Uglii Search – Businesses, Products & Services

James Helm Explains Uglii in 9 minutes

Uglii – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)






SISS and the Uglii Services

SISS Business Systems was established in 1998 with the goal to provide businesses with a global online directory system that is affordable for all businesses. Since then they have included the provision of the next generation of business systems, the spatial marketplace systems. SISS has grown to 1000 shareholders and owns intellectual property globally to protect their ideas and systems. SISS has developed the Uglii Systems; the first truly global online business directory when fully populated that provides information in a universal format for businesses and consumers. Businesses can be easily discovered by other businesses and consumers via the Mapping System. Uglii is the brand name that provides all the SISS Services, but as far as a consumer or searcher is concerned they only interact with Uglii.

The main objective is helping all businesses to do more business globally with less marketing costs and greater profits. SISS wants to change the way all businesses do business globally.

There are 6 distinct Uglii Systems which all work together:

  • Uglii Find
  • Uglii Brands
  • Uglii B2B
  • Uglii B2C
  • Uglii Site Cadet
  • Uglii Classifieds

  • Uglii Find is where you can search for business, organisations, products or services across the world by specified parameters like name and method of payment for instance.


    Uglii Brands is unique as it will enable you to search for brands right down to model number and find the global manufacturer or your closest local reseller.


    The Uglii B2B (Business to Business) and B2C (Business to Customer) Systems take advantage of all the information in the Uglii Directories globally and enable businesses and individuals to request a quote for a particular product or service. The Uglii Systems will search out all suppliers that fit the request parameters and notify those suppliers of the request providing a flow of highly qualified leads. The B2B and B2C Sytems will be introduced in 2012.


    Uglii Site Cadet provides a simple “Build-Your-Own-Website System” which gives your business the ability to manage your own affordable website if you don’t already have one.


    Uglii Classifieds provides a new and effective standard for online classified advertising utilising the Uglii Network.


    These 6 individual modules are all connected through a Central Hub; when you register in one system, you automatically have access to all Uglii Business Services.

The free services provided by Uglii are:

  • A business can register in the Uglii Systems – Get a Black Dot on the Uglii Mapping System that represents the business’ location and contact details
  • Undertake Uglii Find searches
  • Undertake Uglii Brands searches
  • Request an Offer Business to Business – B2B Marketplace
  • Request an Offer Business to Consumer – B2C Marketplace

The Uglii Find System Search facility:

  • Uses single or multiple key words for discovery.
  • Uses Uglii Brand Codes (UB Codes) for unequalled commodity, brand and model specificity.
  • Allows search by business name.
  • Is truly a spatial mapping based search system in two modes.
  • Simple search mode – spatial search based on distance from centroid of post code or place name.
  • Advanced Search Mode based on:
    • Locality search based on place name or post code.
    • Free range based on Mapping System.
    • Precise search based searching within any distance:
      • of any street address or
      • of any point on the map by using a pin.
      • of any latitude or longitude.
      • of the position of a GPS or mobile phone.
  • Allows searchers in both modes to qualify a search by nominating a payment process such as a credit card system to filter a search so that only businesses that are merchants of that system are shown in results.
  • Presents only search results that match the exact geography and keywords or Uglii Brand Codes specified.
  • Allows searchers to search in any economy in their language by defining the commodity, brand or model using the Uglii Brands System to initiate an Uglii Find Search.
  • Presents results on the Mapping System showing Ugliis in their geographic location.
  • Allows a user to click on any blue Uglii Link and is taken directly to the business’s website.
  • Allows a user to click on any green Uglii Link and a one page ad opens up, describing the business and its products, services and commodities.
  • Allows a user to click on any black Uglii and is provided with contact details that are of high veracity.
  • Allows a user to click on any grey Uglii and is provided with contact details that are of less veracity.

