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Business

The Adult Business component of the directory generally lists and categorizes English-language sites that cover:

Adult Business as an activity:

Sites covering industrial and commercial activities involving the exchange of commodities, entertainment production, personal services, or financial resources.
Sites offering supporting services, information and resources to businesses, entertainers, and individual service providers.

Adult Business as an entity:

Official web sites for and about corporations and commercial enterprises (including subsidiaries) that manufacture, distribute, market and sell adult oriented goods and services to other businesses (B2B) and/or consumers (B2C). Note: If the purpose of the site is to serve as a Shopping destination for consumers, the site should be listed in the Adult/Shopping/ category.
Sites that focus on the operational aspects of a business enterprise: human resources, management, marketing, etc.

Sites generally not listed in the Adult/Business category:

Online shopping: Sites that exist primarily to sell goods and services directly to the consumer should be listed in the Adult/Shopping category.
Local businesses: Sites for inherently local businesses -- such as types of business that are commonly found in most localities and serve primarily the people and businesses in that area -- are in most cases listed exclusively in the Adult/Regional/ category.

Do not submit sites to this category. Please submit to the appropriate Adult/Business sub-categories.

Arts and Entertainment

The adult entertainment industry, includes video production, broadcasting, and online content. This container category includes sites which concern the behind-the-scenes, business-to-business aspects of the adult entertainment industry, including management, booking, and production.

Do not submit sites to this category.

Sites for adult models and actors should be submitted to: Adult/Business/Arts_and_Entertainment/Talent

Sites for adult media production companies should be submitted to: Adult/Business/Arts_and_Entertainment/Film,_Video,_and_Television Production

Sites for agents and managers for adult talent should be submitted to: Adult/Business/Arts_and_Entertainment/Agents_and_Agencies

Bars and Clubs

This category links to venues listed by regional location that provide live adult entertainment such as strip clubs, or cater to the swinger and fetish scenes. This category also lists directory sites that contain information, and reviews of bars and clubs located around the world.

1. Repeat submissions will be deleted.

2. Any site submitted that requires a password, must have a password included within the site description. This password will be removed before the site is listed.

3. Sites submitted must have a complete English translation for review.

Business Services

This container category includes companies that provide professional and administrative support services to a variety of adult businesses.

1. This category is strictly for Business to Business Services. Sites for consumer services should be submitted to the appropriate sub-category under Adult/Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Personal_Services.

2. Repeat submissions will be deleted.

3. Any site submitted that requires a password, must have a password included within the site description. This password will be removed before the site is listed.

4. Sites submitted must have a complete English translation for review.

Consumer Goods and Services

The Consumer Goods and Services category includes industries and companies focused on manufacturing, and distributing finished adult-oriented products, clothing and novelties that will be used by the general public. Also included here are links to categories covering personal service companies that provide services to the consumer market. Industries and companies focused on providing professional and administrative services primarily to other businesses are listed under Adult/Business/Business_Services/.

Do not submit sites to this category.

Submit sites for manufacturers, and wholesale distributors of finished products that are used directly by consumers to the Clothing and Accessories, and Sex Toys and Videos sub-categories.

Submit sites for personal services to the BDSM, Escort, and Strippers subcategories located under Personal Services.

Submit phone sex service and consumer resource sites to Phone Sex.

Submit sites that sell goods directly to the consumer to Adult/Shopping/.

Employment

This container category provides resources that assist job seekers to obtain general employment, and entertainment positions within the adult industry. Included in this category are staffing services, search directories, classified ad sites, company job sites, and forums. Excluded from this category are individual job postings (i.e. the "help wanted" section of an employer's website) are not listed in the Open Directory due to their inherent transient nature.

1. Sites from agents or managers seeking new talent should be submitted to Adult/Business/Arts_and_Entertainment/.

2. Repeat submissions will be deleted.

3. Any site submitted that requires a password, must have a password included within the site description. This password will be removed before the site is listed.

4. Sites submitted must have a complete English translation for review.

Opportunities

This container category contains links to sites that offer turnkey websites, home party businesses, franchises, telephony services, and educational materials. Opportunities/Online includes sites that provide opportunities to own an adult website. Opportunities/Home Based includes sites that provide opportunities to sell adult-oriented merchandise in your home.

1. Independent representatives, distributors, or resellers of multi-level marketing (MLM) systems or pyramids are not listed in the directory. Submissions of sites of this nature will be rejected and flagged for deletion.

2. Please submit in home business opportunities to Adult/Business/Opportunities/Home_Based, and Internet based opportunities to Adult/Business/Opportunities/Online.

3. Repeat submissions will be deleted.

4. Any site submitted that requires a password, must have a password included within the site description. This password will be removed before the site is listed.

5. Sites submitted must have a complete English translation for review.