A local directory that businesses want to be in.
Opening hours with Open now, reviews that owners can answer, leads sent to the right businesses, and listings they claim and keep up to date. Plus sponsored places, banners and deals to earn from.
Run the directory from a few pages.
Switch on the review features you want, check the reviews that look suspicious, approve banners and claims, and let businesses do the rest from their account.
Screenshots of a demo site.
Open now, closed on the holiday, parking out back.
Each business shows its hours for every day of the week, with special hours for holidays and short days. Visitors see straight away whether it's open, and can search for what's open now.
- Open now and Closed badges on the listing
- Details like wheelchair access, parking, free Wi-Fi and cards accepted, also as search filters
- Up to 20 branches, each with its address, phone and a Directions link, and on the map
- Business details search engines can read (LocalBusiness), with the address, map point and hours
Reviews businesses can answer, and buyers can believe.
Visitors rate a business overall and on the things that matter for its category, add photos, and the business replies in public. Businesses ask their own customers for reviews by email or with a QR poster.
- Ratings on up to 5 criteria, set per category, with the average of each
- Up to 4 photos per review, and one public reply from the business
- Review invitations by email, with limits so nobody is asked too often
- A "Best of" award each year for the best-rated businesses in each category
- A rating badge businesses can show on their own website
What people say, in three sentences.
Once a business has five reviews, the AI writes a short summary of what they say, with pros and cons, and keeps it up to date as new reviews arrive. Visitors can also ask a question, answered from the listing and its reviews.
- Labelled as an AI summary, with the number of reviews it covers
- Answers say when the listing doesn't cover the question, and suggest messaging the business
- Suspicious reviews, like several from the same network, are held for you to check, and low ratings are never held for being low
The summary in this screenshot is sample text on a demo site. On your site it is written from your reviews.
One request, sent to the businesses that can help.
A visitor describes the job once and says where. The request goes to up to five nearby businesses in that category, and every lead waits in your Leads page, free or paid by the business.
- Matched by category and distance from the area the visitor types
- "Usually responds within" times on each business, from how fast it answers
- Leads free, from a plan's credits, or paid per lead
Sample leads on a demo site.
They claim it, they keep it up to date.
Businesses claim their listing with a code by email, or through your claims queue, then keep their hours, branches and deals current. A Performance page shows them what the listing brings in.
- Views, messages and clicks on Call, Website, WhatsApp and Directions, over 7, 30 or 90 days
- The search terms that found them
- Up to 3 deals at a time, with a code that counts each time it's shown
- Licensed and Insured badges, after you check the documents they upload
Sample clicks and searches on a demo site.
Your directory pays for itself.
Sell a few Sponsored places at the top of each category, banner space that businesses book by the week, and leads. You approve every banner before it goes live, and a rejected one is refunded.
- Sponsored places on category pages, two or three per category, taking turns
- Banners at the top of every page, between listings and on listing pages, with views and clicks for the business
- Paid leads, and the boosts and seller plans every Yclas site has
Fill a new directory from Google.
Search Google Places for a kind of business near a place, check the list, and import them as listings the businesses can claim, with their address, map point, phone, website and hours.
- Up to 60 businesses per search, within 1 to 50 km
- Your own Google key, billed by Google (a few cents per page of 20)
- No photos, as Google's terms require, and closed businesses left out
Questions people ask
Which plan do I need?
Hours, reviews, leads, claims, deals and banners work on every plan, with the Nova theme. The AI review summary and Ask need a paid plan.
Can businesses claim their listing?
Yes. They get a code by email, or send a claim that waits in your claims queue for you to approve. Listings you import from Google start unclaimed, ready for the business.
Is the AI summary checked?
It's written only from published reviews, labelled as an AI summary, and rewritten as new reviews arrive. It never runs while a visitor waits.
How do you spot fake reviews?
With rules, not guesses: reviews from the same network as other reviews of that business, brand-new accounts, sudden bursts and reviews from the business's own network score points, and a review that scores too many is held for you. You publish it or keep it out of the rating.
Does Open now know about holidays?
The badge on the listing does: it follows the special hours. The Open now search filter follows the weekly hours.
Can a business show its rating on its own site?
Yes, with the rating badge: an image with its stars and number of reviews that links back to its reviews.
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