If you run an independent pet or animal-related business in the UK, being visible to local customers is essential.
Whether you provide dog walking, pet sitting, cat care, dog grooming, dog training, pet behaviour services, equine services or another specialist animal service, there are always potential local customers who are increasingly searching locally online for the type of services our type of businesses do.
Searches such as “pet care near me”, “pet services near me”, “dog walker near me” and “cat sitter in Coventry” are examples of how customers look for the services they need.
But finding the right independent pet or animal care businesses that are mixed in with general search results, on social media pages, along with national companies with big advertising budgets, and in general business directories isn’t easy.
That’s where PetProHub comes in.
PetProHub is a dedicated UK local listings hub for independent local pet and animal-related businesses, who don’t have the luxury of big marketing and advertising budgets. It is designed to make it easier for customers to find local pet care services and animal businesses in the areas they need.
Here are 9 reasons your business should be listed.
1. PetProHub is dedicated to pet and animal businesses
Most online business directories cover virtually everything.
PetProHub is different.
It is specifically designed around pet care, animal services and pet-related businesses.
That means someone visiting PetProHub is already in the right environment to discover your business.
They aren’t randomly browsing restaurants, plumbers, accountants and estate agents before eventually reaching pet and animal service businesses.
They are searching a platform created specifically for the independent pet and animal sector.
For an independent business in our sector, relevance matters.
2. It puts your small local business in front of local people
People searching for pet services generally want a business that operates in their area.
Someone searching for a dog walker doesn’t normally want someone 100 miles away.
A pet owner looking for a cat sitter wants someone who can actually visit their home.
An owner looking for a dog groomer wants a groomer they can realistically reach.
PetProHub is built around a growing list of currently over 2,200 local geographic search locations. Far more than many other platforms of this type.
That opens up lots of opportunities to get found.
3. Customers can search for the service they need — not just who they already know
A customer doesn’t have to know your business’s name to find you. After all, If they know you, they’ve already found you.
They will search, for example:
Pet Care Near Me
Pet Services Near Me
Dog Walkers in Belfast
Cat Care in Glasgow
Dog Groomers in Swansea
Pet Sitters in Liverpool
Equine Services in Stratford-upon-Avon
PetProHub gives them an easier, more concentrated way to search for businesses matching those requirements.
That gives you an opportunity to reach potential customers who have never encountered your business before.
4. Using local geographic searches reduces irrelevant results from irrelevant places.
General internet searches can produce an enormous amount of useless information.
The challenge for a customer isn’t necessarily finding something.
It’s finding the right type of business in the right location
PetProHub solves this by only listing businesses in the pet and animal sector.
For independent pet or animal businesses, this means your listing is being presented in a much more relevant context.
5. PetProHub covers a wider range of pet and animal services than most.
Pet care and animal care isn’t just about dog walking and pet sitting.
The UK has thousands of businesses providing a vast range of specialist services for different animals and their owners.
PetProHub includes 70+ pet and animal-related categories, giving businesses from different parts of the sector an opportunity to be discovered.
That includes businesses such as:
- Dog walkers
- Pet sitters
- Cat carers
- Dog groomers
- Dog trainers
- Pet behaviourists
- Pet shops
- Veterinary businesses
- Equine businesses
- Small animal specialists
- Aquatic businesses
- Other specialist pet and animal services
6. Your local area matters — and PetProHub is built around it
For many independent pet and animal services businesses, local geography is critical.
A dog walker may only cover a handful of local neighbourhoods.
A pet sitter might only be able to work within a specific radius.
A groomer may attract customers from surrounding towns.
An equine business may cover a wider area.
PetProHub currently provides customers with a growing range of currently more than 1,700 geographic locations across the UK to help them narrow their search.
This means your business doesn’t have to compete for attention across the entire country. And your potential customers can search for businesses in the places that matter to them.
7. People use many ways of searching for pet or animal care – So…
Having a website is important.
So is your Google Business Profile.
Social media can also be valuable too.
But relying entirely on one source of online visibility can leave your business dependent on how that particular platform chooses to display you, especially if your only website presence is a Facebook business page.
PetProHub gives your business another online presence specifically within the pet and animal sector.
When someone visits PetProHub looking for a particular local pet or animal service, your listing puts your business directly in front of them.
It is another route between “I need a particular pet or animal service” and “I’ve found a business that provides it.”
8. Independent businesses keep the customer relationship
PetProHub works as a search platform, not a booking agency.
The purpose is to help customers find relevant businesses.
Once they have found your business, they will contact you directly using the information you provide.
That means that all aspects of the business relationship remain between you and your customer.
PetProHub operates on a non-consecutive monthly listings fee model, so t doesn’t take commission from your customer transactions, or charge booking fees, which means you keep 100% of what you charge the customer.
You will need to Join PetProHub before you can list your business. Joining however, is completely free. You just pay the appropriate listings fee each time you want your listing or listings published, or re-published. This is currently £10.00 per month.
9. Conclusion – Get found where people are searching locally
That phrase “near me” has become an important part of how people search for local services.
Pet owners aren’t necessarily asking:
“What pet businesses exist in Britain?”
They’re asking:
“Who locally can help me with my pet or animal care requirement?”
And increasingly:
“Who can help me near me?”
That’s the opportunity PetProHub is designed to address.
By bringing together pet and animal-related businesses, service categories and locations, PetProHub creates a dedicated environment for local pet and animal care searches.
Millions of people across the UK need someone to walk their dog, care for their cat, groom their pet, train their dog, look after their animals or provide specialist services.
The question is:
Will they find your business when they search?
Whether someone searches for “pet care near me”, “pet services near me”, a specific service or a particular town or city, PetProHub is all about being visible when someone is looking for the service you provide in the area you serve.
joining and listing on PetProHub therefore puts your business where potential customers can search specifically for the services you offer.
Join now and list your business. And get discovered locally.
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