For business owners
Two ways we help: build your own online presence (website, Google reviews, phone and chat systems), or get seen on the San Mateo guide locals already read. Do one, or both. By a local, month to month, no contracts.
A Growth Review is a free, no-pressure look at how your business shows up online right now, with honest suggestions. Or see everything we do →
You're looking at the proof. We built this whole guide, hundreds of local spots, from scratch. The same care goes into everything we do for local businesses.
Jason here. Born and raised in San Mateo, a real person, not an agency or a call center. Questions? Call or text me at (650) 260-8084.
Full honesty: I'm early on the services side, which is the whole reason the founding price exists, and why it stays locked as long as you stay. I'd rather build my first results with a few local businesses than pretend I've got a hundred.
Two ways we help you get more customers
Build the digital tools your business needs.
Your own website, more Google reviews, and the phone and chat systems that turn calls and clicks into paying customers. This is your own place online, separate from our guide. Start with just what you need, or bundle it all together.
See what we do → 2Get your business in front of locals already looking.
Get onto the guide locals already browse. Your basic listing is always free, with paid options to get more visibility or build a richer business presence on San Mateo Local.
See your options →1 Build your own presence
All of it done for you by locals who live here. Month to month, no contracts, and a free preview before you decide anything.
The deal I'm running right now
Capture leads day and night, even when you're closed.
I'm looking for ten local businesses to launch this with. You get a free professionally built website plus our 24/7 AI Chat (missed-call text-back included), at a founding price that never goes up as long as you stay.
$298/mo if bought separately ($99 website + $199 AI Chat), plus a $300 build
$149/month, nothing upfront
Your founding price is locked in for as long as you stay a customer.
Website + 24/7 AI Chat only. First 10 businesses. Regular pricing is below.
Claim a founding spot →Custom, fast, and built for a phone, where locals actually find you. We build it, host it, and keep it updated. You see a free preview before you pay a cent.
Just want a page on our guide, no domain to manage? See the Premium Business Page.
from $99/mo + $300 one-time build
We wake up your past customers, ask every new one the right way, and reply to every review as your business, so your rating reflects the work you're actually doing.
We never write reviews. We only ask your real customers, the way Google allows.
from $79/mo + $199 one-time setup
Our most popular start. A new website, review management, and ongoing care together, so you have one local to call for your whole online presence.
$399 setup + $169/mo
Never miss a customer
The systems that catch every call, text, and click, even when you're slammed or closed. Our business texting is fully approved and compliant.
Never miss a customer again. Built for the phone-heavy trades, plumbers, HVAC, electricians, roofers, where every missed call is a missed job.
A natural-sounding receptionist answers every call, day or night. It figures out whether it's an emergency or a routine job, takes down the caller's name, number, and address and what they need, offers your real open appointment times, and books the job right on your calendar. Then it saves everything and emails you the whole call, so you wake up to booked work instead of missed voicemails.
Our premium spot for trades. Month to month, no contract, and we'll show you exactly how it handles a real call on a free demo first, so you can hear it before you decide.
Sample call with our AI receptionist, edited for length.
$299/mo + $249 one-time setup
Request setup call →We set this one up together, and you'll hear it handle a real call on a free demo before you decide. No online checkout.
Miss a call and the caller instantly gets a friendly text, so they book with you instead of dialing the next name on the list.
from $99/mo
Everything in Missed-Call Text-Back, plus always-on chat that captures leads day and night, on your website, or your Facebook, Instagram, and Google messages if you don't have a site yet.
$199/mo, with text-back
Customers book themselves online, with automatic text and email reminders that cut no-shows, plus follow-up when someone doesn't show.
Included with a full setup
Every new call, text, and form gets an automatic follow-up, so one busy day never costs you a customer who slipped through.
Included with a full setup
Already a website or reviews client? Add Missed-Call Text-Back for $49/mo. Not sure what fits your business? Start with a free Growth Review and we'll point you the right way, no pressure.
Not sure where to start?
Tell us about your business and we'll take an honest look, then show you a free preview. No pressure, no jargon, no agency retainer.
Tell us about your business2 Get seen on San Mateo Local
A completely separate offer from the services above, and a free place to start: get your business onto the San Mateo guide residents actually browse. A basic listing is always free, with a few ways to stand out.
Real example
Last week a local Pilates studio claimed their free listing. When they told us about their grand opening, we put it right at the top of our Local Buzz page and the homepage, event flyer and RSVP link and all. No charge.
That's the whole idea. Get on the guide, and when you've got something worth sharing, locals actually see it.
See it live on the guide →★ Free, no catch
If you run a San Mateo spot we're missing, tell us about it and we'll add it. Free, no strings. We genuinely love finding places we didn't know about.
Free listing is all most businesses need. Curious what else the guide can do? →
Pick your level
Getting listed is always free. From there, here is every way to stand out. Pick what fits. Paid spots are always clearly marked, so the guide stays honest.
