Protected, means a business has been verified or assigned to a business member. Any general listing added by ZipOnOver can be marked by members as needing to be reviewed for deletion or correction. When a member marks the business for deletion or editing, it will be removed from the list until ZipOnOver reviews it. Once reviewed by ZipOnOver, the listing will be deleted or corrected (and marked as protected).
Priority:
Priority is the order that businesses are listed on ZipOnOver. Just having your business list for free will put you on the first page under the category it is listed in. Premium listings will be listed above free listing have higher position with priority 1st being on top.
We set the listing order by date listed for free and standard, Premium listings by date became a Premium listing. So first on ZipOnOver has its advantages.
Number of zip codes one listing can be in:
A visitor can take the search down to the zip code level and see only the businesses that say they support the zip code. A business can not list a zip code outside the city/metro area due to it will not be recognized by the search. This better allows the visitor to find just the businesses in their immediate area.
Number of Directory Categories one listing can be in:
Most businesses have more than one product or service. ZipOnOver combined and divided the directory categories to best provide good customer direction and minimal categories to best describe a business to it customer. Our goal was one to three categories to a business listing. The really neat feature of our directory is we can modify it, add to and delete to make it work better as needed.
Phone Number:
The Phone number can be listed on any listing. Free and Premium listings can choose to display or not to display the phone number. Say you work out of a flea market booth or you do art shows around town and do not want your phone number public, it will not be!
Address:
The Address can be listed on any listing. Free and Premium listings can choose to display or not to display the business address. Say you work out of the back of a truck as a landscaper and do not want your address public, it will not be!
Email:
Email like address and phone number is optional. Even if you do not have a website you can still direct consumers to an email account such as Gmail.
The email used for each listing can be different than that used to sign up as a business member.
Motto:
The Motto is a very powerful advertising tool. One short statement to sum up why your business is the best choice and is what the prospect is looking for. Samples (Free first counsel, 24 hour emergency service, estimate is free with purchase, fresh Maine lobster etc...)
Website:
To maintain quality on ZipOnOver we restrict websites to Premium accounts. ZipOnOver allows modification of the website address by the business owner creating potential for direction to hazardous websites. This is a cost we must deal with to maintain professional content on ZipOnOver.
Hours of Operation:
Hours of operation is currently not available for free accounts and we will weigh up if this should be included as a free option later.
Why Us:
The "Why us" statement is for when the customer needs a bit more information to make their decision. This can be a very important statement and suggest it be created by a professional copywriter.
Services / Products:
A name or listing in a category can not say everything you do. The Services / Products allows you to give the prospects an overview of what you offer.
Testimonies:
Testimonies is still in on hold and will allow members to provide feedback on businesses. If you like the feedback you can add it as a testimony. You will not be able to edit the feedback!
Listing Image:
With the Bronze Listing the business member will get a place to store images. These images will be used for your ZipOnOver page and the listing. ZipOnOver will help provide some initial images. If these are not good enough you can use the banner maker to replace or upload your own.
Help Wanted:
Posting help wanted will be displayed in the Help Wanted directory for associated city and zip codes and business member's with Premium accounts in your ZipOnOver page.
We really wish we could open help wanted to the free listing but our experience shows that too many would abuse the system. Why do we restrict the help wanted posting? We do not perform other businesses business, our job is to pass information, simply put we are not a scouting service for a temp agency to find talent for a job that does not exist or 10 other agencies are posting for the same opening!
Our concern on employment is people need to be employed, it is bad for the country to have such a high unemployment rate. It is bad for companies to be under employed and can ruin a business. We will do our best to do our part and we may have to create a verification process that will allow us to provide non-premium businesses to use the help wanted postings.
Sales:
Posting Sales will be displayed in the Sales directory for associated city and zip codes and business members with Premium accounts in your ZipOnOver page.
Sales are more of an event than an item. Posting a sale allows the business to indicate what the sale is about and direction to more information.
Specials:
Posting specials will be displayed in the specials directory for associated city and zip codes and business members with Premium accounts in your ZipOnOver page.
Coupons:
Posting coupons will be displayed in the coupons directory for associated city and zip codes and business members with Premium accounts in your ZipOnOver page.
Calendar Events:
Posting calendar events will be displayed in the calendar directory for associated city and zip codes and business members with Premium accounts in your ZipOnOver page.
Internet Listing:
We hope to break the cloud with this concept. Stay tuned!
Your ZipOnOver page:
Your ZipOnOver page is available to anyone with a Premium account (NOT Premium Lite). It is a service and provides you a website url such as www.ziponover.com/fl/yourbiz. replace the yourbiz with your business translation such as bobsautos www.ziponover.com/fl/bobsautos. with Premium Silver and Gold you can remove the location.
Your ZipOnOver page is more powerful than a website and gains power as ZipOnOver grows in popularity. it is a service not a product and when we add features to it, they become available to everyone!
Last, if you leave ZipOnOver when your Premium account expires we will direct visitors to your ZipOnOver page url to your website for at least one year. So if you move on your efforts with ZipOnOver will not be lost and customers will still find your business.
Initial ZipOnOver Page configuration:
We will help in configuring your ZipOnOver page for you and put up some temporary images to give your ZipOnOver page a good look. If you like the images you can keep them up!
ZipOnOver Evaluation:
This is an overview of your Internet presence and suggestions on ways to improve your visibility and convert visitors.
Market Evaluation:
We will provide you with an SEO evaluation from an external company. With the GOLD we will pay for the initial meeting with a Quality SEO from our network.
ZipOnOver Advertising Credits:
ZipOnOver has spots for advertising, from the Main page to the category and sub-category, also news releases. These provide more visibility on to your business! Googlebot hits ZipOnOver Jacksonville between 200 to 1000 times a day and average of 400hits a day. We do not like clutter on our Main page and if you want that spot it is definitely not free!