Five common cost models
DIY work costs staff time rather than a vendor fee. One-time manual services charge for a defined set of submissions or listings. Cleanup services price the work required to locate and correct bad data. Data-distribution products charge for access to publisher networks. Recurring management tools charge for ongoing synchronization and control.
A headline cost per citation can therefore be misleading if one provider includes audit and cleanup while another sells submission labor only.
FATJOE currently offers manual local citation submissions with duplicate checks, reporting, screenshots, and login details for supported countries. It does not currently provide ongoing citation management.
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What drives the real cost
Complexity rises when a business has moved, uses multiple phone numbers, has duplicate practitioner/location listings, operates in several countries, needs owner verification, or requires industry-specific directories.
Agency costs also include intake, client communication, quality checks, reporting, and future support. Those operational costs can make a seemingly cheap DIY workflow expensive at scale.
How to compare quotes
Ask what counts as completed work, whether existing listings are checked, whether inaccuracies are corrected, whether duplicates are handled, which directories are included, whether login details are supplied, what happens if a listing is rejected, and whether fees recur.
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When paying for fulfillment makes sense
Outsourcing is easiest to justify when the business data is already standardized and the main constraint is time. If the underlying NAP is uncertain, spend effort on the audit and source-of-truth document first.