Uglii and the Uglii Marketplace

Uglii stands for Unique Geographic Listing for Industry.
The Uglii Systems are a Global Online Business Directory via a Mapping System. They will increase global, national and local business’ efficiency while decreasing business costs.

Uglii means Unique Geographic Listing for Industry and is the dot on the Uglii Find Maps that represent the place of business of a business.


An Uglii is associated with spatial (latitude and longitude) information plus key words and Uglii Brand Codes representing the commodities, brands of commodities and model of brands of commodities that it sells plus credentials of payment and settlement systems that it is a merchant of.

An Uglii is the businesses unique location on a the Uglii Find Mapping system and contains discovery information such as:

  • Basic contact information.
  • Location (e.g. street address).
  • Discovery keywords that can be updated by the Uglii owner or manager at any time.
  • Discovery Uglii Brand Codes that can be added by the Uglii owner or manager such as generic commodity codes.
  • A brand or brands that the business sells.
  • The businesses accepted payment methods (i.e. types of credit card accepted etc.).

Uglii’s come in four colours:

  • Blue: Ultimate Uglii – has a link directly to the businesses website.
  • Green: Premium Uglii – has a full page brochure explaining their business.
  • Black: Basic business information including contact details (the business has been verified by the owner).
  • Grey: The business is not yet verified or the owner has neglected to keep the information up to date.

There is a standard format for a Premium Uglii. Any registered business will be able to purchase a Premium Uglii Listing from its individual Control Panel. You will be able to insert your logo in the top panel, insert an image and several paragraphs of descriptive text into a template provided by the Uglii Systems. There is no section to insert a hyperlink to your business website from a Premium Uglii.

The Uglii Marketplace is an Online Directory and Business Information Service designed to assist businesses in exposing their products and services to both their local community and worldwide, thus providing potential buyers with specific, detailed and relevant search results and almost unlimited information about the products and services in which they are interested. Users are able to not only locate businesses that match precisely their search criteria but also examine credentials and testimonials, discover what other customers think about the products and services they’re interested in, as well as contributing their own reviews.

All businesses worldwide can list their places of business. A place of business can be a shop, factory, construction site, storage depot, warehouse etc. By listing their business location on the Uglii Systems, the business will become discoverable worldwide for consumers and other businesses that are searching for services or products.


Uglii Compared to Other Directories

Uglii is, when fully populated, the first truly Global Online Business Directory via a Mapping System that will significantly reduce the costs of advertising and marketing for businesses. Uglii is free to register and creates an interactive link to any company’s website via a Mapping System where partners will have the ability to anonymously request quotes and receive competitive offers.


Uglii Find provides exactly the information according to the parameter in the search and shows all brands available of a product or service around the world or the specified search area by commodity, brand and model. The search can be made in any language and in any economy. Businesses and consumers will be able to find all details of a product; where to buy it, finance options, credentialing by third parties and request an offer for that product or service if they are logged into their Control Panel. This presents a new and easy way to find preferred products and services.


Further Uglii Systems can be integrated into other systems such as GPS based car navigation systems and there’s an Uglii Rewards Points System for registered members.
Uglii is offering more than 40 services, about 8 of those are useful for all businesses and private customers globally. The other are fairly specialised and target different industries.

The Uglii Find System is a spatial searching system. This system is far superior to previous Online Directories.
When your business is registered with Uglii, it is discoverable from anywhere in the world.
This is possible because of the unique integrated nature of the Uglii Find Systems.

The Uglii Systems are unique because:

  • Business details, products and services can be more easily discovered worldwide in a universal format once a business is listed in the Uglii Systems.
  • Uglii Find provides exactly the information according to the parameter in the search and shows all brands available of a product or service around the world or by the specified search area by commodity, brand and model.
  • Searches can be made in any language and in any economy.
  • Advertising and marketing costs are significantly reduced because a business is able to target market its products or services – locally, nationally and globally.
  • Businesses will have the ability to anonymously request quotes for supply requirements etc. and will receive competitive offers from previously unknown, but credentialed suppliers.
  • Businesses will receive a continuous flow of qualified inquiries for their products or services for free.
  • Uglii Systems can be integrated into other systems such as GPS based car navigation systems.
  • Uglii is offering more than 40 services, about 8 of those are useful for all businesses and private customers globally, the other are fairly specialised and target different industries.

