The founding spot is an optional paid extra: you never pay to be listed or to claim your profile. One payment covers 12 months. Bobby tells you the price when he calls, and asking doesn't commit you to anything.
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Free for any Winnipeg business to be listed. Rankings can't be bought, and anything paid is clearly labelled.
Winnipeg Picks is edited by Bobby Rocha, who lives in Winnipeg. He also runs Rocket Fuel Reviews, a marketing company for local businesses. Its clients are ranked by the same formula as everyone else and labelled wherever they appear. How we stay independent
Claim your profile or ask about a spot
See exactly what you'd get
Meet Whiskeyjack Plumbing & Heating, a made-up example business. Here is its listing the way a founding member's would look, next to the free version.
Your featured spot sits right above the rankings
On your trade's guide, a founding member's featured spot sits just below the map and above the ranked list, labelled as paid. Your rank in the list stays exactly where your Google reviews put it.
- Who to callThe top 3, whoever is open right now first
- Find one near youThe map
- Your featured spot goes here
ExampleFeatured · paid placement
Your logoWhiskeyjack Plumbing & Heating Paid · Founding member
Water heaters, basement bathrooms and same-week repairs across south Winnipeg.
Paid placement. It does not change the ranking.
- All 12, ranked EarnedFrom Google reviews. Can't be bought.
- Top picks, how to choose, costs, questionsThe rest of the guide
Free looks good. Founding stands out.
ExampleFree profile
Your logoWhiskeyjack Plumbing & Heating
#4 of 12 for plumbing in Winnipeg
- Hours
- Mon to Sat, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Based in
- Fort Garry
What customers mention most
- On time or early · 31 reviews
- Left the place clean · 24 reviews
- Explained the options · 19 reviews
Your photoFounding members also get
- Featured spot on the guide
- Photo gallery
- Google Business Profile tune-up and audit
- About us, specialties and a feature interview
Free for any business with 10 or more Google reviews.
ExampleFounding member profile Paid · Founding member
Your logoWhiskeyjack Plumbing & Heating
#4 of 12 for plumbing in Winnipeg
- Hours
- Mon to Sat, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Based in
- Fort Garry
What customers mention most
- On time or early · 31 reviews
- Left the place clean · 24 reviews
- Explained the options · 19 reviews
+ Founding Featured spot on the plumbing guide
Shown beside the ranked list, labelled as paid.
+ Founding Photo gallery
Your photo
Your photo
Your photo
Your photo+ Founding Google Business Profile tune-up and audit
A written audit of your Google Business Profile, the listing people see on Google Maps, and the fixes done for you. Free setup if you don't have one yet.
+ Founding About us, in your words
A family-run shop in Fort Garry with two trucks and four licensed plumbers. We do water heaters, basement bathroom rough-ins and the repairs nobody else wants to come out for.
- Water heaters
- Basement bathrooms
- Furnace tune-ups
+ Founding Feature interview
From apprentice to two trucks: how Whiskeyjack built a south Winnipeg plumbing shop
Same rank as the free profile. Membership never changes it.
Free, or one of 10 founding spots
| What you get | Free | Founding member10 spots, one per trade |
|---|---|---|
| Listed and ranked in your trade's guide | Yes | Yes, same rank |
| Profile page in your own words | With 10+ reviews | Yes |
| Your logo and photos | Logo + 1 photo | Photo gallery |
| Featured spot beside the rankings | No | Yes |
| Founding member badge | No | Yes |
| Google Business Profile tune-up + audit report | No | Yes |
| Feature interview + social media spotlight | No | Yes |
| Google Business Profile setup if you have none | No | Yes |
Free: every business we find is listed in its trade's guide for free. Any Winnipeg business with 10 or more Google reviews can also claim a free profile page, ranked or not.
Founding member: 10 spots, one per trade, for the first business in each trade to back the guide. The founding spot is an optional paid extra: you never pay to be listed or to claim your profile. One payment covers 12 months. Bobby tells you the price when he calls, and asking doesn't commit you to anything.
Founding spots: Plumbing: openEmergency Plumbing: openFurnace Repair: openGarage Door Repair: openAppliance Repair: openMoving: openSeniors and Downsizing Moves: openJunk Removal and Bin Rental: openPest Control: openLocksmiths: openOther trades: ask
Founding members carry this badge: Paid · Founding member
Featured: a paid featured spot for any business, opening once the founding spots are filled.
Questions owners ask
Can I pay to rank higher?
No. Every business is ranked by the same formula from its Google reviews, founding members included. Paid extras are labelled and sit beside the ranked list, never in it.
What does a founding spot cost?
The founding spot is an optional paid extra: you never pay to be listed or to claim your profile. One payment covers 12 months. Bobby tells you the price when he calls, and asking doesn't commit you to anything. If you renew after 12 months, you keep the founding rate.
What do I get with a free profile?
Any Winnipeg business with 10 or more Google reviews can claim a free profile page, ranked or not: describe the business in your own words, list your main services and the areas you serve, and add your logo and a photo. Hours, phone number and address come from your Google listing, so change those on Google and we pick them up at the next update. The form below takes about five minutes.
My trade doesn't have a guide yet.
Guides live now: plumbers, emergency plumbers, furnace repair companies, garage door repair companies, appliance repair companies, movers, movers for seniors, junk removal companies, pest control companies and locksmiths. You can still ask about a founding spot: tell us your trade in the form.
Who runs Winnipeg Picks?
Bobby Rocha, who lives in Winnipeg. He also runs Rocket Fuel Reviews, a marketing company for local businesses. Its clients are ranked by the same formula as everyone else and labelled wherever they appear.
Is Whiskeyjack Plumbing & Heating a real business?
No. It is a made-up example business, used on this page to show what a built-out listing looks like.
I can't find my business on the site.
We start each guide from the businesses Google Maps lists under that trade in and around Winnipeg, so a business can be missed, often because Google lists it under a different category. Send it with the form ("Add my business"), and paste your Google Maps link if you can.
Bobby checks every request against the same rules: a real business serving Winnipeg, with a Google Business Profile in that trade, and not a duplicate or a call centre posing as a local business. Approved businesses go in at the next monthly update of their trade's guide and are ranked by the same formula as everyone else. Adding is free, and no one can pay to be added faster. If a business doesn't qualify yet, Bobby tells you why.
P.S. A free profile costs nothing and takes one form. Founding spots are one per trade, and 10 of the 10 live trades are still open.