Local Launch Kit: the groundwork that turns searches into calls you own
For contractors who are new, rebuilding, or tired of renting leads. We get you listed correctly, start asking every customer for a review, fix three things on your website and make sure every web lead gets an answer in seconds. $497 once, then $97 a month. No contract, no per-lead fees.
Local Launch Kit
then $97 a month to keep it running
- Verified + Featured directory listings
- 1 press release, written and published
- 3 SEO fixes on your website
- Review requests set up and running
- Instant reply to every web form lead
You pay $497 today. The $97 plan starts 30 days later and renews monthly until you cancel with 30 days' written notice online; charges during the notice period still apply. All sales final · Purchase terms. The dates are estimates, and we never promise a number of leads.
What is the Local Launch Kit?
It is a fixed-price contractor marketing package from Advertising For Contractors: $497 to set up, then $97 a month. The setup gets your business listed and verified, publishes one press release, makes three SEO fixes on your site, switches on review requests after every job and wires your website form to reply to new leads within seconds. The monthly fee keeps the listings, review requests and lead replies running. It does not buy leads. It builds the things that make you easier to find and easier to choose, and every call it produces comes straight to you.
We built it because the same conversation kept happening. A roofer or a remodeler with good work and a thin online footprint is paying a marketplace for shared leads, getting a handful of reviews a year because nobody remembers to ask, and losing evening form leads to whoever answers first. None of that needs a $2,000-a-month retainer to fix. It needs a short list of jobs done properly, once, and then kept running.
Five pieces of groundwork, each with a date
Listings that match, verified and featured
We claim and fill in your listing on USABusinessSearch.com (and COBusinessList.com for Colorado contractors), mark it Verified and give it a Featured spot in your trade category. Same business name, phone and service area everywhere, which is one of the first things Google and AI assistants cross-check.
Live within 2 business days.One press release
A ten-minute phone interview about your company: a new crew, a new service area, a license milestone, a new trade you have added. We write it, you approve it, and we publish it on our press release sites with a link to your website. It gives you a dated, citable mention that is not an ad.
Published within 5 business days of the interview.Three SEO fixes on your site
Pick three from our task list (titles and descriptions on service pages, LocalBusiness schema, a click-to-call button that works on phones, Google Analytics, Search Console) or let us pick the three that matter most after we look. Outside Colorado you get a fourth fix in place of the second directory.
Done 24 to 72 hours after your website access works.Review requests, switched on
Your one-tap Google review link, a printable QR card for the truck or the invoice folder, and an email request that goes to every customer after the job with one reminder. Every customer is asked the same way, with no incentive and no filtering, which keeps you inside Google's review rules.
Ready within 3 business days.Instant reply to web leads
Your website form starts sending each new lead a reply under your company name within seconds, and you get an alert on your phone. The homeowner knows a real company got the request, and the first-response window stops depending on whether you are on a ladder.
Live within 5 business days.What the $97 a month keeps running
Your listings stay Verified and Featured, review requests keep going out after every job, lead replies keep firing, and you get a one-page report each month: listing views, requests sent, reviews received and leads answered.
Starts 30 days after checkout.How does it compare with Angi, Thumbtack and Yelp ads?
Marketplaces and Yelp ads rent you access to customers; the kit builds a lead source you keep. Angi says a Market Match request goes to up to four pros, Thumbtack charges for a lead whether or not you are hired, and Yelp ads start at a reported $150 a month in clicks. All three can fill a slow week. None of them leaves you with much when you stop paying.
| Angi Leads | Thumbtack | Yelp Ads | Local Launch Kit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What you pay for | Each lead, won or not | Each lead, hired or not | Clicks, from a monthly budget | The work: listings, release, fixes, review and reply setup |
| Who else gets the customer | Market Match: up to 4 pros | Customers often contact several pros at once | Competitors show on the same page | Nobody. People who find you contact you |
| Reported cost | Varies by trade and market | About $10 to $100+ per lead | From about $150/month | $497 once, then $97/month |
| What you keep if you stop | The customers you won | The customers you won | Your Yelp page; the ads stop | Website fixes, press release, every review, your customer list |
| How fast it works | Days | Days | Days | Setup in about 2 weeks; results build over months |
The arithmetic behind that first row matters more than the sticker price. If four pros pay for the same request and the jobs split evenly, your real cost per booked job is roughly four times the lead price before anything else goes wrong. We walk through that math, with a calculator, in Is Angi worth it for contractors? and on our shared vs exclusive lead calculator.
Our honest advice: if the schedule is empty next week, a marketplace may be the right call while your own groundwork builds. Just answer those leads in the first few minutes, because the shared ones go to whoever calls first (here is why the first five minutes decide most jobs). Over time the kit is how you need the marketplace less.
Checked October 26, 2026. We are not affiliated with Angi, Thumbtack or Yelp; terms change, so confirm current pricing with each company. Sources are listed at the bottom of this page.
Who the kit is for, and who should skip it
A good fit
- Contractors in their first year or two with few reviews and no listings
- Established shops that never set up review requests or listings properly
- Anyone spending more on shared leads each month than they want to
- Owners who miss web leads because they are on a job all day
Probably not for you
- You already run a full SEO or local SEO campaign with us (you have most of this)
- You need a brand-new website built from scratch first
- You want someone to promise a number of leads (nobody honest can)
- You cannot take on more work this season
From checkout to everything live in about two weeks
Order and intake
Pay the $497 setup by card. We email a short intake: services, service area, hours, logo, a few job photos, and a safe way to share website access. Never type a password into a form.
Listings and review link
Listings go live, Verified and Featured. Your review link and QR card arrive by email, ready to print.
Fixes and lead reply
The SEO fixes are made and your website form starts answering new leads under your name.
Press release
Interview, draft for your approval, then publication with a link back to your site.
Dates count from the day we have your intake and working access. These are estimates, not guarantees. If something on our side slips, we tell you before the date, not after.
Need just one piece?
Two of the kit's ingredients are sold on their own, for contractors who already have the rest in place.
Does ChatGPT name you, or the shop down the road?
A person runs 20 to 30 real customer questions through ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, Perplexity and Gemini, logs who gets named and why, and hands you a ranked fix list. Delivered in 5 business days.
Same audit, then we make the top fixes and re-check the answers 30 days later.
One-time price, no monthly fee. More on AI search optimization for contractors.
Ask every customer for a review, without remembering to
- Review request after every job, plus one reminder
- One-tap Google review link and a printable QR card
- A reply drafted for every new Google review
- Up to 200 requests a month, monthly report
No setup fee. 30-day notice to cancel · All sales final · Purchase terms. Already in the Launch Kit, so do not buy both. Why it matters: how contractors get more Google reviews.
Local Launch Kit questions
What does the Local Launch Kit cost?
Will the kit guarantee me leads or a ranking?
How is this different from buying leads on Angi or Thumbtack?
I already have a website. Do I still need this?
Which directories are included?
Can I cancel the $97 plan?
- Angi Leads (HomeAdvisor Pro) Leads FAQ: Market Match leads go to up to four pros; a lead is not a guaranteed job
- Housecall Pro, What is Thumbtack and how does it work (May 2026): pay-per-lead whether or not the job books; pros report about $10 to $100+ per lead
- WebFX, Yelp advertising costs (August 2026): Yelp Ads start at about $150 a month; Yelp says minimums can change
- Google Maps user-contributed content policy: no incentives for reviews and no selective solicitation of positive reviews
Ready to stop renting every lead?
Start the kit today, or call and ask anything first. A person answers, Monday to Friday, 8 to 6 Mountain.