List your business on LOCALGardendale.com
Send us your photos and one short video. We combine them into a finished video and post it to YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook — plus your listing in the directory.
What we do with your files
We build the video for you
We take all of your photos and your video clip and edit them together into one finished promo video. That video gets posted to our YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook channels and lives on your directory listing. You don’t edit anything — you just send good source files.
One submission, four platforms
How it works
Four steps, start to live
- 1
Check which plan you're in
Storefront businesses customers can walk into are free. Service businesses that work at the customer's home or location pay $100 for 6 months.
- 2
Take your photos to the guidelines
Follow the exact shot list below. Submissions that skip a required shot are rejected — no exceptions.
- 3
Upload your photos and add your Drive link
Photos upload straight on the submission form. Your 10-second video clip(s) go in a single Google Drive folder, shared so anyone with the link can view.
- 4
Send it for review
Include your business name, address and phone. We review, produce your video and publish your listing.
Which plan are you in?
Storefront businesses
Free
For retail and storefront businesses customers can walk into for service — shops, restaurants, salons, studios, clinics with a public location.
- 4 photos (exact shot list below)
- 1 video clip, 10 seconds max
- Edited social video posted on all 4 platforms
- Full directory listing: name, address, phone
- Printable coupon (upgrade only)
Service businesses
$100total for 6 months
Flat rate — not $100/month
For mobile, residential and other out-of-store services — contractors, mobile detailing, in-home care, anything performed at the customer's location.
- Up to 8 photos
- Up to 4 video clips, 10 seconds each
- Edited social video posted on all 4 platforms
- Online coupon you can edit any time
- Full directory listing: name, address, phone
- Listed near the top of your industry in Shop Local Gardendale
Upgrade — any business
$100total for 6 months
Flat rate — not $100/month
Free storefront listings can upgrade any time and get the exact same package as paid service businesses.
- Up to 8 photos total
- Up to 4 video clips, 10 seconds each
- Longer edited video from all your clips
- Printable coupon, stamped LOCALGardendale.com
- Change your coupon offer whenever you want
- Listed near the top of your industry in Shop Local Gardendale
Gardendale's Pick — category exclusive
$600total for 6 months
Flat rate — not $600/month
One business per industry. You hold the #1 position in Garden AI's answers and at the top of Shop Local Gardendale for your category. Food and drink is claimed by cuisine type — one barbecue joint, one pizzeria, one wing spot.
- #1 recommendation in Garden AI for your category
- Top placement in Shop Local Gardendale, with a Gardendale's Pick badge
- Locked to one business per industry — your competitors can't buy it
- Everything in the $100 plan: 8 photos, 4 clips, printable coupon
How to send your video
Google Drive link only — no video uploads
Put your video clip(s) in one Google Drive folder and send us the link on the submission form. We do not accept video uploads on the site. Photos upload directly.
Your link must be fully open
- Sharing set to “Anyone with the link” → Viewer
- Download allowed — we need to pull the original files
- One folder holding every clip
These will be rejected
- Password-protected or “request access” links
- Folders restricted to specific email addresses
- Links limited to one company or school domain
- Download disabled for viewers
Test your own link in a private/incognito window before you send it. If it asks for a login or access request, we can’t download it and your submission goes back to you.
Photo requirements
The 4 shots we need (free listings)
- 1Front of your business — the storefront, sign visible
- 2Inside your business — where customers actually stand
- 3A product, dish or service shot
- 4One more product, dish, team or detail shot
Shoot horizontal or vertical, in focus, well lit, no heavy filters and no other company’s logo. On the $100 plan you can send up to 8 photos — same quality rules, the 4 shots above still required.
Video requirements
10 seconds per clip, shot on your phone
- Free listing: 1 clip, 10 seconds max
- $100 plan or upgrade: up to 4 clips, 10 seconds each
- Steady, landscape or vertical, real audio is fine
- Original quality file in Drive — not a screen recording
- No video uploads through this website
We handle the editing, music, captions and posting.
Submissions that don’t follow the guidelines are rejected. If a required shot is missing, the photos are unusable, a clip runs past 10 seconds or the Google Drive link isn’t open to anyone with the link, we will reject the submission and email you what to fix. Resubmitting is free — we just can’t publish an incomplete set.
$100 plan only
Build your own printable coupon
- Create your offer on our platform in a few clicks
- Change the offer or expiration date whenever you want
- Every coupon is stamped LOCALGardendale.com in multiple spots
- Customers can download and print it, or show it on their phone
- Not included on free storefront listings
LOCALGardendale.com
Your offer
Your business name • Gardendale, AL
Ready when you are
Send your business info and Drive link
Include your business name, street address, phone number, which plan you want, your photos, and the open Google Drive folder link for your video. We review every submission before it goes live, and Garden AI starts recommending approved partners right away.
Submit your business