Barclay Square
http://www.itl.net/barklaysquare/
With Barclays' Bank behind it, and UK high-street names like Argos, Toys 'R' Us, Sainsbury's, Blackwells, Debenham, and Eurostar in the aisles, this mall might just be able to convince British shoppers that the Net is officially open for trading.
Catalogue Mart
Rather than have to hunt through lists of catalogues and contact the firms individually, Catalogue Mart contacts them free on your behalf. Just choose the product areas you're interested in, supply your details, and it looks after the rest.
Catalogue Select
http://pathfinder.com/CatalogSelect
Another catalogue service, this time courtesy if Time Warner.
CatalogueSite
This catalogue directory does a smart job of listing and reviewing major US mail order houses. In some cases you can link to a Web site and order, or request a catalogue, online.
CompUSA
Order from this US computer megaspore's online catalogue. They'll ship anywhere and international buyers might find the prices particularly cheap.
Downtown Anywhere
Handy directory of online shops, galleries, libraries, museums, sports sites, and more.
Gadgets
http://www.netcreations.com/gadget/index.html
Email order assorted novelty gadgets and useful knick-knacks. While this one's not so impressive, there are enough links to all sorts of engaging gizmoteers and oddities to make it well worth the drive-by.
Hall of Malls
http://www.nsns.com/MouseTracks/HallofMalls.html
All cashed up and nowhere to go? Step into any of these cybermarkets for quick relief.
Highland Trail
http://www.highlandtrail.co.uk/highlandtrail/
Enjoy fine Scottish products such as malt whiskies, smoked salmon, kippers, oysters, and smoked venison delivered to your doorstep. Although several merchants are represented, you can order via credit card from one secure form.
Internet Mall
With well over 12.000 stores, Meckler Media's mall directory is as close to definitive as you're likely to find. Each entry includes a brief review.
Jerred's Wonderful
World of Free Stuff
http://www.oberlin.edu/~jmcadams
Here's that magic word again. Stuff your mailbox for life.
Khazana
http://www.winternet.com/~khazana/
Indian and Nepalese collectibles purchased direct from the artisans and artists, with a "fair trade" policy of payment.
Lakeside Products
http://virtumall.com/Lakeside/Lakeside.html
Order the gags and novelties you could never afford when you really need them. They're all here. Whoopee cushions, x-ray specs, itching powder, joke buzzers, and coffin piggy banks, ripped straight from the pages of your childhood comics. And it's still the same company selling them.
London Mall
There's no need to click the individual pages of this prominent UK cybermall. Just take hands-free automatic tour and let Netscape's server-push technology turn the pages for you. You'll find employment and travel agents, bookies, tailors, campaigns, entertainment directories, computer dealers, financial services, and various retailers.
MerketNet
Shop for flowers, insurance, chocolate, books, shares, travel and legal services, and more via a secure link to this nonsense-free UK cybermall.
Marrakesh Express
Come my friend - I'll show you something special. If you've been pestered to the end of your tether by Moroccan carpet dealers, this site will breathe new life into those rugs you tried to avoid. Susan Davis, a Californian anthropologist, has presented this online souk in such an adductive manner that it might tempt you to buy a carpet or kilim online.
Mind Gear
There's a theory that if you bombard yourself with light and sound of a frequency you'll be bludgeoned into a higher state of consciousness. Mind gear sells various such devices, tapes, and potions to fine-tune your mind.
Mondo-tronics Robot
Store
Build machines that do exactly what they're told. Exterminate, exterminate!
New and Kewl
Jump site for new and nifty gadgets on sale around the Net.
Online Yacht Brokerage
Scan through the list of yachts on offer, find something in your price range, and then access a staggeringly detailed description complete with pictures of the craft. Once you've narrowed it down to two or three, you can email or phone to arrange a viewing. Theoretically, it can arrange delivery anywhere in the world.
The Shopping
Expressway
Ever wondered where else you can get those revolutionary products advertised on TV, usually late at night when you're most receptive to hypnotic gesturing? Wonder no more, because a large section of this exploding cybermall has been cordoned off for all those money-back guaranteed miracles that were designed to be sold rather than used.
Speak to Me
http://www.clickshop.com/speak/
Want a swearing keychain, sneezing salt shaker, flirting birthday candle, rapping Christmas tree, or some other talking novelty? Order it, or preview the sound files, here.
UK Internet Florist
http://mkn.co.uk/help/flower/info
Enter your credit card number, apology, and delivery details into the provided form, and be back in the good books before you get home.
Used Software Exchange
http://www.hyperion.com/usx/index.html
Search for used software by type, price, currency, and platform. When you find something you want, just contact the vendor by email to arrange the trade.
WFMU's Catalogue of
Curiosities
http://www.wmfu.org/Catalog/catalog.html
Try and buy eccentric music and literature.
