An independent directory to identify online shops, understand their specialty, find their official website and better prepare their purchases. WORLD SHOPPING GUIDE collects simple benchmarks for Internet users who want to explore a category without getting lost in ad lists or results difficult to compare.
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The directory helps to move from a concrete need to several shops to be compared.AI-generated illustration.
Mission
Facilitate search, without selling instead of shops
WORLD SHOPPING GUIDE does not sell any products, do not collect any orders or interfere in the commercial relationship between a shop and its customers. The cards are documentary references: they present a sign, its category, its activity and a link to its official domain.
The site was designed to answer a very common question: "What shops can I consult for this type of purchase?"It allows you to start a search by need, then discover several actors before continuing the comparison directly with the sellers.
Method
Classification and verification
The generic illustrations of the site and guides are generated by IA and reported as such. They illustrate a subject without representing a recommended product or attesting to the performance of a store. Real photos and logos of third parties are only used to identify or illustrate a particular listing of the directory where necessary.
The "Documented Descriptions Only" filter allows you to view the records accompanied by an official source and a consultation date. In all cases, check offers, terms of sale and delivery destinations directly with the merchant before a purchase.
Shops are classified by universe and specialty from the catalogue information. Without a search, the directory adopts a natural alphabetical order. When a term is entered, the name and domain correspondence pass before those found only in a specialty, category or description. A separate sorting also allows the results to be grouped by universe or specialty.
The level of detail varies according to the sheets. The "Most Detailed Sheets" sort allows you to first consult those that present more information, without assigning a mark to the products, prices or the merchant service.
The documented descriptions are based on the public pages of the signs. When available, the source and the date of the consultation are shown on the card. The country of origin, legal status or geographical coverage cannot be deducted from the domain name alone.
A category can bring together several different uses. Its advice is used to formulate the right questions, and then the fact sheets identify actors to compare. Subcategories and keywords facilitate research; they do not guarantee that a specific product is available today.
A proposal received by the form must be examined before publication. To help verify a sheet, indicate the official domain, the specialty and the page of the merchant confirming the information. The presence of an international sign does not confirm that it delivers all the French addresses: this point must be verified on its site.
Independence
SEO, no automatic recommendation
The presence of a shop does not constitute a certification, a quality label, or a commercial guarantee. SEO means only that the actor has been identified and classified in the directory. Offers, prices, stocks and conditions of sale remain the responsibility of the sites concerned and may evolve without notice.
Before any purchase, it remains essential to check the actual seller, the terms of delivery, the terms of return, the guarantees, the means of contact and recent opinions. This caution applies as much for a known sign as for a small shop discovered for the first time.
Updates
Correct a shop listing
Shops sometimes change address, activity, owner or service conditions. Despite the controls performed, information may become incomplete or outdated between two updates.
To report a domain, category or description to be corrected, use the proposal form by giving the name of the shop, the official address and the elements to be checked. The more accurate the report, the more quickly and useful the correction can be examined.
Directory entry and documented record: two levels of detail
A short entry is used to find a sign and its activity. A documented sheet adds an official dated source and at least three verification points specific to this merchant. We reserve the highlight and indexing of the cards at this second level. Short entries remain accessible for research, without advertising and without lengthy generic advice repeated.
These criteria are internal rules of publication, not a reliability label. A public source does not prove that an order has been tested. We do not present product testing, mystery orders, or verified customer reviews when we have not carried out these checks.
Geographic pages are used to navigate external searches; they are not an verified inventory of businesses; they are not advertised and are not indexed. practical cases of calculation provide the decision-making methods usable before an order.
To propose a correction, indicate the page concerned, the information to be modified and a public source to verify it in the contact form.
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What the controls establish
A technical check of address indicates whether a URL responds or redirects at the time of the test. It does not prove the commercial activity, delivery in France, or the quality of the service. A documented description refers to a page of the sign with a consultation date; the conditions must be reviewed before purchase.
When a name change occurs, the old names may remain useful for searching. The merged cards refer to the retained entry. Closed services are no longer presented among active actors, even if a site remains accessible to former customers.
The territorial pages are based on the Public Administrative API, which is used to browse the territories and local searches; a postal code or geographical co-ordinate does not confirm the presence of a trade. 6 October 2026 cover 18 regions, 101 departments and 34 969 municipalities.
Editorial illustrations are reported as generated by IA. They do not represent a recommended product or an authenticated photograph of a sign. The logos of the directory remain identification elements; an icon too small is replaced by the initials.
Directory data
How much information is available for your search?
The figures below describe directory entries, not merchant quality. A source supports a description; it does not verify prices, stock or an order.
Seller identity and whether the offer meets your needs.
Documented description
An official source and the date it was consulted.
Current commercial information on the merchant’s website.
Detailed entry
Comparison criteria specific to the retailer.
Your variant, your address and the terms at checkout.
Documented descriptions and detailed entries are included in the total number of shops: these figures must not be added together. Source: WORLD SHOPPING GUIDE catalogue, calculated when the page is displayed.