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New Locanto Charges ..Likely to see increase in AMP shop Fees

Senfam

Senfam

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It was pointed out to me recently a hideous new charge that Locanto is now charging AMP shops to allow them to show a phone number and or a web site address ,this is on top of the normal advertising fee around the $200 pm.
This means that they no longer can show contact numbers in the copy of the ads anymore , and only by paying another $129-$258 per month can they show a number. As a past marketing manager I have never heard of a advertising platform charging more just to show a telephone number, the most basic need of an ad .Talk about being held to ransom., better to support TS advertising.
The other downside of all this even after paying more to have their phone number revealed , you have to register with locanto to be able to then reveal the contact number of the shop.

So expect the rates for the shop costs to increase in light of this new charge...bring back cracker I say
 
Some of their pictures of the ladies on Locanto show the telephone number in the pic. I wonder how long before there will be another rule (or another charge) about not displaying telephone numbers in the pictures...costs are going up on everything
 
Horny A said:
$258 a month is less than $1 a day...
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looks like ur Maths teacher failed you! But it is less than $10 a day so a shop, based on a meagre 10 customers could charge an extra $1 and more than cover the cost so shouldn't be an issue. What the business could do though is claim a legitimate tax deduction ;)
 
Du ke said:
looks like ur Maths teacher failed you! But it is less than $10 a day so a shop, based on a meagre 10 customers could charge an extra $1 and more than cover the cost so shouldn't be an issue. What the business could do though is claim a legitimate tax deduction ;)
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You have to pay tax to get a deduction lol.
 
Senfam said:
It was pointed out to me recently a hideous new charge that Locanto is now charging AMP shops to allow them to show a phone number and or a web site address ,this is on top of the normal advertising fee around the $200 pm.
This means that they no longer can show contact numbers in the copy of the ads anymore , and only by paying another $129-$258 per month can they show a number. As a past marketing manager I have never heard of a advertising platform charging more just to show a telephone number, the most basic need of an ad .Talk about being held to ransom., better to support TS advertising.
The other downside of all this even after paying more to have their phone number revealed , you have to register with locanto to be able to then reveal the contact number of the shop.

So expect the rates for the shop costs to increase in light of this new charge...bring back cracker I say
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Lots of work arounds for this, shops are already writing the number by using letters instead of numbers, or spacing it out, or using a letter O instead of 0, using a letter l for a 1 for example.
 
Du ke said:
looks like ur Maths teacher failed you! But it is less than $10 a day so a shop, based on a meagre 10 customers could charge an extra $1 and more than cover the cost so shouldn't be an issue. What the business could do though is claim a legitimate tax deduction ;)
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Yeah serves me right for posting too early in the morning 🤦‍♂️
 
Some good points above , but also keep in mind that you also have to register with Locanto as well to get the number fully revealed .....why ? would be my question if the shop has decided not to use any of the workarounds and paid the money to be able to show the shop number, Very unfair on Locanto part.
 
Senfam said:
Some good points above , but also keep in mind that you also have to register with Locanto as well to get the number fully revealed .....why ? would be my question if the shop has decided not to use any of the workarounds and paid the money to be able to show the shop number, Very unfair on Locanto part.
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I'm happy for our favourite places to just keep posting here on TS
 
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