Functionality on results pages (for Vendors)

This article covers the following topics:
Listings
Featured Vendors
Sort Order
Filters

Listings

A Vendor is an event business (florist, venue, photographer, etc). There are 33 Vendor Categories.

Users can choose to view all Vendors within a particular city or they can search by category.

A listing is a collection of information that appears in search results.  The information is taken from your Vendor Profile.

This is what a typical listing looks like:

• Your image will display on all profiles if you uploaded one. 
• Users can bookmark your business or even write a review from this page.
• Users can request to form a Connection with you. That will save you to their Connections page.  You will appear on their public profiles if they’re connected to you.
• The Connect button will appear if there is an email on file for the business, regardless of whether the profile has been claimed or not.
• Please note that you will not see the Connect button when viewing your own Listing in the results if you are signed in at the time.
• If you choose to extend a Special Offer (available with a Featured or Basic profile), a Special Offer button will appear in the results as well. Users will eventually be able to filter to see who is extending an offer.

Featured Vendors

Up to 3 Featured Vendors may appear on a market (city) category page, in the middle of the results, every 10 listings.  Users can click to view more results once they reach the bottom of the page.  

• The Featured Vendors appear in bid (Max Click Price) order and repeat in that same order throughout the results.
• Featured Vendors (if there are any) also appear on the profiles of Basic and Free Vendors and on all other local pages of the site.

Sort Order

Results include Listings within a 50-mile radius.  The default display order of the Listings is as follows:

1. Featured - in bid order.  If two Featured Vendors have the same max bid, their positions will rotate.
2. Basic – in distance order to the city or zip code searched
3. Free – in distance order to the city or zip code searched
4. Unclaimed - in distance order to the city or zip code searched

Filters

Users will eventually be able to filter results:

1. To see who is available for online chat
2. To see who has a Special Offer available
3. By keyword
4. By several category-specific filters (examples: Venues: type, size, features, price range, etc.