How it works and your common questions answered
Step 1: Consultation & Pricing
The first thing to do is to get in touch for a free consultation. If you’re local, we’ll pop along to meet you and take a look at your business. If you’re further away, we’ll ask for some reference photos or a floor plan/sketch of your business layout. We’ll discuss what you want to showcase in your tour and how you’d like to use it. Every business is different, so while we have a pricing guide, the exact layout and size of your tour reflects the final price.
Once we know how your tour layout, we’ll give you a one-off fixed price. When you’re ready to proceed, we’ll get you booked in for your Google Tour photoshoot!
Step 2: Your listing on Google Maps
All Google Virtual Tours are attached to a listing on Google Maps. This is your business’s most prominent digital asset and powers most of the organic search results for your business. We’ll check you’re listed correctly and advise you of anything that needs to be looked at. Google listings are free to set up.
Step 3: Your Google Virtual Tour Photoshoot
We’ll arrive at your business at the scheduled time and date. You will need to have the business presented as you would like it to appear on your tour. Take special care to ensure everything is tidy and looks neat. Hide unnecessary clutter behind doors that won’t feature in your tour and make sure that desks are tidy and bins are empty or hidden away. Your tour will be the first point of contact for many prospective new customers, we’ll help ensure that the first impression is the best it can be. We’ve been creating virtual tours since 2003 so there are lots of little things we can help with to make sure everything looks good!
Most shoots take around 2-3 hours, but we’ll advise of the estimated shoot time when we book you in.
Step 4: Editing and Moderation
After your shoot is complete we will process all the photos and stitch them together to create your Google Tour. Number plates and the faces of the general public are blurred for privacy. Then, using our Streetview software, we’ll set up your tour, make sure it all works seamlessly, then integrate and connect it to your business on Google Maps and Street View.
Payment is due on the day of your photoshoot and most tours are edited and published within 2-4 weeks of the shoot date at the very latest.
Step 5: Publishing
Once editing and moderation are complete, your tour will be published and live on Google Maps. It will appear alongside your business details in Organic search results, on Google Maps, and on Streetview. At this point, you can also add your tour to your own website free of charge with the standard Google Maps embed feature.