Store Locator Plus® SaaS versus WordPress Plugins

Posted by lcleveland in FAQ, for Everything, for WordPress, Getting Started, Plans, Support, What To Buy

Store Locator Plus® for WordPress plugins are NOT the same thing as our Store Locator Plus® SaaS service. This article will describe the differences between Store Locator Plus® SaaS versus WordPress plugins.

SaaS

All Store Locator Plus® software updates are handled for you.

There are no Google or other map location service API keys to manage.

Store Locator Plus® bills a low easy-to-understand monthly fee.

WordPress

You must manage your own Store Locator Plus® software updates.

Google requires an API key for all products using their map software. You must create, manage, and secure your own API key.

Google will bill you for every map view and location geocoding request. Rates are on a sliding scale and are different for map views and location look-ups.

Most Common “What Should I Buy” Questions

Posted by cici in What To Buy

Some of the most common features requested are included with either the Plug-in for WordPress using add-ons OR a higher level plan if you use the all inclusive (but separate from the plug-in) Store Locator Plus Software as a Service (SaaS)

Import Locations ( SLP PLUGIN needs add-on Power or the SLP Software as a service needs the Professional level MySLP )
Export Locations ( Power add-on or if using the SaaS Professional level MySLP )
Map Markers Based On Category ( Power add-on or if using the SLP SaaS Professional level or higher MySLP
Cluster Map Markers ( Premier SUBSCRIPTION PLUG-IN or the SaaS Enterprise level )
Change The Layout ( Experience add-on or the Professional level SaaS plan)
Change The Look Of The Map ( Experience add-on or the Professional level SaaS plan)
Add Location Search To Other Pages ( Experience /add-on or the Professional )
Categorize Locations ( Power add-on or the Professional level or higher MySLP )
Associate Products With Locations ( Power add-on or the Professional level or higher MySLP )
List By City or State ( Experience SLP plug-in add-on or the Professional level or higher SaaS)
Creating SEO Pages From Locations ( Power add-on for the WordPress SLP plug-in. Not available for SLP SaaS)
Add directory listing from Locations (Power/Professional level or higher MySLP)
Bulk filters such as geocode all uncode (Power/Professional level or higher MySLP)
Add url controls (Premier subscription WPSLP or Enterprise level MySLP)

MySLP to WPSLP Comparison

Advanced is comparable to the basic Store Locator Plus plugin.

Professional is the Power level (excluding SEO Pages) plus the Experience add on.

Enterprise is the Professional level plan plus the Premier subscription features, functionality and support services.

Read below for answers to these questions and check out our other “What To Buy” articles.

Store Locator Plus Discrete Searches

Posted by lcleveland in Experience Add-on, for WordPress, Our Add Ons, Search, Settings, What To Buy

The Experience add-on for WordPress SLP or the Professional level Plan for MySLP SaaS provides a “search by city”, “search by state”, and “search by country” feature. This search form element, when enabled, will build a drop down list based on the locations in your database. This is meant to provide a hint to the user where your locations are.

The Advance level or basic SLP search button looks for locations closest based on your other search form settings. If your default radius is 100 miles and the user selects the state of Texas, the base plug-in will search for all locations within 100 miles of Google’s estimated “center of Texas”. With the Professional level plan you can select certain settings to redirect the search selector and provide other options to direct or assist your site visitor.

What To Buy: Filter By Brand

Posted by lcleveland in Professional, What To Buy

Question

We need to filter our locations by brand. Does your plugin or an extension to your plugin have this feature?

Assigning Brands To Locations

Power add-on for WPSLP (DIY) or the Professional level plan (or higher) for MySLP is the right choice for doing that. Either allows for simple categories or parent/child relationships between categories. Locations can be assigned to one or more categories. Your users can then search for locations based on those categories.

For more complex hierarchical functionality , button bars , horizontal check-boxes for categories and more customized approaches you might want to check out our WPSLP Premier subscription or the MySLP Enterprise level subscription

Add a category for each brand you offer and your users will be able to filter locations showing only those that offer specific brands.

What To Buy : Rank Hide Import 10K Locations With Products Offered

Posted by lcleveland in FAQ, Support, What To Buy

Question: I would like to use your plugin to add location searching to my site. I would like to be able to rank and even possibly remove locations from the search results. Also, each location offers different products of mine. So, if a user selects a product and a zip code I would like to show them locations that offer the product they are looking for ranked in order of my ranking system. I have many locations (10k +). Can you please let me know what add-ons I will need to accomplish my goals? I definitely need to be able to upload CSV.