This category contains mainly sites whose primary focus is to allow UK consumers to select and obtain goods and services from their own home.
Common examples include:
The key is that the site contains three elements:
This category also lists chains of stores (major retailers) which have a real, physical presence, and which have branches throughout the United Kingdom.
Please suggest sites for such businesses to the most appropriate topical subcategory, or, where they sell many different products, to the General Merchandise category.
Following these guidelines will allow us to add your website to the directory as quickly as possible.
All sites submitted are reviewed by the directory's editors. Websites are listed by the business's actual title, followed by a brief description, including the company's real-world location as listed on the site. This description will be based on the information you provide and the review of the website. Sites will be placed in the single most applicable and highest category based on our review. Sites which are continually submitted to the directory, using either a main URL, mirrors or sub-pages, will be banned.
If it doesn''t, please submit to your locality (eg Arundel).
Failure to comply is likely to cause lengthy delays in listing your site.
This category should lead to websites for UK auctions, including on-line auctions, real-world auction houses and e-mail auctions.
Sites selling children''s clothing are listed under Childrenswear.
Children''s toys, games and video games are listed under Toys and Games.
Sites which sell white goods only are listed under Appliances. Sites which primarily sell computers are listed under Computers. Sites which primarily sell office equipment are listed under Office Products. Sites which primarily sell personal care appliances like shavers and toothbrushes are listed under Health and Beauty.
If in doubt, email and ask.
If your site does not have an online flower shop selling its own unique products, it cannot be listed here. Florist sites from companies that do not offer on-line sales, or that offer sales only through Interflora, Teleflorist, or Flowergram are listed under their Localities.
WEB DESIGNERS Please do not submit a whole group of sites which do not belong here. Find the right category for each one, or listing of your sites *will* be delayed.
Sites selling live plants and gardening products, including indoor gardening products, are listed under Gardening.
To request a change to your site''s title or description please use the Update URL form.
WHAT BELONGS HERE
Site should be based in the UK and sell food and drink to the UK or worldwide.
In order to qualify for listing, a customer should be able to order from the site via one of the following mechanisms:
+ Integrated online shopping-cart systems that allow the user to order directly over the Web.
+ Systems that allow the user to generate an order form to be sent to the merchant via fax or mail.
+ Simple directories of products and prices that the user can order via mail or phone.
WHAT DOESN''T BELONG HERE
Businesses that sell ONLY to other businesses.
These should be listed under: Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Business_and_Economy/Industries/Food_and_Beverage
Local shops (that do not accept orders to deliver nationwide), restaurants and pubs.
These should be listed within the appropriate County/Region category.
Only submit here if you are based in the UK, offer delivery within the entire UK and your site contains a catalogue, prices and ordering instructions. If it doesn''t and you are a shop, please submit to your locality. If you are a trade only manufacturer or distributor, please submit here. Failure to comply wastes your time and ours and causes lengthy delays.
Sites selling holidays can be found within Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Travel_and_Tourism/ and sites selling items for use while on holiday can be found within Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Business_and_Economy/Shopping/Travel/
Please note related category links for jewellery manufacturers, jewellery wholesalers and non-shopping jewellery sites.
Please see overall Shopping category guidelines .
Please find the most appropriate sub-category for the site. Submitting it to the proper sub-category (e.g. a site selling watches should be submitted to Shopping/Jewellery/Watches) will speed the review process. Find the single most appropriate category for the site. With few exceptions, sites will only be listed once in the directory.
Submit the site using the main URL. Use the legal name of the company as the site title.
Create a brief description describing what the site offers for sale. This should be the current content of the site (not the future content). Marketing verbiage will be removed.
This category tree should lead to websites that provide online sales and delivery any where on the UK mainland,
specialising and related only to Pets.
Please submit digital image processing such as film and photo scanning and digital image printing service providers in the United Kingdom to this category. If providing services internationally, please submit your site to the appropriate category under Shopping/Photography/Services/Digital
This category contains mainly sites whose primary focus is to allow UK consumers to select and obtain goods and services from their own home. Common examples include:
Integrated online shopping-cart systems that allow the user to order directly over the Web.
Systems that allow the user to generate an order form to be sent to the merchant via fax or snail-mail.
Simple directories of products and prices that the user can order via mail or phone.
The key is that the site contains three elements: (1) lists of products for sale, (2) prices and (3) information on how the consumer can obtain the product from their own home.
All sites are reviewed periodically. Sites in the directory are subject to changes in placement, description and possible removal from the directory, based on this review.
All sites submitted are reviewed by the directory''s editors. Sites are listed by the site''s actual title, followed by a brief description, including the company''s real-world location as listed on the site. This description will be based on the information you provide and the review of the Website.
Sites will be placed in the single most applicable and highest category based on our review. Sites which are continually submitted to the directory, using either a main URL, mirrors or sub-pages, will NOT be included.
If it doesn''t and you are a shop, please submit to your locality.
Industrial machinery and tools should be submitted here.
Failure to comply can cause lengthy delays.
UK on-line children's toy and game retailers.
Sites selling other products geared toward children are listed under Children.
Sites selling gadgets, gizmos and ''executive'' toys are listed under Gadgets and Gizmos.
Sites providing information from toy and game manufacturers which do not sell on-line are listed under Manufacturers.
Failure to comply may lead to long delays.
If it doesn''t, please submit to your locality.
If you are a gallery, you may also submit here.
Failure to comply is likely to cause lengthy delays.
If it doesn''t and you are a shop or home based business, please submit to your locality.
Failure to comply is likely to cause lengthy delays.
Do not submit URLs that contain the same or similar content as other sites you may have listed in the directory.
Failure to adhere to this policy may lead to your original listed being REMOVED from the directory. Please see http://www.dmoz.com/add.html for further detail before submitting your site.