Send us your photos and one short video. We combine them into a finished video and post it to YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook — plus your listing in the directory.
We take all of your photos and your video clip and edit them together into one finished promo video. That video gets posted to our YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook channels and lives on your directory listing. You don't edit anything — you just send good source files.
One submission, four platforms
How it works
Four steps, start to live
1
Check which plan you're in
Storefront businesses customers can walk into are free. Service businesses that work at the customer's home or location pay $100 for 6 months.
2
Take your photos to the guidelines
Follow the exact shot list below. Submissions that skip a required shot are rejected — no exceptions.
3
Upload your photos and add your Drive link
Photos upload straight on the submission form. Your 10-second video clip(s) go in a single Google Drive folder, shared so anyone with the link can view.
4
Send it for review
Include your business name, address and phone. We review, produce your video and publish your listing.
Which plan are you in?
Storefront businesses
Free
For retail and storefront businesses customers can walk into for service — shops, restaurants, salons, studios, clinics with a public location.
One business per industry. You hold the #1 position in Gem City AI's answers and at the top of Shop Local Dayton for your category. Food and drink is claimed by cuisine type — one taco spot, one sushi bar, one pizzeria.
#1 recommendation in Gem City AI for your category
Top placement in Shop Local Dayton, with a Gem City Pick badge
Locked to one business per industry — your competitors can't buy it
Everything in the $100 plan: 8 photos, 4 clips, printable coupon
Put your video clip(s) in one Google Drive folder and send us the link on the submission form. We do not accept video uploads on the site. Photos upload directly.
Your link must be fully open
Sharing set to "Anyone with the link" → Viewer
Download allowed — we need to pull the original files
One folder holding every clip
These will be rejected
Password-protected or "request access" links
Folders restricted to specific email addresses
Links limited to one company or school domain
Download disabled for viewers
Test your own link in a private/incognito window before you send it. If it asks for a login or access request, we can't download it and your submission goes back to you.
Photo requirements
The 4 shots we need (free listings)
Front of your business — the storefront, sign visible
Inside your business — where customers actually stand
A product, dish or service shot
One more product, dish, team or detail shot
Shoot horizontal or vertical, in focus, well lit, no heavy filters and no other company's logo. On the $100 plan you can send up to 8 photos — same quality rules, the 4 shots above still required.
Video requirements
10 seconds per clip, shot on your phone
Free listing: 1 clip, 10 seconds max
$100 plan or upgrade: up to 4 clips, 10 seconds each
Steady, landscape or vertical, real audio is fine
Original quality file in Drive — not a screen recording
No video uploads through this website
We handle the editing, music, captions and posting.
Submissions that don't follow the guidelines are rejected. If a required shot is missing, the photos are unusable, a clip runs past 10 seconds or the Google Drive link isn't open to anyone with the link, we will reject the submission and email you what to fix. Resubmitting is free — we just can't publish an incomplete set.
$100 plan only
Build your own printable coupon
Create your offer on our platform in a few clicks
Change the offer or expiration date whenever you want
Every coupon is stamped LocalDayton.com in multiple spots
Customers can download and print it, or show it on their phone
Not included on free storefront listings
LocalDayton.com
Your offer
Your business name • Dayton, OH
LocalDayton.comExpires: you choose
Ready when you are
Send your business info and Drive link
Include your business name, street address, phone number, which plan you want, your photos, and the open Google Drive folder link for your video. We review every submission before it goes live, and Gem City AI starts recommending approved partners right away.