I want customers to find the business in Apple Maps and Bing Maps
Apple Maps and Bing Maps setup puts correct business information on the map services customers also use.
Your business facts are agreed once, then each map is handled and evidenced on its own. The standard scope covers one map and one location. Additional maps are named separately in the quote.
Some of these give you an account you own. Others are shared maps anybody can edit, where what you get is a documented submission rather than a listing you hold. No approval, publication date, ranking or traffic is promised on any of them.
It is a setup, one platform at a time. Apple Maps, Bing Maps and MapQuest have business accounts you own. Waze, HERE, TomTom and OpenStreetMap are shared maps where the deliverable is a documented submission, not a listing you hold.
The same approved facts are prepared once, then each platform is handled and evidenced separately.
This is the right service when:
It is not the right service when the problem is only Google Maps. That is profile setup, the Maps visibility audit, or recovery and complex changes.
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One set of approved facts, used everywhere, and a record of what was actually submitted rather than what was hoped for.
This changes what can honestly be sold.
Apple Maps and Bing Maps. You own or administer an account, you control fields directly, and there is a verification process. MapQuest offers direct management of an existing listing through its current paid business subscription.
Waze, HERE, TomTom and OpenStreetMap. These are contributions or correction reports to shared map databases. There is no privately owned business profile to hold. The deliverable is a documented submission and its status, not an owned listing.
That is why the scope and the completion evidence are different for each platform, and why they are priced one at a time.
Apple's current platform is Apple Business. Apple says it "brings together Apple Business Manager, Apple Business Essentials, and Apple Business Connect into one comprehensive solution." A physical location has a place card carrying its name, category, phone, website, hours, map position, entrance, photographs and available actions. Apple says a place card "appears in many Apple apps, from Maps to Siri to Calendar, Messages, and Spotlight searches." Apple Business also holds brand tools for organizations without a physical location, so the intake decides which part applies to you.
Apple requires organization verification through its current process, which can involve more than one method and a separate Apple review. Apple's sign up and verification instructions are here. Apple decides what it accepts and when it publishes.
Bing Places for Business is Microsoft's tool for claiming or updating what Bing Maps shows. A listing can already exist even though nobody at the business created it. Microsoft's current instruction is here.
Microsoft decides which features and verification methods are available for your business and region.
Waze places are edited through the Waze app or the Waze Map Editor. This is not a private business owned profile. Waze says that if the area you want to edit is locked, you can suggest an edit and a local map editor will review the change. Waze explains its editing process here.
The deliverable is a documented map submission, not an owned profile and not an approval.
An existing MapQuest listing can be claimed and managed by its owner or an authorized person. MapQuest says claiming and editing requires a paid MapQuest for Business subscription, and that you can still flag incorrect information for free using Report an issue, with no subscription. MapQuest's current claim and edit options are here. The subscription is a third-party cost you pay directly, and it is not part of my price.
MapQuest's own guide assumes a listing already exists. If yours does not, the available route for adding one is confirmed before it goes in a proposal.
HERE Map Creator lets a person add or update places and report other map problems. HERE reviews submitted changes before integrating them, and the time before they appear can vary by product. HERE explains the Map Creator process here.
HERE reviews and distributes changes on its own schedule.
TomTom MapShare Reporter accepts missing points of interest, corrections and other map reports. TomTom says a change "can be resolved within a few days or a few weeks," and that after a change is accepted it may take further time to reach a map update on a navigation device. TomTom explains MapShare Reporter here.
TomTom reviews and distributes changes on its own schedule.
OpenStreetMap is a community edited map, not a private business listing account. An eligible real-world place can be added or corrected through the map editor, following OpenStreetMap's community and sourcing rules. The browser editor is here. The deliverable is a documented map edit, not an owned profile, and not a promise that every app using OpenStreetMap data will update.
Garmin devices, in-dash systems and navigation apps use different map data providers and update schedules. That one is researched before it is quoted. The exact device, app and underlying provider are identified first. Then one of the platforms above can be quoted, or you get a straight answer that no responsible direct correction route exists.
Yelp, Yellow Pages, chambers, industry directories, aggregators and general listing sites are business listings and directories, not this. Maps and navigation systems only.