The Uglii Systems will:

  • Facilitate doing business in all nations.
  • Increase competition between suppliers.
  • Create greater transparency in purchasing by businesses and governments.
  • Facilitate better choices for buyers (B2B and B2C).
  • Facilitate trade between nations.
  • Reduce energy inputs.

None of the Uglii Systems are simple search engines like the other popular Internet search engines.
The Uglii Find System is a service directory that provides search within precise geographic parameters and with exact product and service specificity.


Uglii Database and Intellectual Property

There will be always new products and services that need to be described and added to the database. The Uglii Systems have an online form that can be filled in if a business realises that there is a description of their product or service missing. The information will be checked, approved and published within 24 hours.


Further there is an automated process that reports where a person who does a search has not received a result.

The Uglii Systems reward businesses for keeping information up to date and punish them if they don’t. The main goal is to bring businesses to their own Control Panel frequently to update their information.

Yes, because every product or service relates to a unique number. It doesn’t matter in which language a search is done, the system will always find the correct result.

Yes, there are three families of patents covering three concepts or processes that SISS believe are critical to the Online Directory Industry globally:

  • The spatial discovery of business information.
  • The credentialing by third parties of spatially discoverable business information.
  • The workings of the spatial marketplace system. That system’s processes are described in the description of Uglii B2B and B2C Marketplace Systems.

SISS has patents that have been approved in over 30 countries and patents pending in many more. There is also a new family of patents being developed to protect various Uglii Processes. These will be registered prior to the launch of the Uglii Systems globally.


The Registration Process and Costs

Businesses register through the website of an Uglii Affiliate such as this one. Generally a business goes through two processes in registering. The first is the registering process (this takes around 3-4 minutes) and the second is the process of making itself discoverable on the Uglii Find Business Directory System by creating their ‘Ugli’. Once a business registers, it is automatically presented with its own Uglii Control Panel which it can log into at any time. A Username and Password is required to access the Control Panel.


The Control Panel is branded to that business and also presents the logos of Uglii, the National Partner and the Global Partner. The business can manage all matters relating delegation of powers, Uglii Services and those offered by its National Partner and Global Partner. Apart from the business address details that are made available in the Uglii Find Systems, all other information is kept confidential and is not published nor made available to any third parties.


Registering is free and simple. You just need to visit the registration page and fill in all the required details.

Yes, any business that is legal in its economy can register.

No, all businesses must verify that they are who they say they are. Affiliates must obtain sufficient evidence from all businesses they register to accumulate 100 veracity points.


Verification may include the submission of such documentation as:

  • A Business Registration Number.
  • Utility bill in the business name.
  • Driver’s License / Passport etc.

The principle of verification will always be upheld. Full information on verification can be provided to you by your registering affiliate.

No. The only way a business can register is through an Affiliate. A business cannot register directly with SISS, a Global Partner or a National Partner.

The Uglii Systems automatically create a Control Panel for the registered business where you can login and use all free services such as free discoverability on the Uglii Mapping System or free advertising, buy any Uglii Service that’s required and see any business services or deals that the National Partner or Global Partner is offering.


The system will automatically give business statistics on the exposure it has had through searches and will make recommendations on services that may be of assistance.

Your business remains listed for as long as you wish to. There is no sunset date. However, your listing is removed if your ABN becomes invalid.

Yes. Each branch will be given its own unique Uglii.
You can then set up an Uglii Locator, that displays a map with all of your business locations to your customers (the Uglii Locator is not a free service).

