ListingsYelp Business Profile Setup — Done Right, Without the Sales Calls
We set up your Yelp business listing properly — claimed, verified, optimized with photos and categories — and we shut down the sales pressure before it starts. You will never hear 'this is your Yelp account manager' again unless you want to.
Pricing
$99 one-time
Why Yelp setup goes wrong for most small businesses
Yelp's sales practices have generated thousands of FTC complaints. The moment you claim a profile, you're flagged for the sales team, who will call relentlessly trying to sell you the $300-$700/month ad packages. Most owners give up trying to manage the listing entirely just to make the calls stop.
Meanwhile, your actual listing — the one customers use to decide whether to visit — sits unoptimized: wrong categories, no photos, no business hours, sometimes the wrong address entirely. Yelp profiles still drive real customers (especially for restaurants, salons, and home services), but only if the listing is set up to convert.
We've watched this play out a hundred times. The owner wants the customers Yelp can drive. The owner doesn't want the calls. So they stop answering the phone, the calls stop, but the listing stays broken, and the customers go to a competitor.
We handle the claim, the optimization, and the sales-call blocking
We use a dedicated email and phone number on your behalf during the initial setup phase so the Yelp sales team contacts US, not you. After verification, we hand you the credentials with a clear playbook on how to keep the sales pressure off (most of it is one-click settings nobody tells you exist).
The actual listing is built to convert: 5-10 photos covering exterior, interior, and your top offerings, optimized categories that match how customers search, business hours including special-day handling, and a service-area summary that hits the local-intent keywords without keyword stuffing.
- 1Day 1: Claim or create your listing using our intake number/email so sales calls route to us.
- 2Day 1-2: Verification completed (Yelp is faster than Google — usually 24-48 hours).
- 3Day 2-3: Categories, hours, service area, business description optimized for your top search intents.
- 4Day 3: 5-10 photos uploaded with proper categories and captions.
- 5Day 4: Sales-call-blocking settings configured. Credentials handed to you.
- 6Day 5+: 30 days of post-launch monitoring — if Yelp does anything weird, we catch it.
What's included
- Listing claim + verification using our intake contact (no sales calls to you)
- Optimized primary + secondary categories based on what your competitors rank for
- Business description tuned for local-search intent
- 5-10 photos uploaded with proper categorization (exterior · interior · food/service · staff)
- Business hours including holiday and special-day handling
- Service area listed correctly for the cities you actually serve
- Specialties, amenities, and accepted-payment fields filled in
- Sales-call-blocking settings configured (the hidden ones)
- Review-response template tuned for your business voice
- 30 days of post-launch monitoring
With us
- Listing claimed in 48 hours
- Sales team blocked from contacting you
- Categories researched against ranking competitors
- Photos uploaded with proper categorization
DIY pitfalls
- Claim process drags 1-2 weeks
- Phone rings constantly with ad-package pitches
- Wrong primary category = invisible in main searches
- Photos either missing or in the wrong categories
“I had given up on Yelp because the sales calls were nonstop. They claimed it for me, blocked the calls, and now I get 2-3 new bookings a week from Yelp — without having to talk to a salesperson once.”
We've set up Yelp listings for 35+ local businesses across LA County. Zero clients have been pressured into paid ads. Zero.
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Bundle offer
$299 — save $48
Bundle: Google + Yelp + Apple — $299 (save $48)
Common questions
- We block the obvious vectors during setup — opt-out of marketing communications, set the listing contact to email-only for sales inquiries, and document the hidden settings most owners do not know exist. Some calls can still slip through if Yelp gets your number from another source, but the volume drops to essentially zero.
- Yes. Yelp's organic search algorithm is real — listings with proper categories, photos, and recent reviews rank without paid placement. Paid ads are a boost, not a requirement. We optimize for organic first. If you decide later you want to test ads, that is your call.
- We do not delete or hide reviews — that violates Yelp's TOS and gets profiles suspended. What we DO is set up a review-response template so every review (good and bad) gets a professional reply, which is the single biggest signal to prospects that your business is actively managed.
- Yelp is faster than Google — usually 24-48 hours from when we file the claim. Sometimes Yelp asks for additional documentation (a utility bill, business license) and we coordinate that with you. Worst case is 5-7 business days.
- No — the $99 is a one-time setup fee. Your listing is yours. If you want ongoing review monitoring and responses across your listings, that is the GBP + Reviews Sprint ($149/mo + $199 setup) — review-request automation, review responses within 48 hours, and a monthly proof report.
- Yes — see the bundle option above. $299 for all three (saves $48). The data and photos carry over, so doing them together saves time on our end.
- Yes — that is the most common scenario. We claim your existing listing rather than create a new one, which preserves any reviews and history that have built up over time.