Safe Shopping Network
Several of RxPop.com's partner pharmacies are members of the Safe Shopping Network Program. To learn more about the Safe Shopping Network program please continue reading below.
High quality web sites earn high scores because they are owned by business people who care about quality. The web sites listed in the Safe Shopping Network have been tested by us to help you decide which ones you should shop at. You can see each web site's scores by looking at the bars on the right side of each web site listing. Higher bars mean higher scores and higher scores mean these merchants are working hard to earn your trust. We take the trouble to test and score each web site for you.
Safety Ratings
What are Safety Ratings?
Safety ratings indicate how safe it is to shop at a particular website. Simply put, the fuller the safety meter bar, the safer it is for you to shop at that site.
How are the Safety Ratings broken down?
Safety Scores are broken down into three criteria: cart function, delivery and security.
What is Cart Function?
Cart function determines how accurately the shopping cart adds up your dollar. It also indicates whether or not you can safely back out of (delete or remove) a purchase if you change your mind.
What is Delivery?
Delivery indicates which shipping companies are used. Reputable, fast companies such as UPS and FedEx will automatically register a higher rating.
What is Security?
Security indicates how safe your credit card information will be. It tests the encryption and the SSL (secure socket layers) technology, the industry-standard method for protecting all web communications.
How do I know what "Good" and "Bad" Safety Scores are?
When you look at the SafeShoppingNetwork Web Site Safety Score, you are seeing the total score that results from the addition of the individual Cart Function, Delivery and Security scores. The maximum Total Safety Score possible is 100 points.
If you look at the chart below, you can see how web sites generally score when tested for Safety Ratings. The SafeShoppingNetwork excludes those sites that score below 70 points from our listings. You can see from the chart that out of about 1000 sites tested for safety, almost 170 were automatically disqualified. We simply do not believe they are safe. You can also see that most sites earn Safety Scores between 75 and 90 points. The real champs, from our test data, are those that score 90 or above.
Why are these findings so important?
The cart function, delivery and security of the shopping cart are of extreme importance. Safety ratings indicate whether or not specific websites are safe to shop at. You can easily see for yourself how safe a site is by looking at the meter bar. Nowhere else on the Internet will you find such objective and technical findings. There are many well-known sites out there that have a good exterior but with very poor safety ratings. Some have absolutely no regard for the consumer's dollar. Our directory lists only the top rated sites.
Don't be fooled by "Awards" and "Citations".
As you travel the web, you'll inadvertently hit any number of websites that display different kinds of awards and citations for "good Usability". Those issuing such awards do not use software to objectively evaluate the website nor do they issue awards based on shopper evaluations. Safe Shopping Network does!
An Important Consumer Note
The SafeShoppingNetwork provides both general and detailed test scores to all listed web site managers. We also provide them with the tools to compare their scores to other web sites in their listing categories and, when requested, we provide them with consulting assistance so that they may improve their scores and their web site presentations.
The SafeShoppingNetwork commitment is to continuous Internet quality improvement.
We are constantly looking for ways to improve our test technologies, our score reporting, and web site quality.
Usability Ratings
What are Usability Ratings?
Web Site Usability is Rated with four components:
- the homepage
- content/product pages
- customer service
- order processing
How is the Homepage Rated?
It is essential to make a good first impression. It is that first impression that makes a customer feel welcome and at home. The homepage is graded on its understandability, whether or not it has good eye appeal (good colors and visuals), whether or not it is well balanced and laid out nicely, and if it has a good selection of listings and categories. If any website page has excessive pop-ups or ads, Usability ratings are immediately lowered. Ads are extremely annoying, irritating and bothersome.
How are Content/Product Pages Rated?
These pages are scored on easy understandability and navigational ease. Is it easy to get from one page/visual to another and back again? Does it make sense? Or do you have to be a Rhodes scholar to figure it out? Content pages are rated on good selections, good visuals, descriptions and product information. Information and visuals are essential.
