The Directory

Opportunities for Retailers at thesiteguide.com

The initial inclusion review.

All reviews are written personally by Patricia Davidson. They includes basic usability, functionality and SEO advice plus your inclusion in the guide and a mention in our regular subscriber newsletter. Initially you will also be featured in our very popular Latest Websites area.

If your website is not yet suitable for inclusion you can still be reviewed and be included in the guide once it is ready. The price is £175 plus VAT.

Click here to Find out More about being Reviewed.

All online retailers require a review before they can advertise, be included in one of our Gift Guides, become a Featured Merchant on the site, or commission Dedicated E-Shots to our subscriber list.

*Please note that we reserve the right to refuse websites for inclusion/reviews at our discretion.

From www.theoxfordteaparty.com about their review

'Patricia provides an amazing personalised service which I would recommend to any website owner. Her no-nonsense advice is the extra pair of eyes you need to spot the small but important details which help your website stand out from the crowd.'

Our Premium Merchants - If you would be interested in knowing more about our Premium Merchant offer, which includes main space advertising and automatic inclusion in features and newsletters over a period of a minimum of four months - please email me at phd@thesiteguide.com

About thesiteguide.com

www.thesiteguide.com is the luxury online shopping guide specialising in fashion, beauty and lifestyle products.

It was established in 2003 by Patricia Davidson, who has over 17 years mail order and online retail marketing experience, has reviewed over 2,500 retail websites and written six books about online shopping for John Wiley & Son all of which have reach no 1 in the Bestseller lists in their category.

Press Coverage
Daily Telegraph
The Shopaholic's Top 1000 Websites has recently been serialised by The Daily Mail
Click & Shop at the Dail Mail
Leon Bailey Green's Online Fashion 100, published in The Independent.
The Sunday Times Style Magazine

Trust Building Offers for Retailers

Please note that we recommend these offers to help retailers build customer trust (which also encourages increased sales) because we know both our partners extremely well and the value that they bring to online retailers. We have no financial benefit from introducing them to you, we just totally trust and believe in their products.

If you have any problems in contacting them, or any queries, please don't hesitate to contact me direct at phd@thesiteguide.com

The ISIS Accreditation

With more and more websites launching all the time, how do you make yourself stand out from the crowd? Even more importantly, how do you let your visitors/browsers know in an instant that you are to be trusted? - don't take it for granted; your customer certainly won't.

We have partnered with ISIS, IMRG's retailer accreditation scheme. ISIS-Accredited retailers now account for approximately two thirds of all UK online shopping and consumers know that they can shop online with confidence whenever they see the ISIS logo.

ISIS are offering siteguide.com's reviewed retailers fifteen months membership for the cost of twelve - £125 plus VAT. Please click here to learn more about ISIS and sign up here. Enter PHDISIS in the Promotional Code box for the offer to apply.

Opportunities at thesiteguide.com

There are also possibilities for increased promotion within thesiteguide.com through sponsored listings, newsletters and home page feature reviews. Please request our Rate Card from phd@thesiteguide.com

Special Offers - When you run a special offer please tell us and we will include it in our Special Offers section as long as we consider it suitable.

‘You’re Approved’ Banners - Once you are included at the guide you can place one of our banners/links on your website (home page or links section) which will show that you are an approved siteguide.com retailer. Please click here to ask for them to be sent over to you.

Contact Patricia Davidson on 07734872322 or by email at phd@thesiteguide.com

References

‘Patricia Davidson is one of a rare breed of consultants that not only provides high level professional input but backs it up with practical implementation garnered from years of hands-on management experience. Her ability to understand the key drivers of a business (from multiple disciplines: creative, site architecture, marketing communications, customer acquisition, CRM, sales, operations, etc...) and then focus on what really matters has helped deliver a positive ROI on the projects she has worked on with us. Patricia is a no-nonsense operator, who cuts to the chase and speaks her mind, which always results in a more productive relationship with clients and their partners. She also has an ability to embrace a business and become one of the operational team, thinking and talking like the business owner. I can’t think of a more qualified person to help small and medium sized e-tailers navigate the challenges of growing their business, especially at such difficult economic times.’
John Pincott, Managing Director @ SHOP .COM

‘We engaged Patricia to work as a consultant advisor on marketing strategy for Leblas. As we are in our formative stages we found her advice invaluable and exceptionally helpful. The great benefit of working with Patricia is her ability to cut through the ocean of marketing options and provide succint and clear advice on the best route to take and provide good quality contacts to help you along the way. We are very fortunate to have met Patricia and we wouldn't hesitate to work together again in the future’
Clare Winfield – Leblas Jewellery – www.leblas.com

‘The team here at Nordic House have been absolutely delighted with the way we have been looked after by Patricia's consultancy. Patricia helped us with our listing for the Site guide and by writing some much needed copy for our website. Very professional, an excellent communicator, Patricia clearly knows her subject. She has been extremely helpful above and beyond the call of duty! A pleasure to do business with and frankly... like a breath of fresh air’

Sandie Wallman – Nordic House – www.nordichouse.co.uk

Click here to see the full consultancy profile on Free Index

The Benefits of Being Included at thesiteguide.com

thesiteguide.com is perceived as a trustworthy source - Patricia Davidson has written all the reviews on the site, six books abou online sopping for consumrs and is regularly asked by the BBC, Sky and GMTV to comment as an established online shopping expert.

Thesiteguide.com cuts out the clutter of other online directories.

It is aimed clearly at one specific demographic - the quality conscious, time constrained ABC1 30+ female who wants to shop online but does not have the time to search.

It is a clear, functional and usable guide with a simple purpose; that of informing about where, when and how to buy an attractive, niche product group online.

Due to the increasing worldwide demand for online shopping, the current growth in the fashion and accessories web market** and the continuing demand for luxury goods despite the economic climate, thesiteguide.com is well placed to produce a strong ROI.

Thesiteguide.com brings together all the best online retailers for luxury fashion, beauty, lifestyle products and gifts. These include household names, department stores, ‘superbrand’ designers and small to medium online retailers.

With the difficulties of signposting on the web and getting your online store ‘out there’ thesiteguide.com is the perfect marketing opportunity, offering not just a direct way to new customers, but also credibility and exposure in the only fast growing retail environment; online.

Contact Patricia Davidson at phd@thesiteguide.com