Get found in your own suburb.
List your business free.
LocalCare is a local business directory for Australia and New Zealand. People search by the trade they need and the place they live, and your listing is what they find. They then ring you, not us.
- No lead fees
- No commission on your work
- Nothing to cancel
What it costs you
The whole price list, in four lines.
- Standard listing
- Free
- Per enquiry, call or click
- Nothing
- Commission on a job
- Nothing
- Featured partner placement
- Quoted first
Featured partner is the one paid option, and we say what it is wherever it appears.
Why list with us
A directory that takes nothing out of the middle.
Most places that send you work charge for the sending. This one does not, and the reasons it can afford not to are on this page.
A page for your trade, in your town.
Your listing sits under a category and a place, which is how people search: not "services", but a plumber in Bendigo. You are not one line on a page covering the whole state.
The customer rings you.
Your own number and your own website go on the listing. No tracking number in front of it, no enquiry sitting in our inbox waiting to be sold, no bidding against three other trades for your own call.
No lead fees, and none coming.
Nothing per click, per call or per enquiry, and no percentage of the work. There is no invoice a busy month can produce, because there is no meter running.
Your reviews, as they were written.
Public reviews are aggregated and screened, then shown with the source named. We do not write them, we do not edit them, and nobody can pay to have one taken down.
You say what the listing says.
Trading name, address, contact details, the work you actually take on. Send a correction and we make it. Ask for the listing to come down and it comes down.
Free stays free.
A standard listing has no trial, no card on file and no expiry date. Featured partner placement is the only thing we sell, and you will know the price before anything on your page changes.
Trades we already have categories for:
- Trades and home repair
- Home and garden
- Cleaning
- Removals and storage
- Automotive
- Health and medical
- Aged care and disability
- Childcare and education
- Pets and animals
- Beauty and wellbeing
- Fitness and sport
- Professional and financial
- Property and real estate
- Technology and repairs
- Events and celebrations
- Food and drink
- Transport and logistics
- Funerals and end of life
If yours is not here, put it in the trade field below in your own words. We add categories as businesses ask for them.
How it works
Four steps, and no salesperson.
Send your details.
The form at the bottom of this page takes about two minutes. Trading name, where you work, what you do, and how a customer reaches you.
We check the basics.
A real trading address, contact details that reach you, and a trade that matches the work. We write back either way, including when we cannot list you yet.
The listing goes live.
It appears on the page for your trade and the page for your city or town, with your contact details on it and any public reviews we hold.
You keep it right.
Moved premises, changed the number, stopped taking a type of job? Email us and we change it. There is nothing to log into and nothing to renew.
What you get
What a listing carries, and what it never will.
A directory is only worth being in if the reader believes it, so the second list matters as much as the first.
On your listing
- Trading name and the address you actually work from.
- Your phone number and your website, linked straight out.
- The categories you work in, on the pages people search.
- Public reviews as written, with the source named.
- A featured partner label, if you take that option.
Never on it
- A score or a ranking we made up to fill a gap.
- A review we wrote, edited, or removed because it stung.
- Stock photographs of a business we have never seen.
- Any claim that we have inspected or approved your work.
- Your contact details sold on to anyone, for any price.
What we do check before a listing goes live is published at trust and safety.
What it costs
One free listing, and one thing we sell.
Standard listing
What most businesses take
Free
Your name, your place, your trade, your contact details, and any public reviews we hold for you. No trial period, no card on file, no expiry.
Nothing per lead. Nothing per click. No cut of the job.
Featured partner
Optional, and labelled
Quoted first
Your listing shown ahead of the others on the pages you choose, carrying a featured partner label wherever it appears. We quote it per city and per category in writing, and nothing changes on your page until you say yes.
Month to month. No lock-in, no exit fee.
- Featured partner is a paid placement. It is not a rating, a ranking of quality, or an endorsement of your work.
- We label it on every page it appears on, so nobody is misled about why you are at the top.
- Paying for it does not change your reviews, and not paying does not remove your listing.
Already on here
Found your own business before you signed up?
We build listings from public sources so that somebody searching for a sparkie in Ballarat finds one, rather than an empty page. That means your business may already be listed.
Questions
What owners ask us first.
What does a listing cost?
A standard listing is free and stays free. Featured partner placement is the only paid option, and we quote it to you in writing before anything on your page changes.
Do you charge per lead or take a cut of the job?
No. Nothing per click, per call or per enquiry, and no percentage of the work. The customer contacts you and pays you, and we are not in the middle of it.
My business is already on LocalCare. Who put it there?
We build listings from public sources so people can find a trade before anyone has signed up. Tell us and we will correct the details, hand the page to you, or take it down.
What does featured partner mean?
It means the business pays for that placement, and we label it wherever it appears. It is not a rating, a ranking of quality, or an endorsement of the work.
Can I choose which reviews appear?
No. Public reviews are aggregated and screened, then shown as written. We do not write them, edit them, or take one down because it is unflattering.
How long does it take to go live?
We check the basics first: a real trading address, contact details that reach you, and a trade that matches what you do. We write back either way, including when we cannot list you yet.
My trade is not in your categories. Can I still apply?
Yes. Put it in the trade field in your own words. We add categories as businesses ask for them, so tell us what people call what you do.
Can I be removed later?
Yes. Email us and the listing comes down. There is no contract to exit on a standard listing.
Add your business
Tell us who you are and where you work.
Two minutes. A person reads it, and you get an answer either way.