How is Customer Service Rated?
Outstanding customer service is critical. High credit is given for toll free phone numbers and easy-to-find contact links especially from the homepage. It is annoying to waste precious time searching for hard to find email contacts. Online help, live chats and Question & Answer pages are a real plus. Potential customers need to be able to contact websites!
How is Order Processing Rated?
The order processing consists of easy, understandable directions, navigation and speed. Is it easy to order? Does the shopping cart make sense? Can you go back, delete and move forward quickly? These factors are extremely important.
How do I know what "Good" and "Bad" Usability Scores are?
When you look at the SafeShoppingNetwork Web Site Usability Score, you are seeing the total score that results from the addition of the individual Home Page, Content/Delivery, Customer Service and Order Processing scores. The maximum Total Usability Score possible is 100 points.
If you look at the chart below, you can see how web sites generally score when tested for Usability Ratings. The SafeShoppingNetwork excludes those sites that score below 70 points from our listings.
You can see from the chart that out of about 1000 sites tested for safety, none were automatically disqualified. All tested web sites were found to score higher than our 70-point minimum.You can also see that most sites earn Usability Scores between 70 and 95 points. The highest scoring Usability sites, from our test data, are those that score 95 or above.
Why are these findings so important?
The Usability of the Home Page, Content/Product Pages, Customer Service and Order Processing are of extreme importance to consumers. Usability ratings indicate how well the web site caters to consumer needs and how concerned the web site designer or owner are with consumer needs.
You can easily see for yourself how Usable a site is by looking at the meter bar. Nowhere else on the Internet will you find such objective and technical findings. There are many well-known sites out there that have a good appearance but with very poor Usability Ratings. Some sites have absolutely no regard for the consumer's needs. Our directory lists only the top rated sites.
Don't be fooled by "Awards" and "Citations"
As you travel the web, you'll inadvertently hit any number of websites that display different kinds of awards and citations for "good Usability". Those issuing such awards do not use software to objectively evaluate the website nor do they issue awards based on shopper evaluations. Safe Shopping Network does!
Performance Ratings
What are Performance Ratings?
The SafeShoppingNetwork Performance rating system is designed to answer the question: Does everything work? This is a case where things can look good and the site can test safely, but may have slow downloads, broken links or poor HTML coding.
Don't let the fancy words scare you. Performance ratings are simple. Our technology does all the work. Performance ratings bring up test results for the following three criteria:
Download Time
Link Validity
Html Validity
What is Download Time?
Download time is the amount of time it takes for a page to actually come up on your screen.
What is Link Validity?
Link validity determines whether or not a link works. When you click on a word or a direction, does it actually take you there? Or do you get a page that "cannot be displayed" or is completely irrelevant?
What is Html Validity?
Html validity is the heart and soul of a website. It determines whether or not the site works. It is the foundation. If something is wrong with the html programming, then the structure of the website is weak. You'll either get broken links, missing parts or a long drawn-out load time. Nobody wants to waste time. Most internet users are in a hurry. If a page doesn't load quickly users immediately click off the site and a potential sale is lost.
Why are these ratings so important?
Performance testing is critical because it tells you how well the website is put together. You can easily look at the meters to see how well a site tests and decide if you want to even visit a particular site. Performance ratings give the consumer power in making individual decisions on whether or not a site is safe and reliable.
How do I know what "Good" and "Bad" Performance Scores are?
When you look at the SafeShoppingNetwork Web Site Performance Score, you are seeing the total score that results from the addition of the individual Download Time, Link Validity, and HTML Validity scores.
The maximum Total Performance Score possible is 100 points.If you look at the chart below, you can see how web sites generally score when tested for Performance Ratings.The SafeShoppingNetwork excludes those sites that score below 70 points from our listings.
You can see from the chart that out of about 1000 sites tested for safety, about 70 were automatically disqualified. These sites simply did not pass our minimum Performance Standards. You can also see that most sites earn Performance Scores between 70 and 90 points. The real champs, from our test data, are those that score 90 or above.
