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Business and Economy

Includes sites covering the business and economic activities of the region; including listings of companies and industries.

Please submit only sites relating to Parksville. You can find a list of other localities in British Columbia here. If there are multiple locations for this site, consider Regional/North_America/Canada/British_Columbia/Regional_Districts/Nanaimo or Regional/North_America/Canada/British_Columbia/Regions/Vancouver_Island

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Computers and Internet

Local businesses and organizations related to computers and the Internet. This includes sites for and about businesses that sell/rent computer hardware and software, computer training, web design, Internet access, and support services.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Financial Services

Banks, credit unions, lending institutions, insurance companies, accounting firms and providers of related financial services.

Please only submit sites belonging to banks, credit unions, lending institutions, insurance companies, accounting firms and providers of related financial services.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Real Estate

Real estate agencies and agents with an office in Parksville, as well as businesses offering rental property, broker, appraisal, or property management services.

Please use the following formatting:

Title for agents: Agent Name - Company Name
Title for companies: Company Name

Description: Services offered, areas of service, and features on the site such as virtual tours and online forms.

Once the site is listed, please do not submit again unless your site changes substantially, such as virtual tours are added or the agency name or location changes. If this occurs, please use the Update URL option to notify us. Multiple submissions of the same or different sites is abuse and against real estate guidelines.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Restaurants and Bars

Local restaurants, bars, pubs, and dining establishments, as well as related guides. Sites for night clubs or bars with dance floors will be listed under Arts and Entertainment/Clubs and Venues.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.

Shopping

Retail shops selling goods to walk-in customers, and retailers who may take orders by phone or online but deliver goods only to the local area. This category can include malls, convenience stores, clothing, food, flowers and gifts, sporting goods, books and music.

Online shops, and shops where the focus is selling and delivering goods nationally and/or internationally will be listed at country level and may also be eligible for listing in the Shopping/ directory.

The following retailers should submit to the indicated categories for this location. If the categories do not exist, submit to the parent category. Artists and Galleries - Arts_and_Entertainment/Artists_and_Galleries/ Auto dealers - Business and Economy/Automotive. Garden centers and nurseries - Business_and_Economy/Home_and_Garden/Nurseries/ Drug stores, pharmacies, opticians, eye wear retailers, and equipment for assisted living are listed in the Health categories for this location.

Businesses that offer only online, phone, or mail order sales will not be listed in Regional Shopping categories, with three exceptions:
(1) In countries other than the US, the B&E/Shopping category at the national level may contain online shopping sites if the prices are quoted in the local currency and the products are shipped from that country.
(2) Businesses that offer sales online or by phone/mail only to customers in a limited geographic area (example: online grocery delivery services) may be listed in a category corresponding to their sales area.
(3) Online shopping companies that have a substantial local presence (for example, as an employer) in the city where they base their operations may be considered for listing in that city. For example, amazon.com may be listed in Seattle, Washington, USA. (Note that many online retailers also maintain a bricks-and-mortar retail outlet as part of their operations base.

Please read the category description below. Submitting your site to the wrong category can result in significant delays in the listing of your site.