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This is a hierarchical list. In most cases, please select the most specific, applicable categories and all of their antecedents. This helps with searching by type, as the system does not imply antecedents in a search. For instance, if you select only “Paint” and someone searches for “Finishing”, hoping to find all finishing supplies, the paint vendor you are submitting will not be listed. But if you select both “Finishing” and “Paint”, the vendor will be included in searches for “Finishing” or “Paint”.
Exceptions are needed for the general guideline above. For a company such as Micro-Mark, it is debatable whether or not to include every detailed offering. There could be dozens of entries for hand tools alone. This is a large burden for the person entering the data, and as offerings are added and removed, it becomes a maintenance burden as well. So one will be excused for stopping at “Hand Tools” (in addition to other broad categories such as “Power Tools”, “Finishing”, etc.). The finer detail would certainly be appropriate for companies that specialize. For instance, a company that sells only drill bits would need “Drill Bits” to be selected. The down-side of not specifying drill bits for Micro-Mark is that Micro-Mark would not appear in a search specifically for “Drill Bits”. This is a quandary. So, if you wish to take the time to check all the detailed boxes, this is fine as well.
A similar issue arises if selecting all antecedents for a specialist company. If “Hand Tools” and “Drills” (the antecedents to “Drill Bits”) are included as suggested in the general guidelines, a drill-bit-only company would be listed in a general search of all “Hand Tools”. This is the category a user would select if interested in a variety of tools. It would be expected that the companies listed would offer more than one or two items. In the case of a company selling only a specifc item or two, it might be best to omit the antecedents. Bottom line – use your best judgement.
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