Why pay BestCompare
Pay for reach or a website. Never for a rank.
A BestCompare listing is free, and it stays free. This page explains what the two paid products buy, what they never buy, and how to decide if they are worth it for your business.
The free promise
What $0 gets you, forever
A free listing is not a trial. It does not expire, and adding one needs no payment details. You can stay free for as long as you like.
- A public listing customers can find and contact
- Organic search order by suburb proximity
- Ratings and reviews shown on your listing
- Claim, edit and correct your details any time
Free is the default because it keeps the directory complete. A directory that only shows paying businesses is a flyer, not a comparison.
The paid products
Two things money buys here
Each paid product buys one specific thing. Neither touches your listing's facts, your rating, or your place in organic results.
Sponsored Placement
One labelled Sponsored result for your listing, in one Vertical and one location market, shown apart from the organic results. It works like an ad in the local paper: it buys visibility, not a better listing.
Your dashboard shows measured impressions, views, calls, website clicks, and enquiries, so you can judge the spend on your own numbers.
Cancel in the dashboard at any time. There is no exit fee. Placement continues until the paid period ends. There is no lock-in term.
Website Builder - $49 AUD / month
BestCompare builds, publishes and hosts a professional website for your business. You edit the content, forms and media yourself.
A website is a separate product. It does not change where your listing appears in search, and your listing does not need one.
Billed monthly. No lock-in contract. Cancel any time from your billing page.
The wall we won't cross
What payment never buys
Payment does not buy verification, organic rank, enquiries, or revenue.
Ratings and review counts are not for sale. No business can pay to raise its rating, add reviews, or remove genuine ones.
Organic results are ordered by suburb proximity. Payment does not move a listing up, and paid placements are always labelled so visitors can tell advertising from organic results.
This is not a favour to businesses. It is the product. A comparison site whose rankings are for sale is useless to the people you are trying to reach.
Read the detail on how we make money and how BestCompare works.
Proof, not promises
How Sponsored Placement is measured
Measured from recorded Sponsored events. These totals are not estimates. BestCompare records a sponsored impression only after the result becomes visible. It does not count a second impression in the same result view. Dashboard totals sum recorded events for a chosen UTC date range. These totals are not estimates.
BestCompare does not publish estimated or average traffic as a sales claim. Your decision rests on the events recorded for your own placement, visible in your own dashboard.
Start free. Pay only when a product earns it.
Every paid product is month-to-month with no lock-in, and the free listing stays whatever you decide.