{"id":9444,"date":"2021-10-14T13:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T11:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/blog\/?p=9444"},"modified":"2022-09-13T17:13:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T15:13:51","slug":"safeshops-awards-2021-event-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/blog\/safeshops-awards-2021-event-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Most secure web stores honoured at the 2021 SafeShops Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Security on the Internet and healthy entrepreneurship are two of Combell's main concerns. This is why we are proud of our partnership with SafeShops, Belgium's leading authority in secure web stores. We therefore felt absolutely thrilled when, on 7 October, we were invited to attend the 2021 SafeShops Awards, which were held in Antwerp Zoo.<\/p>\n<p>Every year, the Safeshops Awards honour the web stores that contribute in their own way to the success of e-commerce in Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it was the most reliable, the most customer-friendly or the best designed web store, each winner deserved a big thumbs up. Here is a brief report!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/blog\/files\/Romy-and-Rik-at-the-SafeShops-Awards.jpg\" alt=\"Romy and Rik at the SafeShops Awards\" class=\"wp-image-9447\" width=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/blog\/files\/Romy-and-Rik-at-the-SafeShops-Awards.jpg 2241w, https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/blog\/files\/Romy-and-Rik-at-the-SafeShops-Awards-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/blog\/files\/Romy-and-Rik-at-the-SafeShops-Awards-928x1024.jpg 928w, https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/blog\/files\/Romy-and-Rik-at-the-SafeShops-Awards-768x848.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/blog\/files\/Romy-and-Rik-at-the-SafeShops-Awards-1392x1536.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/blog\/files\/Romy-and-Rik-at-the-SafeShops-Awards-1856x2048.jpg 1856w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2241px) 100vw, 2241px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Customer is not only king, but also member of the judging panel<\/h2>\n<p>The SafeShops Awards are not handed out to the winners by chance: almost 4,000 online consumers were asked to give their unbiased opinion, which allowed to select 15 winners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-yellow-faded-background-color has-background\"><strong>Warning<\/strong>: we are not responsible for your budget when you visit all the fantastic online shops below \ud83d\ude09.<\/p>\n<p>The most prestigious award of the evening was probably the <a href=\"http:\/\/SafeShops.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>SafeShops.be<\/strong><\/a><strong> Diamond Award: <\/strong>the award for web stores that achieved the best performance in all categories. Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.studio-gaston.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Studio Gaston<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baunat.com\/nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BAUNAT<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coolblue.be\/nl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Coolblue<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>SafeShops also honoured three web stores (small, medium and large) per category for their outstanding work.<\/p>\n<p>The categories were as follows: <strong>Logistic Champion<\/strong> (for reliable deliveries and aftersales service for damaged goods), <strong>Customer Friendliness<\/strong> (for the best customer service), <strong>Payment Hero<\/strong> (for the most user-friendly payment methods, among other things) and <strong>Brilliant Concept<\/strong> (for the best designed web store, among other things).<\/p>\n<p>For the full list of winners, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/safeshopsawards.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the SafeShops Awards<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Web Celeb Award: the e-commerce personality of the year<\/h3>\n<p>This year, SafeShops also introduced a <strong>Web Celeb Award<\/strong>, which was presented to the person who most meritoriously contributed to the success of web stores in Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>And the winner of the 2021 Web Celeb award, who was chosen by a panel of experts and a public vote, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mexunited.be\/pool-of-experts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Cis Scherpereel<\/strong><\/a>. As an e-commerce consultant and inspirer for companies such as Hubo, Fun or Jules Destrooper, he has been key to the success of Belgian e-commerce for years.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSafeshops.be%2Fphotos%2Fa.375443425883006%2F4420798894680752%2F&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"544\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wild Wild Web stores<\/h3>\n<p>Every year, SafeShops chooses a central theme for the SafeShops Awards. But this year, given the location, the organisation did not have to think too long about it: it was a <em>jungle<\/em> night at Antwerp Zoo!<\/p>\n<p>In other words, quite a few tigers have been spotted \ud83d\ude09. Especially at the Combell photo booth!<\/p>\n<p>Were you at the SafeShops Awards yourself and did you drop by the jungle in our photo booth? Be sure to look for your picture on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?vanity=CombellGroup&amp;set=a.10158169482880825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook page<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?vanity=CombellGroup&amp;set=a.10158169482880825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/blog\/files\/20211007_215032-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"SafeShops Awards 2021\" class=\"wp-image-9448\" width=\"350\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>By the way, would you like to optimise your web store in order to win a SafeShops Award yourself next year?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-yellow-background-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.combell.com\/en\/applications-sectors\/e-commerce\">Start optimising your web store with Combell<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year SafeShops.be awards the best Belgian webshops - and from this year on also a Web Celeb - at the SafeShops Awards. 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