A 4-minute read for small business owners tired of paying monthly for something that should be a one-time job
If you run a small business, your name, address, phone number, and hours are scattered across dozens of places online. Google Maps, Apple Maps, Bing, Waze, Facebook, Alexa, Siri, and 60-plus directories you have probably never heard of. When any of that information is wrong, customers call a disconnected number, drive to a closed location, or simply pick the competitor whose details are right.
Most business owners do not even know there is a problem until they lose a customer to it.
The tools that fix this exist, but they have always been priced like a subscription - $50 to $100 per month, every month, for as long as you want your information to stay accurate. After a year, you have spent $600 to $1,200. After five years, $3,000 to $6,000. And if you cancel, the protection stops.
That never made sense to us. Your business name does not change every month. Your address does not reset at the end of a billing cycle. So why should you pay every month to keep them accurate?
That is why we built LocalBasics.
What is LocalBasics?
LocalBasics is a listing protection product for small businesses. You pay once - $499 - and your business information is synced, monitored, and protected across 75+ maps, directories, and voice assistants for the life of your business. No subscription. No monthly fee. No renewal.
It is built on the same infrastructure that already manages over one million business locations for agencies and enterprise brands. We took that technology and made it available directly to small business owners, without the agency markup or the recurring bill.
What does it actually do?
- Locks your information across 75+ publishers. Your name, address, phone, hours, website, and categories are pushed out and kept accurate across Google Maps, Apple Maps, Bing, Waze, Facebook, Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, and dozens of directories
- Monitors for changes around the clock. If someone edits your Google profile or a directory overwrites your hours, you get an alert before a customer notices
- Updates everywhere from one place. Change your holiday hours once and the update flows to every connected publisher. No logging into a dozen dashboards
- Protects your Google profile. Your most visible listing on the web is kept accurate and guarded against third-party edits
- Sends monthly health reports. A short email each month shows what changed, what was corrected, and your overall listing health score
Who is this for?
LocalBasics is built for single-location businesses - the flower shops, dentists, plumbers, coffee roasters, and local service providers who do not have a marketing team watching their online presence. If you run one location and you want your information to be right everywhere without thinking about it, this is for you.
It is also useful if you have been paying for a listing management subscription and wondering why you are still writing that check every month for something that feels like it should have been done a long time ago.
How do I know if I need it?
Before you spend anything, you can find out. We built a free listing checkup that scans your business across 75+ directories and shows you exactly where your information is wrong, missing, or out of date. No account required, takes about a minute.
If the scan comes back clean, you probably do not need us. If it does not - and for most businesses, it does not - you can lock everything down right then for a one-time payment.
What does it cost?
$499, once. That covers your business for its operational lifetime. No renewals, no per-publisher fees.
If you want the team to handle everything for you - entering your details, verifying your profiles, setting everything up - there is an optional done-for-you setup for $149.
For context, a typical listing management subscription runs $600 to $1,200 per year. LocalBasics costs less than six months of most subscriptions, and it lasts as long as your business does.
How to get started
Head to localbasics.com, run the free checkup, and see where you stand. If your listings need fixing, you can secure them in a few minutes.
Your business information should work for you everywhere it appears online. Now it can, without paying for it every month.