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Practical guides for getting found on Google, knowing what a website should cost, and taking orders on WhatsApp. Free to follow on your own.

• Google Map par apni dukan kaise dalein: poora tareeqa.

  Google Maps par apna business free mein kaise dalein: naam, category, location, phone aur video verification, qadam ba qadam. Koi paisa nahi lagta.

• Your Google Maps listing: a checklist you can do yourself.

  Twelve things to check on your Google Business Profile: name, category, Ramzan and Eid hours, photos, reviews and website link. Free to do yourself.

• Someone else controls your Google listing? How to get it back.

  Your listing is on Google Maps but an old employee or an agency controls it. Google's own ownership request, step by step, and what to do if it is refused.

• Google Business Profile verification: every method, step by step

  How Google verifies your listing: video, phone or SMS, email, live call or postcard. What each needs, how long it takes, and what to do when it fails.

• Change your name, hours, phone or location on Google

  Edit your Google listing yourself: name, hours, phone, address and service area. Why edits stay pending, when you must verify again, and what not to do.

• Google reviews: how to get more, reply, and report fake ones

  How to get more Google reviews honestly, reply to good and bad ones, and report fake or abusive reviews, step by step from Google's own help pages.

• Photos on your Google listing: sizes, pending, and what works

  The photo sizes and formats Google accepts, how to add a logo and cover photo, why photos stay pending, and the video limits, from Google's own help page.

• Google listing suspended? What to do, step by step.

  Your Google listing was suspended. Why it happens, Google's appeals tool step by step, the documents that help in Pakistan, and what never to do.

• Free business listing sites in Pakistan: which ones still work

  Which business listing sites in Pakistan are free and still work in 2026: Google, Bing, Apple, Foursquare and the local directories, each one checked.

• Starting an online business in Pakistan: the free first steps

  Starting an online business in Pakistan with no budget: WhatsApp Business, a Google listing, payments, delivery, an NTN and a website, in the right order.

• How much does a website cost in Pakistan in 2026?

  What a website really costs in Pakistan in 2026: build price, yearly domain and hosting, what changes cost, and seven questions to ask before you pay.

• Taking orders on WhatsApp: how it works, and how to do it well.

  How WhatsApp ordering works for a Pakistani restaurant or shop: a link that opens the chat with the order written out, and the free Business app.

• Foodpanda commission vs your own ordering page: what each order really costs.

  What Pakistani restaurants pay Foodpanda per order and per month, what the app still does well, and how to take repeat orders on WhatsApp, commission-free.

Who they are for

Owners of restaurants, sweet shops, wedding halls, salons and other small businesses in Pakistan who get most of their customers from Google Maps and WhatsApp, and who want to fix what they can themselves before paying anyone.

What you need

Nothing paid. A phone, your Google account and the free WhatsApp Business app are enough for every step.

Where to start

Start with the Google Maps checklist. Most people find a local business on Maps first, and a wrong category, missing hours or no photos loses them before they ever see a website. Then read how WhatsApp ordering works, so the people who do find you can order in one message.