For the people who actually run the town
“I have to pay Google to show up for my own shop's name.”
Nobody should be able to outbid you for your own name
What that costs right now
- Ranking is rented. Stop paying and you disappear, however long you have been on that corner.
- Reviews come from strangers passing through, not the neighbours who actually know whether it is any good.
- Every listing looks the same, so the only lever left is spending more.
What this does about it
- Your listing is already there, with your real phone number and hours — you claim it rather than build it.
- Local Legends: people from the town, on video, saying what is actually good.
- Nobody can buy their way above you. There is no paid placement, and there will not be.
What it deliberately does not do
It does not sell rank, sell your data, or take a cut of your bookings. If that ever changes it would break the only thing that makes it different from what you are already paying for.
For a team, not one person
Independent businesses, chambers of commerce, tourism boards
- Claim your listing
- A place in the Occasion Engine when the town has something on
- A town-wide instance for a chamber, with every member claimed
- Instead of an ad that disappears the moment the campaign stops.