Zip code question

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  • July 23, 2019 at 3:54 pm #499155

    Joe Bjorklund
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    Hello
    I am building a national directory of Realtors. Since a Realtor can only cover a certain geographic area, I want to sell listings per zip code. My question is this: Within GD would each zip code be it’s own CPT? What would be the best way for users to get to a particular zip code and see the listings? Thank you

    July 23, 2019 at 7:26 pm #499212

    Alex Rollin
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    Perhaps a tag, have you tried that?

    July 23, 2019 at 7:43 pm #499216

    Paolo
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    If you want to charge per number of ZIP code selected, categories would be the only way to go. So each ZIP code is a category.

    And for each price you allow a growing number of categories.

    That said, GeoDirectory is not really made for similar sites.

    It is designed to show the location (1 address) where the business/place is located, not the areas that it serves.

    Thanks

    July 23, 2019 at 10:39 pm #499268

    Joe Bjorklund
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    Thank you. That makes total sense about the areas served. Any advice on how to build out the directory so that they could buy a separate city without the physical address? If a Realtor has an office in Dallas but can cover Houston, any advice on how to best set that up? Any way to do a “virtual” office? I guess I could use a field that says other areas served in the add listing page. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

    July 23, 2019 at 10:57 pm #499270

    Paolo
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    The only workaround would be the franchising manager add-on, asking them for each franchise listing to only add the city name as the address.

    July 23, 2019 at 11:31 pm #499280

    Joe Bjorklund
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    OK, so to confirm, there is no way to remove the “address” field when they add their listing. Every GD listing must have a physical address, correct?

    Thank you for all of your help with this.

    July 24, 2019 at 5:51 am #499307

    Kor
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    Hi Joe,

    Thanks for your reply. You can disable physical location/address using this option https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs-v2/places/custom/#address . But doing that will affect the entire CPT.

    July 24, 2019 at 2:16 pm #499373

    Joe Bjorklund
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    Thank you Paolo and Kor. I appreciate the input. I will try that and see what it looks like without the physical address. My challenge now is how to break down each user category. I can’t decide if it is by zip code category or city category. The thought is to make every membership the same $$$ and limit the number of subscribers based on the size of each zip or city. Thanks again.

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