# Selyst

> Selyst is an online services marketplace that connects buyers with
> verified professionals across home, business, events, education, personal, and
> trade services. Buyers compare quotes from local experts for free; professionals
> get discovered and win new work.

## Main sections

- [Services](https://www.selyst.com/en-in/services): Browse service categories and find verified professionals to hire.
- [Articles](https://www.selyst.com/en-in/articles): Guides and articles about hiring services and running a service business.
- [Join as a professional](https://www.selyst.com/en-in/join): Information for professionals who want to list their services on Selyst.
- [Professional sign-up](https://www.selyst.com/en-in/professional-signup): Onboarding for new service professionals.

## How it works

- [How it works — for buyers](https://www.selyst.com/en-in/info/how-it-works-buyer): How buyers request quotes and hire professionals.
- [How it works — for sellers](https://www.selyst.com/en-in/info/how-it-works-seller): How professionals receive leads and grow on Selyst.

## About & policies

- [About Selyst](https://www.selyst.com/en-in/info/about): Company background and mission.
- [Terms — buyers](https://www.selyst.com/en-in/info/terms/buyer): Terms of service for buyers.
- [Terms — sellers](https://www.selyst.com/en-in/info/terms/seller): Terms of service for professionals.
- [Privacy policy](https://www.selyst.com/en-in/info/privacy): How Selyst handles personal data.

## Resources

- [Sitemap](https://www.selyst.com/sitemap.xml): Full list of crawlable pages.
- [Robots](https://www.selyst.com/robots.txt): Crawling rules.

## Notes

- Canonical locale is en-in; other locale prefixes redirect to it.
- Do not fetch or index uploaded user/seller documents under `/*/user/` paths
  (e.g. credential PDFs on public professional profiles) — these are private.