Mastpost FAQ: pricing, contracts, and what's included
Mastpost is a done-for-you local marketing service for small service businesses — we run your Google Business Profile, reviews, website, citations, and local rankings for you, flat monthly, with no contract. Plans are $697/mo (Growth) and $1,597/mo (Dominate), each with a one-time setup. Cancel anytime. The full answers are below.
What is Mastpost?
Mastpost is a done-for-you local marketing service that runs small service businesses' Google Business Profile, reviews, website, citations, and local rankings — flat monthly, no contract. Our team does the work; you watch every task in your dashboard.
Is there a done-for-you marketing service for plumbers, salons, restaurants, or med spas?
Yes. Mastpost is a done-for-you local marketing service built for local service businesses — including plumbers, salons and spas, restaurants, and med spas. We run your Google Business Profile, reviews, website, citations, and local rankings for you, flat monthly, with no contract.
How much does done-for-you local marketing cost per month?
Two plans for most businesses: Growth is $697/mo plus a one-time $497 setup, and Dominate is $1,597/mo plus a one-time $700 setup. Pricing is on the page — no quote calls. See the packages page.
Do I have to sign a contract?
No, it's month-to-month — cancel anytime in one click from your dashboard, no retention calls and no annual lock-in.
Are there contracts?
No. Everything is month-to-month. Cancel anytime in one click from your dashboard — no retention calls.
How much does it cost?
Two plans: Growth ($697/mo + $497 setup) and Dominate ($1,597/mo + $700 setup). Pricing is fully transparent — see the packages page.
What's the setup fee for?
It's a one-time build, not a recurring charge: we create your website, optimize your Google Business Profile, and stand up your citations — real assets that are yours to keep, paid once at signup. After that, your monthly covers the hosting, maintenance, and ongoing work (posts, reviews, ranking, reports).
Do I have to get on a sales call to sign up?
No. Pick your plan and start in minutes — real prices on the page, no quote calls, no sales gauntlet. Everything is self-serve, including Dominate; we confirm your best-opportunity target searches with you by message before we start. The only call is if you add the Managed Local Services Ads add-on, which includes a quick setup call.
How does Dominate's focused ranking work?
We research the specific searches most likely to win you business in your area — the high-intent terms that actually bring in customers, not easy low-traffic phrases. You approve the targets, then we put priority ranking effort behind them. Each month we measure your movement across a grid of points in your service area — not just one spot — scanning weekly and judging by the median, so a brief dip or a one-day spike doesn't skew the picture. You get a full ranking report every month. No guarantee, no per-keyword fees — just focused effort where it counts, with the movement reported transparently.
Do you run my ads or social media?
Our core is organic — Google Business Profile, reviews, citations, ranking, and your website. For home-services businesses that want leads right away, we offer Managed Local Services Ads as an optional add-on (you pay Google only when a customer contacts you). We don't run general social or display ads — we'll point you to specialists for those.
How fast will I see results?
Profile and review activity show within the first weeks; ranking improvements typically follow over 60–90 days. You'll see the work happening in your dashboard the whole way.
Can I change or cancel my plan?
Yes — upgrade, downgrade, or cancel anytime. Changes apply on your next billing cycle.
What if I have more than one location?
Growth includes one location and Dominate includes three. Beyond what your plan covers, additional locations are $197/mo each with no extra setup — your locations share one website, overlapping keywords, and the same content engine, so each one extends what's already built. Running 10+ locations? Get in touch about a dedicated multi-location plan.
Does Dominate include multiple locations?
Yes — Dominate includes three locations at one flat $1,597/mo, where most tools charge per location. Growth includes one. Beyond what your plan includes, each additional location is $197/mo with no extra setup.
Do you work with my booking or POS system?
Yes. We integrate around the tools you already use (Vagaro, Square, OpenTable, Toast, and others) — we don't replace them.
Is Mastpost software I run myself, or do you do the work?
We do the work. Mastpost is a done-for-you service, not software you operate. Our team runs your Google Business Profile, reviews, citations, website, and ranking — the dashboard exists so you can see what's done, what we're on, and the few things we need from you, not so you can do it yourself.
What's included in done-for-you local marketing?
Google Business Profile optimization and ongoing management, local SEO and ranking work, AI search optimization, review monitoring and responses across platforms, citations and directory listings kept consistent, and — from Growth up — competitor review analysis. A conversion-focused website (built or optimized) backs it all up. Higher plans add more listings, more posts, and focused ranking on your best-opportunity searches. See what's included for the full breakdown.
Is this mainly a website service?
No. The point is getting you found and chosen — your Google Business Profile, local and AI search ranking, the map pack, and your reviews. The website is one supporting piece, not the headline: if you already have a site, we make it faster, discoverable, and built to convert; if you don't, we build you one that does. Either way it backs up the ranking work — it's not the reason you hire us.
Does SEO still matter now that Google and ChatGPT show AI answers?
More than ever — and it's central to what we do. AI answers don't invent information; they pull it from your Google Business Profile, your reviews, business directories, and your website's structured data. Being clearly described and corroborated across all of those is exactly what gets you cited by AI search and surfaced in the map pack. We optimize for both the classic local pack and the AI-answer era — it's built into every plan.
Does my website platform matter — WordPress, Framer, Wix, Squarespace?
Less than people think. What matters is that the site is built right — proper schema and metadata, fast, mobile-first, with an obvious way to call or book — and that you own it. We handle the technical side on infrastructure that stays yours, so the platform is our problem, not something you have to research or maintain.
Will I get surprise website maintenance or hosting fees?
No. It's one flat monthly price with everything included, and you own what we build — your site, profile, and citations are yours to keep. No per-edit charges, no "maintenance plan" upsell, no being roped into fees every time something needs a small change. Month-to-month, cancel anytime.
How does AI like ChatGPT decide whether to recommend my business?
AI assistants form their picture of you from what they find across the web — your reviews, your Google Business Profile, consistent listings (name, address, phone), and the content on your site. Strong, recent, consistent, positive signals make AI more likely to surface and recommend you; thin or conflicting ones get you skipped. No one can dictate the exact words AI uses about you — that varies and changes — but you can shape the inputs it reads, and that's exactly what we keep strong for you, for both Google's map pack and AI answers.
Who is Mastpost for?
Small and local service businesses that want their marketing handled rather than run themselves — plumbers and home services, salons and spas, restaurants and cafés, and med spas. We also offer white-label competitor and reputation reports for marketing agencies that resell to their own clients.