Listing 101
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Listing Information
Basic Listing Features:
(Included in EVERY Listing)
Listing owners can provide details to help other members of our community make better-informed decisions.
The items highlighted in the features table shown in the next tab represent the Basic Listing Plan that are available for all Listings.
One (1) stand-alone listing, meaning the listing will not be linked to any other listing. MetroPops retains the right to approve/deny all listings submitted for consideration. This listing can be any listing type: Event, Food & Drink, Shopping, Lifestyle, or Points of Interest.
Pro-Tip: Have multiple listings? Upgrade to Advanced Package or higher to link multiple listings together with the “Related Listings” tab and enjoy other ADVANCED features.
All listings are easily searchable with our platform’s Advanced Search & Filtering features. We encourage Listing owners to fill out their Listings as completely as possible, in order to have the best chance of being discovered.
EVERY listing comes with the ability for a merchant, organization, and/or an individual to Claim their listing(s). Once claimed, listings will be granted “verified” status next to the business name on our platform and will have a badge displayed so everyone will know that these listings were verified by the actual owner.
We want to make sure that we provide the most complete City Guide and information to our consumers, and it is in the best interest of business owners and organizations to make sure the information presented is accurate, complete, and presented the way YOU want it to be.
Simply look for the Claim icon located just under the top header photos within the listing itself.
Once your claim has been verified, your listing will then appear with a Verified Check Mark on our site, and it will be tagged “verified” with all the other listings that have done the same.
Once you create an account on MetroPops and Create and/or Claim your listing(s), you’ll have access to a unique dashboard displaying analytics and much more.
From your account dashboard, you can easily view valuable information about your overall Listing footprint on our platform. You also have the ability to filter by a particular Listing and by a specific date range.
The analytics are laid out in a clean, simple fashion, that’s easy to understand.
- Listing Views (Unique): The first time a unique visitor views your Listing, the uniqueness is determined by their IP address.
- Listing Views: If a unique visitor ever looks at your Listing again, this counts as a ‘view’.
- Published Listings: This is how many ‘active’ Listing you currently have on our platform.
- Pending Listings: This is how many Listings are waiting to be approved by our team.
- Active Promotions: This is how many of your Listings have been promoted.
These pieces of information are the meat (vegan, of course!) of EVERY listing.
Name: Name of the business or organization
Logo: upload a small logo, square is best.
Images: Image galleries are ideal for communicating your branding, products, services, etc., and for those that are highly visual, the right cover image could be what makes someone ultimately choose your Listing. No matter what plan you decide, you can add up to 9 images (must be less than 600kB per image).
Video: Please provide a link for your video (Youtube, Vimeo, etc.).
Contact: Phone number and address of the business/organization.
Web & Social Links: Website address and any pertinent Social Media links.
Map (including address): Map will populate when you put in your address.
Super Power: In a few words, what makes your business/organization different or special? This section is to get local merchants and proprietors thinking about what makes them unique in their environment/industry? Is all of your produce local, your packaging sustainable, what is your Super Power?
Positive Global Impact: While our merchants may be local, their impact on the earth is certainly Global. This unique tag section exclusive to MetroPops celebrates this fact and quickly shows the amazing impact a particular business has on the world.
Categories: Every listing is categorized, first by Listing Type, and then by Category. Please select those that apply most closely.
Tags: Tags are the last way to categorize your listing.
Tags and categories are specific to the listing type. If you think we are missing a tag let us know – you can easily submit your suggestion at the bottom of the listing creation form. If we approve the suggestion we will add it to your listing!
This is the date when the business/organization was founded, started, or held its grand opening.
FREE: no cost
$: Normal price range is under $12/per person, or under $25/per couple;
$$: Normal price range is between $13 – $25/per person, or between $26 – $60/per couple;
$$$: Normal price range above $25/per person, or above $60/per couple.
Please Note: This is not an exact science and estimations are required.
Please upload your menu(s) in PNG, JPG, or PDF format.
About: About the owner(s).
Video: Video specific to the owner(s).
Photos: Photos specific to the owner(s).
Advanced Listing Features:
Listing owners can provide details to help other members of our community make better-informed decisions.
The following items highlighted in the features table shown on the next tab represent the Advanced Listing Plan. Advanced plans also include all of the above Basic Listing details.
Up to three (3) related listings, any type, per monthly period.
Please Note: MetroPops retains the right to approve/deny all listings submitted for consideration.
Our Advanced and Premium (Founders) Level listings will have an option to add to the “Related Listings” tab where they can tag their other businesses listings. This keeps all YOUR businesses in front of the consumer for a longer period of time.
Our platform also serves as a marketplace for vendors to sell their products and productized services.
Approved vendors can add products to their Listings, allowing them to create their own store.
This is for Weekly Specials.
All Advanced Listing Owners will received at least one (1) mention on our Social Media for being a partner on this journey with us.
Refunds are available for anyone that purchased a Yearly Listing Plan and decides to leave early. No worries, we want to make sure we are giving the most value for your buck, and we you to be happy. First, please contact our Team to see if there is something that we can do to rectify the situation.
If, after all else fails, you still would like a refund, we will prorate the refund as if you were on the monthly subscription plan. Any refunds requested after the end of day (11:59pm EST) on the 15th of the month will be considered earned for that month and the proration will be calculated from the next month.
Example:
This is what a Digital Audit is.
Premium Listing Features:
Listing owners can provide details to help other members of our community make better-informed decisions.
The following items highlighted in the features table shown in the next tab represent the Premium (Founding Merchants) Listing Plan.
Unlimited amount of Listings per month, any Type
All Premium (Founding Merchant) Listing Plans will include BOOSTED rankings with each of their listings.
This means that your listing will be at the top (or near the top) for all search inquiries for your specific category and tag.
The MetroPops Team will schedule a date with you and your team to come take video. We will use this video for our Youtube Channel and Vlog, your MetroPops Listing, and various other social media outlets.
All Premium Listings will be marked “Featured”.
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