Claim & Optimize: Grow Your Farm Business with Agrocado

Agrocado offers more than just a directory—it is your essential partner to grow your farm business online. This complete, step-by-step guide is designed for US producers, markets, and agritourism operators to secure your free Basic Plan. Follow these three steps to successfully claim and optimize your profile, giving you the power to outrank competitors and attract more high-intent local customers.

3 Steps to a Powerful Local Listing

Claim and Verify Your Profile for Local Authority

Your business may already be listed on Agrocado. The first step is to secure ownership of that profile or create a new one. This gives you control of your brand and allows you to list, edit, optimize and keep your details up to date for your business profile.

Key Actions:

• Search for your business by name or location here.
• If found, click on your business and look for the “Claim Listing?” button on the business details/profile page.
• Follow the prompts to either create an account, login, or input details (if already logged in) to verify your claim.
  • Email verification is required. If you have trouble finding verification emails, be sure to check your junk or spam email folders as verification emails are sometimes mistakenly filtered there.
• If your business is not already listed, simply use the “Add my Business” option and follow the prompts.
• After your account is created, you are logged in and your business is created or claimed, simply click on your business and click the “Edit” or “Upgrade” buttons to control the details of your listing. Alternatively, when logged in click the “Your Agrocado” dropdown in the header and select “Profile” to view and manage your listing(s) or “Account” to view subscriptions, invoices or edit other settings and details.

Optimize Your Listing Details for Maximum Local Traffic

An accurate profile is a fundamental requirement to successfully boost your local visibility. Focus on integrating specific keywords and high-quality visuals to transform your listing from a basic profile into a powerful customer magnet.

Key Optimization Fields:

• Business Title & Description: Ensure your business name is correct and your description is written with common, specific product or service terms that users search.
• Address: If your location is in a place not recognized in the address input fields (as is sometimes the case in rural areas), you can drag and drop the map marker icon to the precise correct location on the map in the listing details form. Ensure your details are correct.
• Operating Hours: Always make sure you have your correct current seasonal or weekly days and hours (and time zone) set.
• High-Quality Images: Use your images to showcase your location and products.
• Business Categories & Tags: Select all relevant categories (e.g., “Farm Visits & Agritourism” + “U-Pick & Seasonal Harvest”, or “Farm Stands & On-Farm Markets” + “Dairy & Eggs”) and tags. Ensure your default category is appropriately set. A list of our optimized tags can be found here.
• Website & Social Links: Connect to your website, Facebook, and Instagram to drive traffic to your other assets or marketing & sales channels. Verify your linked website and social media profile links work properly by clicking through them on your profile page.

Maintain & Enhance Your Profile to Drive Ongoing Growth

Search engines and local customers reward freshness. Regularly update your profile with new information about inventory, events, or seasonal changes.

Growth Strategies:

• Update Inventory and Events: Announce weekly products or upcoming tours to draw traffic.
• Encourage Reviews: Customer reviews are one of the most important factors to boost local visibility and build trust. Respond promptly and professionally.
• Consider Upgrading: If you need more visibility (as can be the case whether your business is located in a saturated market and struggling to stand out, or if you are on the outskirts of a high traffic area), the Featured Plan adds a distinguishing badge to your business, increases your image capacity, and spotlights your listing in prominent places on Agrocado for users within a 50 mile radius. The Online Store Plan works similarly but expands the scope to nationwide. Learn more about plans here.

Maximize Your Listing

Optimization is an ongoing process. Review your profile monthly and update photos with new seasonal products to keep your listing fresh and engaging.

Agrocado Growth Guides: Free Resources for Your Farm Business

To help you maximize your visibility and sales, we’ve developed guides covering the most critical aspects of a successful farm business profile. These guides are your key to leveraging your Agrocado profile for maximum return.