Judging

Judging of entries to the Online Retail Awards takes place between May and July, each year. Expert judges, chosen from the world of retailing, from advertising, marketing and PR agencies, from education, and from web designers, developers and e-commerce experts, will vote independently for the online retail website they think is best in a given category. Their votes will be added together to find a winner. Some judges may judge more than one category, because their expertise is broad enough, or because the category criteria are similar. Other judges may vote on only one category, but it will probably be a larger category, with more entries.

The judges' decisions will be independently arrived at and final. No correspondence will be entered into concerning the judges' decisions.

If you are interested in being considered as a judge for the Online Retail Awards, or you know someone who should be considered, please let us know. Drop an email to Matthew Davies, ORA Director, with the name of the potential judge and where they can be contacted. Matthew can be reached at: matthew [dot] davies [at] orawards [dot] com

Judges are not allowed to vote for any website in which they have an involvement. The scores of the other judges in that category will be averaged and the average score awarded on behalf of the non-voting judge. The same rule applies to any representative of a Supporting Partner company to ensure they do not vote for any entries with which they have had an involvement. This ensures fair, independent voting.