Monday, November 22, 2004

Sites That Sell

While you can find eCommerce and business sites throughout JoeAnt, most of the sites that offer products or services for sale belong in one of three main topics: Business, Shopping, or Independent Business Affiliates.

One of the functions of the Business topic is to contain sites that offer products and services to other businesses. It has subtopics for sites by Industry where businesses and consumers may find information about companies and their products (Manufacturers). Subtopics with sites that sell something include: wholesale items, commodities, B2B markets, and Human Resources services.

Sites that offer information for retail customers belong in the Shopping topic. Usually these sites will be ones that offer merchandise for sale online (the block for the Shopping feature will be marked). When the Shopping feature is not marked, the business may either only sell through its physical location or conducts transactions by email, mail, or phone.

The Independent Business Affiliate section is for resellers or sites that provide leads to other companies. Consumers can often find price comparisons and coupons or other discounts here.

All Gambling sites and Dating/Personals sites are listed in the Affiliate topic regardless of whether they are affiliates or an original content source.

Tip: If you aren't sure where your site should be listed, do a keyword search from the JoeAnt index page. Look through the search results for a site that offers similar products, services, or information and click on the "Related" link next to the listing. This will take you to the topic in which that site is listed.

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