★ Only 6 featured spots per category, kept limited on purpose.
New here? See why it's worth listing on San Mateo Local →
Get found by locals already looking for a place like yours.
We add you to the guide ourselves. Nothing to build, nothing to manage.
Be the top pick locals see, on the guide and in our new AI guide, right when they're deciding where to go.
We handle the placement, the badge, your verified details, and your spot in the matching Best-Of list. You just keep doing what you do.
New · how the AI guide pick works
San Mateo Local now has an AI guide that answers locals asking where to eat, who to call, and what to do. When someone nearby asks for what you offer, it names you first, with your real details, marked Featured so it stays honest. Here is exactly how it works:
Your own professionally built web presence on San Mateo Local, built for modern local search and maintained by us.
This lives on San Mateo Local, not your own domain. Want a real website at yourbusiness.com instead? That's the Website service up top.
Your photos, services, map, reviews, offer, and FAQs on one page. We build the first draft from your existing site and what's already online, then you just confirm. Barely any work on your end.
We build this one with you, so it starts with a quick call, no online checkout. Take a real Premium page for a spin first, this is exactly what yours would look like.
★ Founding perk: the $199 setup is waived for our first 10 Premium businesses.
Your specials and events reach people planning their week, so you stay on their mind between visits.
Text us the details. We write it and post it to the guide and the homepage. No content calendar, no captions to fuss over.
A real story that helps a stranger choose you, and keeps working in Google long after.
We interview you or take your notes and write the whole thing. You never touch a keyboard.
Put your name at the top of the guide locals turn to for "the best in San Mateo."
We keep a set of Best-Of guides built to show up in local search, Best Coffee, Best Breakfast, Best Happy Hour, and more. Sponsor the one your business fits and you get the top of that page for a full year: "Best Coffee in San Mateo, presented by [your business]," with your name, a line about you, and a link, sitting above the whole list.
Because it's a real, curated list people actually trust, not a banner ad, your name gets that trust too. And you're the only sponsor on that guide, so you never share the spotlight with a competitor.
We build the page, keep it current, and keep the list honest. You just get the credit, all year.
Want more customers, not just more visibility? We also build websites and set up Google reviews, see Build your own presence up top.
Dead simple
Fill out the short form below, or just email us. No pressure, no hard sell.
We'll check out how your business shows up online right now and tell you honestly what's worth doing.
You keep running your business. We take care of the online part and keep it plain and affordable.
Takes a minute. We read every one.
Prefer email? Write us at hello@sanmateolocal.com.
Good to know
No. Everything is month to month, and you can cancel anytime. We'd rather earn your business every month than lock you in.
Yes. We build you a free preview first, and you only move forward if you love it. No deposit, no risk just to look.
No. Your domain is registered in your own name from day one, so that's yours no matter what, and so is everything you gave us: your photos, your text, your reviews. The site itself we build and host for you, so if you ever leave, we'll send you your files and never hold your domain hostage. Month to month, no contract, cancel anytime.
No. We never write reviews and we never pay for them. All we do is make it easy for your real customers to leave one, and reply to the ones you get. That's exactly what Google asks businesses to do.
No, and that's the point. We're locals who live here, so there's no retainer, no jargon, and no account manager you can never reach. You work with us directly, and we keep it affordable.
Yes. A basic listing is free, no strings. If you run a real San Mateo business, we want you on the guide. Send it to us with the form above and we'll add it.
A free listing puts you in the guide where locals can find you. A Featured Listing makes you stand out: the orange Featured badge, the top of your category, and a place in the Featured strip on our homepage.
The Featured badge on your listing, top position on your category page, a spot in the rotating Featured strip on the homepage, and you're named as the top pick in your category when nearby locals ask our AI guide. When someone's browsing for what you offer, you're one of the first things they see.
Your choice. Go monthly at $39 a month to stay featured for as long as you like (cancel anytime), or pay $49 once for a single 30-day run. Same placement either way. Monthly is the better deal if you plan to stick around.
Two things that keep working long-term: a full editorial story about your business on its own page (Google can find it for years), and a big feature card up top on the homepage. It's a one-time payment, and the story page stays up for good. The Featured badge and AI guide top pick are part of the monthly Featured Listing, so if you want those too, you can add Featured alongside your Spotlight.
We write it, with you. We'll ask a few quick questions, put together a draft, and send it to you to approve before it goes live. Your story, in your words, just polished.
We keep it to six per category, on purpose. If everyone's featured, no one stands out, so we cap it. When a category's six are taken, we start a waitlist and let you know when one opens up.
Usually a day or two after payment. We add you by hand (that's the point of a curated guide), so it's not instant, but it's quick.
Your placement comes down and you go back to a normal free listing, still in the guide. Nothing disappears. With the $149, your story page stays up permanently either way.
Yes. Use the "Is this your business?" link on your listing or just email us, and we'll update it. Free listings included.