Your Control Panel controls everything about your listing and you can make changes relating to your business as often as required. Your Control Panel also allows you to make purchases of other Uglii Services.

This is a free service in all countries for any legitimate businesses.


Once a business is registered, it can choose to purchase additional services from Uglii. So whilst the Black Uglii is free, the business can elect to pay for a link to their website. When they pay for the link, the Black Uglii becomes a Blue Uglii. Alternatively if the business does not have an existing website they can purchase a premium Uglii giving them a brochure type advertisement. Their black Uglii would then become a Green Uglii.

There are over 40 Uglii Services. Some are free and most have a fee. Some are general in their application and so will be of value to most businesses and some are quite specialised and have been developed for specific industry groups.


The fee for each service varies and may depend on several factors. Optimising your Uglii Listings in the relevant Services will provide an extremely powerful and cost effective online marketing tool which will almost certainly be a fraction of your existing advertising or marketing budget.


You can review pricing in your Control Panel before you decide whether or not to purchase those services. All pricing is clearly identified during the purchase process.

When a business first registers in the Uglii Systems it will be given its own individual Control Panel so that it has total control of every aspect of its listing.
All of the Uglii fee based services are available for purchase from this Control Panel. You will be intuitively prompted through the add-to-cart process, and be able to review all costs prior to committing to the purchase.

When it is fully populated, the new Uglii Systems will be one of the first truly global online market place systems, however, it also will provide a powerful local online directory where everyone will be able to search on any fixed or mobile device by name or product or other parameters within a specified radius or from their current location and only receive results that match their exact search criteria.


There will also be instances where visitors from other areas on holidays or business may need various services when they are away and so would be able to easily research their requirements before they arrive.


Your Website and the Uglii Link

Yes, you can elect to purchase an Uglii Link (Blue Dot). When a business or consumer does a search and your Uglii shows up on the map, it will be identified as a Blue Dot. In addition your business name will be listed in the search results in Blue. The business or consumer can click either on your business name or Uglii and will be linked directly to your website.


An Uglii Link can be purchased through your personalised Control Panel. Once you purchase your Uglii Link your Black Dot will change to a Blue Dot, and your “Key Words” character limit increases from 250 to 5000.


In addition you can imbed an interactive map on your website identifying where your business is located once you have purchased your Uglii Link.

A registered business can upgrade its Black Uglii to an Ultimate (Blue) Uglii that links directly to the businesses existing website. When a searcher clicks on the Uglii they can go directly to the businesses own website.


Searchers soon learn that there is more information about the businesses represented by Blue Dots. In search results these businesses appear above the Ugliis that are not linked to a website.

Any business can login to their Uglii Control Panel and purchase an Ultimate Uglii.


The business simply selects the link “Create an Ultimate Uglii” from the Control Panel, adds its website’s URL to the details provided in its listing and purchases through the payment gateway.
There is an annual fee for this service.

No.

Once a business registers, it is automatically presented with its own personalised Control Panel that it can log into at any time. The Control Panel is branded to that business and also presents the logos of Uglii, the National Partner and the Global Partner. The business can manage all matters relating to delegation of powers, Uglii Services and those offered by its National Partner and Global Partner.


By logging in, the Control Panel provides free services to the business by which it can improve its marketing performance without spending any money.


The Control Panel automatically keeps the user advised of events in the system that are relevant to them. For example if a business is a reseller of a brand’s products or services, the Control Panel will advise when the brand commences promoting the business through the brand’s website. It will also notify the business when requests for offers are received for products or services the business sells in that business catchment area.


The Control Panel will recommend to the business Uglii Services that will improve its marketing performance. Further the Control Panel has delegation facilities. These allow the business to pass management of Uglii Services to people within the business or to third parties to manage on the businesses behalf. If the business is a large one it can also create registrations for its subsidiaries.


The Uglii Brands Service


The B2B Request an Offer Service


The B2B Make an Offer Service


Uglii and the Consumer