This category contains sites whose primary focus is to allow consumers to select and obtain goods and services from local firms over the Web. Common examples include: Integrated online shopping-cart systems that allow the user to order directly over the Web
Online shopping-cart 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 some of the following elements: (1) lists of products for sale,
(2) prices and
(3) information on how the consumer can obtain the product from their own home.