JustBAU vs Yelp.
Yelp is a review directory that sells advertising. JustBAU is a page you publish, where your services, service area, and Contact Methods are the point rather than the sidebar.
- Cost to publish
- $0. No credit card to sign up.
- Ad spend to be seen
- None. Your page is not ranked by budget.
- Commission
- 0% of every job you book.
Two different businesses
01 — The modelsHow Yelp works
Yelp is a review directory, and advertising is how it makes money. A free listing exists for most businesses, but visibility on it is the product being sold: placement moves with ad spend, and competitors can advertise against pages like yours. Reviews sit between a client and the call, which is powerful when they are good and expensive to fix when they are not.
How JustBAU works
JustBAU is a page you publish and control. Your name, your services, the US city or states you work in, how you meet people, your photos, and your Contact Methods. It is not a ranking you bid into and not a review score — it is the page a client lands on once they are already deciding whether to call you.
Yelp vs JustBAU, line by line
02 — Side by side| What it is | Yelp | JustBAU |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to be listedBefore anyone has contacted you. | Free listing. Visibility is the paid part. | $0. No credit card. |
| Cost to be seenWhat placement costs. | Yelp Ads, billed per click. | Nothing to bid on. |
| Competing ads on your pageWho else appears where clients read about you. | Possible — other businesses can advertise there. | None. The page shows your business. |
| What the page leads withThe first thing a visitor sees. | Reviews and a star rating. | Your services, service area, and Contact Methods. |
| How clients reach youThe route from interest to a call. | Through the listing, alongside the ads. | Your Contact Methods, on the page. |
| Where the traffic landsThe page a search result points at. | A listing on their domain. | Your own page and slug, built to be indexed. |
| Control of the pageWho decides what it says. | Reviews and placement are theirs. | You do. It’s your page. |
When Yelp is the better answer
03 — HonestlyYelp has enormous consumer reach, and for restaurants, salons, and anything with a storefront it is often the first place someone checks. If reviews are how your clients decide, you want to be where the reviews are. JustBAU is not a review site and does not pretend to be one. It is the page you own — the one you put on a card, in a bio, or in a text message — where somebody who already wants to hire you can find your number without scrolling past three competitors first.
Questions
04 — 6 answersDoes JustBAU have reviews like Yelp?
JustBAU is a profile and presence tool, not a review directory. The page is about what you do, where you work, and how to reach you.
Can I use JustBAU and Yelp at the same time?
Yes. A lot of people keep a Yelp listing for the reviews and use a JustBAU page as the link they actually share — in a bio, on a card, or in a text.
Will my JustBAU page show up in search?
Your public profile is a real page search engines can read, built around your name, services, and service area — so clients can land straight on it.
Is JustBAU free?
Yes. Creating a profile and publishing a listing are free. No credit card to sign up.
Who is JustBAU for?
Independent workers who do the work themselves — plumbers, stylists, therapists, photographers, tutors. Not factories, wholesale, or staffing agencies. US listings.
What do I need to publish a listing?
Your city or service area states, how you meet people, a Contact Method, a logo or headshot, at least one service, and a name plus a short pitch. About five minutes.
Stop paying to be seen.
Publish a page with your services, your service area, and your Contact Methods. Free to publish, no credit card.
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