Best time to submit to DMOZ?

Now or after....

[yowza]

Hi.

I have an ecommerce store that currently has about 1500 products.

When I created the site, I created all of the links first.

I add more products every day, but there are still about 1/3 of the links that lead to "under construction" pages.

They are only "under construction" while I add more products. It should be done in one month.

Will DMOZ accept my submission with these unfinished pages?

Even without those pages unfinished it is probably the biggest online store in my niche.

Thanks in advance.

[kctipton]

A bundle of "under construction" signs will either get the submission deleted or, if the editor is kinder, have it kept in the queue with a note that it's not quite finished. You'd better put an ETA of finishing in the description or on the main page to give the editor a clue about what's going on.

[mack]

To be honest I would wait until you have all your under construction pages finished before making your submission.

Your site will stand a much higher chance of getting added if the user experience appears flawless. A finished site gives the impression of a solid company. If you have under construction pages then the editor might question how long the site will last.

Mack.

[yowza]

Yeah, I knew that that was their policy, but I thought that I might be able to get added because of how huge the site already is.

Thought I could get an early start.

Guess I better wait.

Thanks for your help!

[onlineleben]

Why not replace the "Under Construction" with "currently out of stock"?
Its OK for a shop to not have all items in stock

[dragonlady7]

I think it's all the people that have submitted to "get an early start" and then haven't been able to finish the site that makes DMOZ wary. Yes, I'm sure you're different because the site is already so huge, but the DMOZ editors have seen so tremendously many sites with "under construction" signs fail that anything hinting at Under Construction probably flips their filter. Can you blame them? They must get so many.
I would really suggest waiting-- an early start probably wouldn't materialize.

[tschild]

I concur. Submitting a site that is not ready for listing does not help and might well lead to the site being listed later than if you had submitted it when complete.

Putting a date when the page will be ready on the under construction page probably won't help much either. Most ODP editors have experience of seeing pages promising content on this page by $date, with $date months in the past.

Why don't you just comment out the links to the under construction pages? That's not just with reference to ODP reviewers but also to customers - a 1000-product site looks much more professional and trustworthy than a 1500-product site that is one third under construction. Also e-commerce customers want instant gratification - they won't put off a purchase until one particular site gets round to get the product page up.