GovPossible Updates - 10/23/2023 - Business Listings
Good morning all! We're really excited to announce the newest feature as part of the new payment portal: Business Listings!
This is near and dear to our heart as it furthers one of our key missions: helping you make better use of the stuff you already have to do more for your community!
If you have the new payment portal (and you'll know because I'll have emailed you), this feature is ready for you and you can start playing around with it and start getting it ready to add to your website. If you haven't been upgraded yet, then hold tight; you should have that email by this weekend!
If you can't see the pictures, here's a link to the public blog post:
https://govpossible.com/new-feature-online-business-listings/
Listings View
The online business listing is available on your payment portal at /business_listings:
Clicking on a map point reveals the details for that listing:
By default, clicking on the address either in the listing or on the map label takes them to google maps.
Categories
By default, the view displays restaurant listings. The category can be selected to show the results of various business types:
Types are customizable and determined by NAICS code. If a partial NAICS code is listed, then every NAICS code starting with the number is included. So, for example, restaurants, 722, includes 722511: Full-Service Restaurants, 722513: Limited-Service Restaurants, and any other NAICS code starting with 722.
Here are the default categories:
automotive: [ 811,441 ]
construction: [ 23 ]
entertainment: [ 71 ]
healthcare: [ 62,44611 ]
laundry_services: [ 8123 ]
legal_services: [ 5411 ]
lodging: [ 721 ]
personal_care: [ 8121 ]
pet_care: [ 812910 ]
real_estate: [ 531210 ]
restaurants: [ 722 ]
retail: [ 44,45 ]
Customizing Categories
Categories may be customized to include or remove NAICS codes, and new categories may be created and old ones removed. E-mail us if you’d like any changes!
Setting the Listing Name
Sometimes the business name isn’t a good friendly name for the public:
In that case, you can add an alias. When you do, select the ‘Display on Public Business Listing’ Checkbox:
This listing now uses that alias on the public listing widget:
