

According to http://www.theworx.biz/retail06.htm - The total spent on online retail goods in South Africa in 2005 was R514-million, up from R428-million in 2004, according to a new report from World Wide Worx, Online Retail in South Africa 2006. A further 20% increase is anticipated in 2006.

According to http://www.theworx.biz/pcmarket06.htm - "a study by World Wide Worx of the installed base of computers in South Africa, shows that the 4,5-million mark was reached at the end of 2005, and it is expected to grow by 17% to 5.3-million by the end of 2006."

Ventures of this nature are well worth following as they serve as a good barometer for the progress the South African e-commerce industry is making...

  I think South Africa has never been this ready and with an estimated 500 online stores in South Africa.