SmartDirectoryAI

Hello Ai Hustler's, Imagine if our directory wasn’t just a place to find businesses—but also the go-to marketplace where people in every neighborhood could buy and sell items. That’s the opportunity we’re missing right now. 🔎 The Problem: While business directories are useful, they sometimes lack the “stickiness” that keeps people coming back daily. Users may search once for a service, but after that, there’s little reason to return regularly. This limits both engagement and visibility for listed businesses. 💡 The Solution: A Classifieds Section where individuals and businesses can list new or used items for sale in their local areas. Platforms like www.emoo.bm and www.emoo.com have proven how powerful this model is for driving consistent traffic and community engagement. ✅ The Benefits: More Exposure for Local Businesses: As more people visit the directory daily to browse classifieds, listed businesses automatically gain higher visibility. Community Value: Users get a trusted, local platform to buy and sell items—making the directory indispensable in their daily lives. Revenue Growth: Paid ads, featured listings, or promoted posts for classifieds create a fresh, ongoing income stream for the platform. 📢 Call to Action: If you believe this feature would make our directory stronger, more engaging, and more valuable to both users and businesses, please upvote this suggestion so it gets the attention it deserves. Let’s work together to transform the directory into a true community hub that grows traffic and generates sustainable revenue. Thank you for considering this feature upgrade! Kind Regards, Ai Profit Hustler's

The single biggest factor that drives platforms like Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist is repeat daily traffic — people return because it works. Adding a Marketplace/Classifieds module to SmartDirectory.ai will transform it from a static directory into a daily-use habit, where locals come back to buy, sell, and find jobs or rentals. This guarantees higher consumer engagement and creates real, measurable value for businesses through increased visibility and new monetization streams. To stand out, SmartDirectory.ai must go beyond static business listings by adding a Marketplace/Classifieds module similar to Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist. The real power is repeat engagement: people check these platforms every single day because they work — they find deals, jobs, rentals, and services consistently. A Marketplace keeps users coming back, making the directory a true daily-use hub. Core features should include categories (For Sale, Vehicles, Rentals, Jobs, Services, Free Stuff), a simple posting form (title, price, photos, contact), auto-expiring listings with renewal options, and admin approval. Listings display in grid or list view with category tags and detail pages. Monetization comes from Featured/Boosted ads (pinned spots, multiple categories, homepage carousel). Enhancements like saved searches, alerts, chat, and social sharing make it even stickier. This isn’t just a feature — it’s what transforms SmartDirectory.ai into a local habit and guarantees businesses see real, measurable traffic.

Once a Free Listing is switched to Premium, it sits in the same position in its respective Business Tag / Category. Is there a way to make all Premium Listings "live" above the Free Listings to make them more Premium? lol I think this would be an easy fix to make within SDAI, yes?

An option to create a carousel type of images on the home page to show multiple areas being served. Showing end users different small towns being highlighted.

Have a better way of inserting images inside the Blog editor. Right now, only drag and drop works and can't reposition or change the image alignment. Resizing might also be helpful.

Ability to rename the "Business by tags","Discover Our Free Listings" and "Discover Our Featured Listings"

In building my SDAI site, I actually wondered why we would offer a website to a Premium Business Listing! Businesses may be thinking they will get a website or landing page included in the price.

Once listings are added to the directory, have the ability to label that import by date and other variables such as location to sort the listings. Then have the ability to select them all to add in the rest of your tags in bulk to those listings.

Can we update the directory to say claim your business profile. listing sounds sort of crappy. profile sounds more like gbp and has a better sound to the ear. Community resource + profile for the win.

It seems redundant to have a HOME link in the top nav these days when everyone knows the link is the logo image. It is just taking up space across this area. I also have a category called GREEN HOME, so it looks weird. Thanks.