We have said it before and will say it again, it’s not just about getting listed, it’s about getting listed in the right places, at the right time, with data that can scale and adapt to your client’s growth. At Local Data Exchange, we’ve designed our Listings API to offer flexibility, accuracy, and reach. That starts with understanding our three main packages: Core Search, Core Navigation, and Network Solution.

Each of these packages serves a specific set of publishers based on industry relevance and data flow mechanisms. There’s a combination that fits your needs whether you’re targeting visibility in traditional search platforms or expanding into GPS and voice navigation.

1. Core Search Package: Your Foundational Visibility Layer

The Core Search Package is designed to help businesses appear across the most common local search and business directories used by consumers today. It covers high-value platforms like Google, Bing, Foursquare, Apple Maps and Amazon Alexa. These publishers directly influence customer discovery and drive search traffic.

Key Features:

• Integrates with major search platforms
  
• Real-time updates via our network provider
  
• Built for accuracy and responsiveness
  
• Essential for SEO visibility in search engine local packs
  

Most importantly, Core Search operates through an integration with our network provider, not syndication. This allows for better tracking and update control, and means you’re not waiting on indirect feeds to reflect changes but working with each publisher timeline.

Pricing Example:
If your platform manages 500 locations, the cost is $500 per month. If you’re managing 7,000 locations, that rate drops and you’d pay $5250 per month.

Local Data Exchange works with a volume-based structure that helps you scale efficiently.

2. Core Navigation Package: For GPS, Maps, and In-Car Systems

The Core Navigation Package expands your presence into navigation systems and in-car platforms, helping businesses get discovered not only online but en route. This package includes Google, Waze, Navmii, TomTom, Uber and HERE, which power a variety of consumer and enterprise-level navigation tools.

Key Features:

• Critical for businesses relying on foot traffic or service radius
  
• Enables presence in vehicle infotainment systems
  
• Also managed through our network provider, not syndication
  
• Ideal for delivery, healthcare, retail, or any industry that relies on accurate mapping
  

By leveraging direct integrations through our provider, updates to name, address, phone number (NAP), categories, and other structured data are pushed in real time or near real time to each platform.

Pricing Example:
A brand managing 500 pays $1000 per month. But scale that to 7000 locations, and the cost would be $7000. That’s a 50% discount for growing businesses needing wide navigational reach. And, if you manage even more locations the price would also go down more.

3. Network Solution Package: Syndication-Based Distribution

Unlike the other two, the Network Solution Package works entirely via syndication. That means listings are distributed through a larger data feed sent to a network of secondary publishers. While updates are not immediate and tracking may vary, this package greatly increases breadth of presence.

Key Features:

• Syndication-based (not direct API updates)
  
• Covers niche and regional directories, data aggregators, and long-tail platforms
  
• Ideal for businesses seeking broad digital footprint or enhanced SEO juice
  
• Less control over update timing but significant coverage expansion
  

The Network Solution Package is often best used in combination with our Profile Finder tool, providing strong control on critical publishers while ensuring coverage on long-tail or niche ones.

Why Packages Matter for SaaS SEO Platforms

If you’re building a local SEO solution for multi-location brands, you already understand the value of structured data and consistent NAP information. Our Listings API packages allow you to deploy that data in ways that match the specific goals of your clients, whether that’s showing up on Google Maps, being found on car GPS, or populating hundreds of lesser-known directories that still influence search rankings.

And since each package has tiered pricing by volume, you’re never locked into a flat rate that doesn’t match your operational scale. Whether your clients have 50 locations or 50,000, our model rewards you for growth and helps keep costs predictable and transparent.

Choosing the Right Mix

You’re not locked into just one package. Many of our clients start with Core Search, add Navigation for their automotive or delivery-oriented clients, and then include the Network Solution to cast a wider net. The choice depends on:

• Industry verticals
  
• Geo-distribution
  
• SEO objectives (visibility vs conversions)
  
• Budget
  

If you’re not sure where to start, our team is here to help with technical consultations, use case alignment, and sandbox access for testing.

Multi-location businesses can’t afford to treat listings management as a checkbox. It’s a dynamic, data-driven strategy and the right package setup can mean the difference between ranking high and getting overlooked. By aligning our Listings API packages to your needs, Local Data Exchange helps you deliver better results, faster updates, and smarter visibility at scale.