Split in two on purpose. The first list is all I need to price this. The second only matters once you have said yes.
That is the form below. The maps are checked before you get a price, so the quote names real records rather than guesses.
Passwords are not sent by email or text. Where a platform offers no separate user role, you sign in and complete the owner only step, or use the secure method named in the proposal.
One uncomplicated platform is normally finished within five business days after payment and after all required information, materials, decisions and access have arrived. A three platform project normally needs up to seven business days. Your proposal carries the actual window.
Separate, and never promised. Apple verification and content review, Bing verification and publishing, Waze community review, and HERE, TomTom or OpenStreetMap processing can all continue after the agreed work has been submitted.
The agreed one-time price is paid in full before the work is scheduled. Third party fees and optional subscriptions are identified separately and paid by you directly, unless your proposal says otherwise. Once the work has been scheduled and started, the payment is not refunded, and what has been completed is yours either way.
You own or administer every account that supports business ownership. I am added through a proper role where one exists, and can be removed after handover.
Waze, HERE, TomTom and OpenStreetMap changes are contributions or correction reports to shared map databases. They are not privately owned business profiles and are never presented as though they were.
Any factual entry error I made is corrected without charge when you report it within 14 days of handover.
A new address, phone, category, name, photograph or decision after approval is new work when it needs another submission.
The included review or verification attempt is documented. A new method, an appeal, an ownership conflict or additional evidence can need a separate quote.
If access, documents, participation or approval does not arrive, the project can close with the completed work and current status documented. Previously completed work will not be repeated. Reopening may require a new quote.
Once the project has been scheduled and started, the payment is not refunded. You get the work, the accounts and the records completed to that point.
The first map carries the work that is done once: the approved information sheet, the search, and the written handover. A second or third map reuses the approved information and handover work.
Apple Maps, Bing Maps and Waze together is exactly that: one map at the full price and two more at the additional rate. Those three cover most of what customers use outside Google, and buying them as one project means one information sheet, one handover and one set of records instead of three separate starts.
Every other map is sold one at a time, on the same terms.
Some platforms offer an import or use information from other sources, but every map keeps its own records, accounts and review process. Each selected platform is checked after any import rather than assumed to match.
Apple combined its business tools into Apple Business. Apple says it brings together Apple Business Manager, Apple Business Essentials and Apple Business Connect into one solution. Apple Business is the current name, and Apple Business Connect is what it used to be called.
Apple Business includes brand tools for businesses with no physical location. An Apple Maps place card represents a physical location. The intake decides whether you need brand setup, a map location, or a different service entirely.
This service does not promise a Google ranking improvement. Its purpose is to make the business accurate and findable for people using a platform other than Google.
The one with a real error, or the one your customers actually use. Where there is no evidence either way, Apple Maps and Bing Maps are normally checked before adding smaller navigation databases.
Each platform reviews, verifies, merges and publishes on its own schedule.
You own or administer the business accounts where ownership exists. Waze, HERE, TomTom and OpenStreetMap are shared map databases, not privately owned listing accounts.
Some are free to submit to and some are not. MapQuest says claiming and editing needs a paid MapQuest for Business subscription, while flagging wrong information stays free. My fee pays for checking, preparing, submitting, documenting and handing over the work. Any platform, advertising or synchronization fee is disclosed separately and normally paid by you directly.
Vehicle systems use different providers, software versions and update schedules. A specific vehicle or navigation problem is researched and quoted after the underlying map provider is identified.
Those are business listings and directories. They can be combined into one custom project when several systems hold the same wrong information.
The starting scope documents it. Transfer, ownership recovery or duplicate work is quoted after the platform's available process is confirmed.
Not in a one-time setup. Future changes and ongoing monitoring are separate unless the proposal includes them.
Yes, by video. Verification may need you at your own premises, but never me. In person covers Palm Beach County, Broward County and the Treasure Coast.
The platforms get checked before you receive the scope, the price, any third-party fees and a delivery window.
Tell me the result you want and where I can see the business now. I use that information to identify the most useful service or package and decide whether I can quote it in writing. If one missing detail changes the work or price, I will ask for that detail or suggest a short call.
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