You need to get your pages into the search engine indexes as soon as possible, so people looking for the kinds of things that you have for sale will be able to find you. Click on that, and then enter the URLs of each of your pages. Keep in mind that when you add your URL at a search engine like AltaVista, you are simply asking the crawler to fetch a particular page. The crawler brings back whatever text it finds at that address. All it knows is what it found on that page, not what anyone told it.
Directories are, by definition, selective rather than all-inclusive.
They typically aim for quality, rather than quantity. To be included in a directory, you fill out a form at the directory site, and eventually an editor will take a look at your submission and your actual pages and decide whether, in their judgement, the content merits inclusion. If your site is very small and contains very little useful information, they may reject your submission. Best case, expect a delay of anywhere from a month to four months from when you submit your information to when people can find you through one of these directories. Directories are crafted by human beings, based on their judgement, like files in a file cabinet.