The Kootenay List

Your business, your record

Add or claim your business

Already on the List, or missing from it, this is the same form either way. It puts the record in your hands: your words, your hours, your pictures. It is free, it stays free, and it takes about five minutes.

Which of these are you doing?

If the business is already on the List, switch to Claim my listing instead. Claiming hands you the entry that exists rather than starting a second one.

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Your business

The business, and how people reach it.

Closest is fine. I file it properly before it goes up.

How people reach youAny one of the three is enough to be listed.

Only give an address if there is a place customers actually visit. Working from home or out of a truck is normal here, and your listing works fine without it.

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What goes on your listing

Fill in what you want shown. Skip anything you would rather not.

This is the one block of your own words on the listing, printed under “In the owner's words” and marked as yours. Say what you actually do, the way a neighbour would say it, because that is what people search for. Up to about 150 words.
Your hoursLeave a day blank if it varies or you would rather not say. Tick Closed for the days you are shut.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Social profilesAll optional. Fill in the ones that are actually used and leave the rest empty. A page name like @thebakery works as well as the full address.
Also on LinkedIn or YouTube?
Your logo and photosA logo and up to four photos. Pick them here and they go with the form.
Logo
Photos (0 of 4)Real pictures of your place, your work, or your team. Only send images you have the right to use. No stock photos or AI pictures standing in for the real thing.
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You, and sending it

So I can check the business is yours and write back.

Not your own business? Fill in what you know and I will check the rest myself.

Used to reply to you about this entry, and nothing else. There is no mailing list.

Free, and it stays free. Every one gets an answer.

The Kootenay List is run by Brett Faucher of Kootenay Made Digital, Castlegar BC. I use what you send only to check this entry and to reply. There is no mailing list, I never sell the list, and I never share your details. Anything here can be corrected or taken down on request: write to hello@kootenaylist.ca.

What your listing can carry

  • What you actually doIn your words, so the people searching for it find you. The public record often files a business under one vague word. Only you can fix that.
  • Your real hoursHowever you actually work, not a guess.
  • Your own wordsShown as yours, in your voice, marked so nobody mistakes it for mine.
  • Your logo and up to four photosOpenable full size, so a poster or a menu can actually be read.
  • A booking or quote linkStraight to your own booking page or contact form.
  • The area you serveFor anyone who travels to the job.
  • Your social profilesFacebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, LinkedIn and YouTube, linked straight from your listing. Whatever you confirm replaces what the List found on its own.
  • The claimed markSo neighbours know the record is yours and kept current.

What the List will never do

  • Charge youNot for the listing, not for the claim, not for a better position. There is nothing to buy.
  • Sell your detailsThe list is not for sale and never will be.
  • Spam youNo mailing list exists. I reply to you, and that is all.
  • Rank by who paidNobody pays, so nothing is sorted by money. Ever.
  • Lock you inAsk and your listing is corrected or removed. Same day where I can.
  • Track your customersNo trackers, no pop-ups, no data sold to anyone.

How it goes

  1. 01You fill this inEverything is optional except your name, your email, and which business it is.
  2. 02I check itI make sure the business is yours, or that a new one is real and reachable. An email from your own website settles it fastest.
  3. 03Your listing changesUsually within a week, and I write back to tell you it is done.

Not sure why you are on here in the first place, or why it is free? Read how the List works for businesses.