# Google Business Profile setup

> Google Business Profile setup at ellul.ai: £99, a fixed price agreed in writing before work starts, never charged by the hour. Showing up properly on Google Maps.

- Price: £99 (one-off)
- Time: 2 to 3 days
- Page: https://ellul.ai/services/google-business-profile

## What is included
- Profile created or cleaned up
- Categories, services and photos
- Review link and posting plan

## How many people are asking for it
371 posts on Reddit asked to hire someone for Google business profile setup between November 2025 and November 2026, 231 of them in the last 90 days, most on r/GoogleMyBusiness, r/localseo, r/slavelabour.

## What the buyer supplies
- A Google account that will own the profile
- Your address or service area, opening hours and services
- Photos of your premises, team or work, and help with Google's verification step

## What the price does not cover
- Google decides verification, suspensions and where the profile appears on Maps
- No reviews are written, bought or filtered on your behalf
- Posting to the plan after setup is not included

## Rules that apply
- Since 6 April 2025 the UK's DMCC Act 2024 treats submitting or commissioning fake consumer reviews, and publishing reviews in a misleading way, as unfair in all circumstances. Source: [Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, Schedule 20, paragraph 13](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/13/schedule/20)
- Google's content policy bans paid or incentivised reviews, and businesses discouraging negative reviews or selectively asking customers for positive ones. Source: [Google Maps user contributed content policy](https://support.google.com/contributionpolicy/answer/7400114)
- Google's guidelines say a Business Profile's name should reflect the business's real-world name. Source: [Google Business Profile Help: Guidelines for representing your business](https://support.google.com/business/answer/3038177)

## A cheaper way to do it
- Google says creating a Business Profile and listing a business on Google is free. Source: [Google Business Profile](https://business.google.com/en-all/business-profile/)

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