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For businesses
Advertise on Verde Valley Directory
A featured listing puts your business first when people in the Verde Valley look for what you do. Flat monthly price, cancel any time, and we send you the numbers.
How to buy. Email us your business name, the town and category you want, and the tier. We check the spot is free, tell you what that page has had once it has 30 days of counts, and send you a secure Stripe payment link. Your spot goes up within a few hours of paying.
What is here to sponsor
We publish 1054 checked listings across 9 towns, and 72 categories have enough listings to be worth a sponsored position. Before you buy, we show you a page's numbers so you can judge for yourself whether it is worth it to you.
Busiest categories right now: trails (301), restaurants (106), hotels (44), schools (26), coffee (25), roofing (24), nonprofits (21), landscaping (20).
Start with a free listing
Every business in the valley can have a free listing. If yours is here, tell us what needs fixing and we will check it against your own site; you can also sign in and claim it to edit it yourself. If it is not here yet, suggest it and we will add it once we verify it from your website. A featured spot needs a published listing to sit on, so start there.
Featured tiers
Prices are per month, with no setup fee and no contract. Sales tax is added only where we are required to collect it.
| Featured $25 / month | Featured plus $50 / month | Valley-wide $75 / month | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sponsored strip on town × category pages | 1 category, your town | 2 categories, your town | Your category, every town |
| Featured row on town pages | – | Your town | Every town |
| Newsletter ad, labeled "Ad" | – | Every weekly issue | Every weekly issue |
| Monthly click and call counts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Changes what your listing says | Never | Never | Never |
What the placement looks like, above the regular list:
Sponsored
Your Business Name
Your own photo or logo, your checked hours and phone, and a Sponsored label.
What sponsors get
- Position. Your listing appears first in the list you paid for, ahead of the alphabetical or vote-sorted order.
- Numbers. Each month you get a plain email with how many people viewed your listing, clicked to your website, tapped your phone number, and asked for directions. These come from our own logs, not estimates.
- A newsletter ad on the higher tiers: your logo, name, a short description from your listing, and buttons to see the listing, visit your site or call, labeled "Ad."
What sponsors do not get
Sponsorship buys position only. It does not change your description, your hours, or your reviews. Sponsors are moderated and verified exactly like everyone else. We say this on the disclosures page so readers trust the site, which is what makes the click counts worth paying for.
Labeling
Every featured listing shows a visible "Sponsored" label on its card and page, and its links carry rel="sponsored". This is required by the FTC and by search engines, and we do it on every paid placement without exception.
The metrics promise
- You see the number before you pay. Once a page has 30 days of counts, we tell you its recent outbound clicks before you buy, so you are buying something measured rather than something described.
- If it drops, we credit you. Two months below what we quoted and the next month is free.
- You decide what a page is worth. You get its numbers before you buy and every month after, and you can cancel any time. Whether the traffic is worth it is your call, made with real numbers.
Launch terms. We started counting clicks on . Until a page has 30 days of counts there is no number to quote, so a spot bought before then comes with no quote and no credit: you get the position, the label, and your counts from the first day, and you can cancel whenever you like. We would rather say that plainly than quote you a guess.
Other options
- Category sponsorship. One business per category per town, with a "Sponsored by" line at the top of the category page. Ask for pricing.
- Home-service leads. For plumbers, HVAC, pest, septic and similar trades, an exclusive lead form in your category. Planned rather than running; ask to be told when it starts.
- Newsletter sponsor. A labeled slot in the weekly "this weekend" email.
Questions people ask first
How do I pay, and can I stop?
By card through Stripe, billed monthly, or by a monthly emailed invoice if you prefer. No contract, no setup fee and no minimum term. Cancel any time: email us and we send you a link to cancel or change your card yourself. The featured spot runs to the end of the month you have paid for and then stops.
Can I pay to change what my listing says?
No. Sponsorship moves your position in a list. It does not change your description, hours, category or reviews, and no amount of money will. That is the whole reason the click counts are worth anything.
Can I fix my hours or description if something is wrong?
Yes, for free, whether you sponsor or not. That is a standing right every business has here, not a sponsor perk. Sign in with Google or Microsoft and claim your listing to fix it yourself, or send a correction and we will check it against your own site and apply it. Removal requests work the same way and are honored within 48 hours.
Can I pay to have a bad review taken down?
No, and we will not do it for free either. Reviews are moderated by the same published rules for everyone, and we never remove a negative review because of who is paying. If one breaks a rule, report it and it gets the same test as anybody else would get.
What if nobody else is in my category?
Then being first may not add much, since you already top a list of one. We will show you the numbers for that page so you can decide whether a featured spot is worth it to you.
Do you sell the top spot to more than one business?
No. One featured business per town and category at a time, first-come, first-served. If the spot you want is taken we will say so and email you the moment it frees up.
Will my listing rank higher on Google because I paid?
No, and anyone who tells you otherwise is guessing. Paid links here carry rel="sponsored", which is exactly what search engines ask for and means the link passes no ranking signal. What you are buying is the people already reading this site.
I am not a business. Can I sponsor anyway?
Yes. Nonprofits, clubs and events sponsor the newsletter and category pages too, and the same labeling rules apply.
Get a featured spot
Email support@verdevalleydirectory.com with your business name, the town and category you want, and the tier. A person reads it, checks the spot is free, and replies with a secure Stripe payment link. Nothing is charged until you pay through that link.
This page is the only place sponsorship is described. There is no separate inquiry form; email reaches a person, and display ads (Google AdSense) are covered on the privacy page.