Stop paying $50 per "lead" that doesn't pick up the phone.
Free Great Local Pros listing puts your business in front of folks in your town who already need what you do. No per-lead fees. No accounts. No spam. The flat-rate, small-town alternative to Angi, Thumbtack, Bark, and HomeAdvisor.
The math on per-lead platforms
If you've been on Angi, HomeAdvisor, Thumbtack, or Bark, you already know how the bleed works. Here's it on paper:
What a typical small contractor pays — per platform, per month
| Angi · 8 leads @ ~$60 avg (real range: $25–$120) | $480 |
| Thumbtack · 6 leads @ ~$40 avg (sold to up to 15 pros each) | $240 |
| Bark · credit pack (credits expire ~12 mo, no refunds) | $200 |
| Houzz Pro · monthly minimum | $249 |
| Industry average spend on per-lead platforms | $300–$1,000+ /mo |
| Great Local Pros · flat Premium | $49 / month |
And that's before the worst part: on Thumbtack, your $40 lead is the same lead sold to up to 15 other contractors. On Angi, leads come from a national pool with people who may have submitted a form three months ago. On Bark, your credits silently expire and there's an active federal lawsuit alleging fake leads. You're not buying leads — you're renting an auction seat.
What you actually get
Pick whichever fits where you are right now. You can always upgrade later. No card on file for the free tier.
$0 — Free listing
- Your name, category, and town on a real page
- Direct phone number — one tap dials you
- Address on request (or shown if you want)
- Indexed by Google for "your trade in your town" searches
- Listed alongside premium pros, never hidden behind a paywall
- Easy update form, no login needed
No card. No trial. We email a verification link, you click, you're live in 24–48 hrs.
$49/mo — Premium cancel any time
- Featured placement at top of your category/town page
- Up to 8 photos + a 500-character description
- Built-in lead form (goes to your email, not ours)
- Verified customer review collection with public posting
- Schema.org markup for richer Google search results
- "Verified" badge
- $49/mo locked in for life · standard rate moves to $79/mo after 500 founders
Only 1 Premium slot per category per town. First claim wins.
Need a real website? $995, done-for-you.
About 27–35% of small contractors and trades businesses still don't have a website. Most don't have time to wrestle with Wix templates or pay a designer $5,000. So we built this.
$995 — Done-for-you website
- One-page professional website built by our team
- Copywriting tuned to your trade and town
- Mobile-first design that loads fast
- Contact form with email forwarding
- Basic SEO setup so Google finds you
- One round of revisions included
- Goes live in 5–7 business days
Hosting + Domain · keep costs predictable
- $29/month hosting on Cloudflare — SSL, backups, uptime monitoring
- $15/year domain registration (yourbusiness.com)
- $149/year update plan — text/photo changes whenever you need them
- OR: keep your existing domain and hosting, we deliver the files
No contracts. Cancel hosting anytime; you keep the site files.
For context: a typical local-services web design quote runs $2,500–$8,000. A "freelance Fiverr" template site runs $300–$800 and looks like one. Ours is professionally written, professionally designed, and built by people who only work with small local service businesses.
Claim your listing
Two minutes. We'll email you a confirmation link, then publish your listing within 24–48 hours.
Free
Name, category, town, phone, and contact form. Indexed on Google. Free for life.
What you get either way:
- Dedicated page for your town and trade (e.g. Plumbers in Your Town)
- Direct contact — no lead fees, no middleman calls
- Indexed on Google so local searchers can find you
- Easy update form to keep your info current — no login needed
- Optional add-on: $995 one-time website + copy + SEO
How we stack up against the platforms you've already tried
Real numbers, real terms, real lawsuits. All publicly documented; sources on request.
| What matters to a small contractor | Great Local Pros | Angi | Thumbtack | Bark | Houzz Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | $0 / $49 flat | $300–$1,000+ | $240–$600+ | Credit packs | $249–$700 |
| Per-lead charges | Never | $25–$120 each | $30–$50 each | Credits expire | Bundled |
| Your lead shared with | Just you | Multiple pros | Up to 15 pros | Multiple buyers | Per market |
| Refunds on bad leads | N/A · no per-lead | Disputed, often denied | Credits only | Active lawsuit | Disputed |
| Contract | Cancel any time | Auto-renew | Auto-renew | Credits non-refundable | 4-mo exit fee |
| Built for your town size | Towns under 60k | Big metros | Big metros | Major cities | Designers + remodels |
| You own the customer | Yes — direct phone | No — relationship gated | No — chat in-app | No — chat in-app | No — chat in-app |
| Built-in $995 website | Yes | No | No | No | Add-on, $$$ |
Founder pricing exists because we need 500 pioneers to make this work.
We launched this directory to be the small-town alternative to Angi and Thumbtack. To make that real, we need the first 500 paying pros across the country — folks who join now and help us prove the model. In exchange, your $49/mo founder rate is locked in for as long as your listing stays active. Standard rate goes up to $79/mo. No surprise increases, no "loyalty pricing" tricks. The math just stops working if we don't reserve something for the people who showed up first.
Why pros choose Great Local Pros over Angi, Thumbtack, Bark, and Houzz
No lead fees
$30+ per lead adds up fast — and on Thumbtack the same lead is sold to 15 of you. Flat fee, no auction, no exceptions.
You own the customer
Customers contact you directly through your phone number. No app sits in the middle taking a cut or scoring you.
Built for small towns
Other directories push you national. We list you by the town you actually serve. One Premium slot per category per town.
Quick to update
Change your hours, add photos, swap your phone number in seconds. Not three forms and a 48-hour ticket.
No contract, no exit fee
Cancel any time from the email we send you. No retention department. No "4-month cancellation fee" (looking at you, Houzz).
Founder pricing locked
$49/mo for life if you join in our launch window. After 500 paying pros, standard rate moves to $79/mo. The early-bird discount stays with you.
We answer our own email
Real responses, usually same business day. No offshore tier-1 script. info@greatlocalpros.com — try it.
Done-for-you website option
If you don't have a website, the $995 package gets you a professional one in 5–7 days. Built by people who only work on local-service sites.