Why are these findings so important?
The Performance Download Time, Link Validity and HTML Validity are of extreme importance. Performance ratings indicate whether or not specific websites are actually work as intended. You can easily see for yourself how well a site performs by looking at the meter bar. Nowhere else on the Internet will you find such objective and technical findings. There are many well-known sites out there that have a good exterior but with very poor performance ratings. Some site owners have little or no regard for the consumer's needs or do not have the technical ability to build a "Performing" web site. Our directory lists only the top rated Performance sites.
Don't be fooled by "Awards" and "Citations
As you travel the web, you'll inadvertently hit any number of websites that display different kinds of awards and citations for "good Performance". Those issuing such awards do not use software to objectively evaluate the website nor do they issue awards based on shopper evaluations. The SafeShoppingNetwork does!
Overall Ratings
What are Overall Web Site Test Ratings?
A SafeShoppingNetwork web site receives an Overall Web Site Test Score after all Safety, Performance and Usability testing are completed. These three scores are added together and divided by 3 to obtain an average and overall rating for the web site.
How is Safety Rated?
Some merchants care, some don't. That's why we perform rigorous safety testing on each website listed!
How is Performance Rated
"Error 404, page not found" We hate that! Sites where the links don't work, are slow, or are poorly designed get low scores!
How is Usability Rated?
Some sites just make no sense or are hard to navigate. That's why our team of shopper/writers visit each one to give you their personal opinion. more...
How do I know what "Good" and "Bad" Performance Scores are?
The Overall Web Site Test Score is the single most important score we use to rate Web Sites. A web site may be strong in one tested component but not strong in another. In order to achieve a rating of 95 or better, the site has to be consistently strong and very consumer oriented.
When you look at the SafeShoppingNetwork Web Site Overall Score, you are seeing the total score that results from the addition of all individually tested items. The maximum Total Overall Score possible is 100 points.
If you look at the chart below, you can see how web sites generally score when tested for Overall Ratings. The SafeShoppingNetwork excludes those sites that score below 70 points from our listings.
You can see from the chart that out of 965 sites tested by the SafeShoppingNetwork, none were automatically disqualified based on their overall score. Most ecommerce managers that ask us to test them do so because they are proud of their sites. We may uncover weaknesses for them to focus on, but if you look at the presentation of sites in the SafeShoppingNetwork, you will find quality.
You can also see that most sites earn Performance Scores between 75 and 95 points. The real champs, from our test data, are those that score 95 or above. Only 23 out of 965 tested sites made into this top overall category. That gives you, the consumer, the top 2.4 percent. It's tough to make it into that group!
Why are these findings so important?
The Overall Web Site Scores are of extreme importance. Overall ratings indicate whether or not specific websites are actually work in a manner of the highest standards. You can easily see for yourself how well a site performs by looking at the "Overall" meter bar. Nowhere else on the Internet will you find such objective and technical findings. There are many well-known sites on the web that have a good exterior but with very poor in usability, safety or performance. Some site owners have little or no regard for the consumer's needs or do not have the technical ability to build an overall strong web site.
Our directory lists only the top rated ecommerce sites.
Don't be fooled by "Awards" and "Citations".
As you travel the web, you'll inadvertently hit any number of websites that display different kinds of awards and citations for "quality". Those issuing such awards do not use software to objectively evaluate the website nor do they issue awards based on shopper evaluations. The SafeShoppingNetwork does!
An Important Consumer Note
The SafeShoppingNetwork provides both general and detailed test scores to all listed web site managers. We also provide them with the tools to compare their scores to other web sites in their listing categories and, when requested, we provide them with consulting assistance so that they may improve their scores and their web site presentations.
The SafeShoppingNetwork commitment is to continuous Internet quality improvement.
We are constantly looking for ways to improve our test technologies, our score reporting, and web site quality.
