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Google My Business - bulk location upload vs. single upload
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Hi there,
I have a question regarding Google My Business listings: We currently have a business with few offices (less than 10). Each office has it's Google listing under the same Google account.
We plan on opening new offices at a certain pace, let's say two a month, which means we'll have more than 10 listings in the near future.
As far as I recall, Google allows up to 10 listings per account, which means it won't suffice. On the other hand, We do not have 10 offices at the time being, which means we're not eligible for a bulk upload.Any ideas how to handle this situation?
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Hi Gal,
Yes as far as i remember this is the process. You do not need to be uploading 10 NEW listings to request the bulk verification feature, you just need to have more than 10 locations in total. The bulk verification happens at the account level, not on an individual location level - if that makes sense.
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Thanks for the response, Lynn!
Just to make sure I got it right: Let's say I reached 10 listings which I verified individually and now I want to open and verify 5 new listings. Can I submit the current listings I have in the bulk process, even though they have already been verified? Otherwise, I'm not reaching the minimum 10 listings required for the bulk verification.
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Hi,
I believe the limit on local listings per account is 100, not 10 (see here), so you will be ok for a while yet. Since you are not eligible for bulk upload/verification the only option at the moment is to input your local listings individually as usual and verify them individually also. You can then add new locations as they become available and once you are over the 10 locations limit you can initiate the bulk verification request following the instructions here. There is no disadvantage in this process, you don't 'lose' anything starting out with less than 10 locations and then moving above that number and bulk verifying so nothing to worry about!
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