What a shop page actually costs over three years, what Google's own rules require of the link in a Business Profile, and what the printed pieces do that a screen cannot. Every figure carries the day it was read from the vendor's page.
The three sets of rules that govern the website field, the menu link and the business name — and the seven mistakes that break one of them.
14 November 2026 · Google Business Profile Help read the same day CostsThree routes priced from each vendor's own page: a one-page site, a general builder, and a restaurant platform — with the three-year arithmetic.
14 November 2026 · Vendor prices read 13–14 November 2026From the Google Maps pin to a QR code that opens the real menu: the chain a food truck has to keep intact, and where it usually breaks.
14 November 2026 PrintingWhat a table tent has to say, how big the code should be, and why the page behind the code matters more than the card it is printed on.
14 November 2026The same three-year arithmetic for a trade that sells appointments: what the monthly plans include, and what a one-off page does not do.
14 November 2026 CostsTwelve lines with prices and durations, the deposit rule, and the booking tool kept where it belongs — linked, not replaced.
14 November 2026 SalonsWhat the Instagram bio link should open — prices with durations, the hours, the deposit rule and the booking button — against Linktree Pro's $14–$17 a month.
14 November 2026 · Vendor prices read 13–14 November 2026 ComparisonLinktree raised its prices. What a year of Pro actually costs a local shop, and what a bio link cannot hold.
November 2026Already paying a builder? Put your own monthly figure into the calculator and see the three-year total.
Name, address, hours, a menu and a phone number are all the form asks for. You get a link, an edit key, and a page that opens in one second on a phone.