Listings - Temporarily or Permanently Closing Locations
When should you use "Permanently Closed"?
If your store is closed and will not re-open again
How to set your locations to "Permanently Closed"
Navigate to Listings - Locations - Locations list - Select the location you need to set as ''Permanently Closed''
Scroll down to the ''Permanently Closed'' field and click on it
Tick the box to mark it as ''Permanently Closed'' and click ''Update''
When should you use "Temporarily Closed"?
If you have a seasonal store
If your store will be closed for a short while due to renovations
How to mark your locations as ''Temporarily Closed''?
We have adapted our Listings product according to all the directories' best practices.
Here is how you do it:
Option 1 - Update multiple locations at once
Navigate to: Listings - Locations - Temporarily closed
Click on ''Update multiple''
Select the date through which the locations will be temporarily closed
Select the locations you desire to update by pressing "Select Locations"
Click ''Update''
Option 2 - Update a single location
Navigate to: Listings - Locations - Location list - Select a specific location
Select the desired locations
Click on the ''Temporarily closed'' field
Press the checkbox to confirm you've read the information
Select the date through which the location will be temporarily closed
Click ''Update''
When the end date passes, your Opening Hours will revert to the state they were before the Temporarily Closed hours were set.
Directories
Google Business Profile (GBP)
The location will be marked as ''Temporarily Closed''
On Facebook, the location will be marked as Temporarily Closed.
Foursquare
The location will be marked as temporarily closed.
Apple
The location will be marked as temporarily closed, however, the delay for these changes being posted will be between 40 and 80 hours.
Bing
The location will be marked as temporarily closed.
The following directories do not support this feature, and we will not be sending any data to them:
TomTom
HERE
Factual
Updated on: 02/09/2024
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