When a listing needs this correction—choose a primary category from the main business activity—the challenge is preserving meaning through the edit. A polished result is useful only if the affected detail still matches the business arrangement. Use current offering and available directory taxonomy as the starting point for the review.
What matters for category decisions
For this task, select the closest supported category for the main activity and record why a broader label was chosen if the exact speciality is unavailable. The immediate aim is to choose a primary category from the main business activity; expanding the review to unrelated fields makes it harder to see whether this correction was justified. Identify the exact public wording or stored value before deciding what to replace.
Prepare the directory categorisation editor’s evidence
Gather current offering and available directory taxonomy and identify which part supports “Choose a primary category from the main business activity”. Keep the source value, the proposed public version and the person responsible for confirmation distinguishable. Secondary activities need their own evidence; category space is not an invitation to list every related trade. If the supplied material does not establish the affected detail, retain that question rather than filling it with a plausible guess.
The mistake to look for
For “Choose a primary category from the main business activity”, consider this hypothetical review: a hypothetical repair workshop also sells a few accessories. That occasional activity does not by itself establish that a broad retail category describes its main business. The example illustrates a decision risk, not a verified business record. For the directory categorisation editor, the important comparison is between the intended meaning and the impression created by the current listing.
Make a bounded correction
The correction for “Choose a primary category from the main business activity” should change only the unsupported or misleading part. Compare the category definition with the current principal activity and document the fit. Keep any operating limitation beside the detail it qualifies. If the platform cannot represent the distinction in its structured fields, use a concise explanatory note where supported instead of inventing a field value.
Check the public result
After the edit, revisit the public record used for category decisions and read it from a first-time visitor’s perspective. Compare it with current offering and available directory taxonomy; also check that saving or exporting has not shortened, reformatted or displaced the important detail. Record what is visible now and what still requires a separate check. Completion of “Choose a primary category from the main business activity” means the specific correction can be demonstrated, rather than merely that an edit was submitted.
| Keep separately | Purpose for this task |
|---|---|
| Source | current offering and available directory taxonomy |
| Public change | Choose a primary category from the main business activity |
| Responsible role | directory categorisation editor |
Before marking this task complete
- Is the purpose of “Choose a primary category from the main business activity” clear in the published result?
- Does the affected detail agree with current offering and available directory taxonomy?
- Has the directory categorisation editor retained unresolved questions separately from approved wording?