Our service is primarily to the South African public who are having to deal with the death of a loved one and we are glad to have reputable funeral services participating.  The new directory also enables overseas wholesalers and exporters of funeral related goods to list their products in the directory in order to show them to the South African funeral industry and others in the world that visit Funeral Guide.

Please note:  This is not a general directory and we will not accept all entrants.  Funeral Guide is focussed on funeral and related products and services.  We will gladly create more categories in the directory to accomodate your business provided it is in some way death / funeral related.

How to list your business in Funeral Guide's directory:

1.  First    to create your own username and password which you need to keep in order to update your information in the future. 

2. Click the link that will be sent to you via e-mail to activate your account.

3.  Login (using your username and password)

4.  Once logged in, select the page 'Add Listing' which is in the dropdown under the 'List with us' page.

5.  Click on the little round dot to select your primary subscription which is either an ordinary listing or a special listing.  Then, click 'purchase subscription' at the bottom of the page.  (unfortunately the technology does not allow secondary subscriptions to be selected until primary subscriptions have been paid for).

6.  A pro-forma invoice will open - insert your details, in order for your details to appear on your invoice.

7.  Then select from the two payment methods below, either secure credit card (online payment via virtual card services) or Internet transfer, (offline payment via your bank).    If you select the credit card option, you can pay via credit card and will be able to create your page directly after your payment has been made.  If you select Internet Transfer, you will receive an e-mail with Funeral Guide's bank details in order to make the payment via your bank and we will be notified to look out for a payment on our side.  You will then need to make the deposit offline and we will then activate your subscription manually once the payment we have verified your payment.  (The credit card option is quicker).

8.  Once payment is made and you are ready to create your page.  Make sure you are logged in, then select 'Add listing' in the dropdown beneath 'list with us' or in the 'user menu' which is only visible when you are logged in. 

9.  The 'Add listing' page is where you fill all your details in, as you wish it to appear on your listing, name, address, etc. in the spaces labelled as such.

10.  Don't worry about mistakes, any time you want to update your page day or night, simply 'login' and update your information.  Your page on Funeral Guide is controlled by you.

11.  One month before your subscription expires, you will get an e-mail notification, to renew your subscription or it will expire.  Any time in the future you choose to revive your subscription, it will still be there to be renewed as long as you login, the system will recognise you and link you to your history. 

How to edit your listing:

Step 1.  Login.

Step 2.  Once you are sucessfully logged in - find your listing.  An easy way to find it is to click on the 'view listings' page under 'list with us'.  Click on your category to open it up and scroll down to your listing.

Step 3.  On your listing (only when you are logged in), you will see a few icons next to your heading, (these icons do not appear when you are not logged in).

Step 4.  Click the 'edit' icon next to your heading, this will open up your entry.

Step 5.  Here you can make whatever changes you would like to your listing and at the bottom you will see the words, [send / apply / cancel]

Step 6.  Click [apply] to save and keep the record open, or click [send] to save and close the page.  If you click [send] and you want to continue editing, then click the [edit] button again to open the page and continue.

Some social networking tips to help you make the most of it:

1.  Ask your best customers to give you a star rating and add comments to your page,  this will help your business look good to prospective customers.

2.  Drop a line every now and then on Funeral Guide's facebook page or add a comment onto the blog (even older articles, they are still read for a long time to come), remember when creating a comment always to fill the 'website' space in with your website address (URL) or if you don't have a website, with the URL/address that appears in the browser window at the top of the page when your page on Funeral Guide is open.  This way your comment will lead customers to your contact details and service offering.  That is how you spread your internet footprint, improve your visibility and your google rating. 

3.  The more visible your business is, the more familiar you become, and the public love to use products and services they are familiar and comfortable with, so let them get to know you.  Thats what social networking is all about and Funeral Guide's whole platform is there for you, so have fun and don't be affraid to put a bit of personality into making your services shine.

4.  Comments on your business enable the customer to see testimonials and recommendations.

5.  Star ratings show people how many people like your business, the more people who have rated you - the better.

6.  Just like everything, the more you participate, the more it works.

7.  This is supposed to be fun, enjoy it. 

Primary Subscriptions:

1.  Ordinary Listing  -  Only R600 (once off payment) for a full 12 Month /
1 year subscription

An Ordinary Listing includes the following features:

• A page in Funeral Guide's directory with full contact details including e-mail, website link and unlimited space to describe your products/services
• One picture to upload your business logo, shop-front, a product or a friendly face.  As you upload your picture it it will automatically resize to 120 by 120 pixels or 42.33 by 42.33mm.  It is best to load a picture close to that size to avoid quality loss.
• Your business location displayed on a Google Map.
• Your customers can add comments and compliments to your page, with automatic e-mail notification to be published/deleted by you.
• All listings have star ratings, so the more happy customers you have, the better your company will look to prospective customers.
• Your listing can be 'liked' on Facebook or 'tweeted' on Twitter, enabling your customers to share your business details with their entire social network with a click of a button.
• Every listing has its own individual hit counter, which records a hit every time someone clicks on your link and views your full page.
• These listings also exist outside of Funeral Guide's directory, they are individually listed in Google and other search engines and can be found based on the wording you use within your page, the more descriptive words you use within your text the more favourably your business will be listed on the internet.
• Your listing also includes your own chosen keywords and ‘meta description’ which is the line that people see in Google beneath your company name enticing them to click on your link.

2. Special Listing -  Only R800 (once off payment) for a full 12 Month/ 
1 year subscription

• ALL ‘Ordinary Listing’ features apply PLUS you can upload 4 extra pictures (will automatically resize to 400 by 400 pixels / 141 by 141mm)
• Your business appears in the 'Recommended Listings' left panel of Funeral Guide.
• ‘Special Listings’ also enjoy a higher ranking within the directory than ‘Ordinary Listings’

Additional Subscriptions

The ‘Ordinary Listing’ and ‘Special Listing’ are ‘primary subscriptions’.  In order to qualify for any of the ‘additional subscriptions’, your business must already have a ‘Primary Subscription’.

Branch Listing  -   R300 (once off payment) for a 12 month subscription

• All ‘Ordinary Listing’ features apply
• Only the one picture/logo, no extra pictures

Secondary Product Listing (with pictures)  -   R350 (once off payment) for a 12 month subscription

• All ‘Ordinary Listing’ features apply
• Can upload up to 4 extra pictures (will automatically resize to 400 by 400 pixels / 141 by 141mm)

Secondary Product Listing (without pictures) –  R250 (once off payment) for a 12 month subscription

• All ‘Ordinary Listing’ features apply
• Only the one picture/logo, no extra pictures

6 Month Banner  -  R800 (once off payment) for 6 month subscription

• Banner displaying in the side panel of Funeral Guide linking to your website or linking to your full page on Funeral Guide if you don't have a website.
• Banner Artwork to be supplied and uploaded by you.  The software will automatically resize it to fit 162 x 162 pixels or 57.15 x 57.15mm.

12 Month Banner  -  R1200 (once off payment) for 12 month subscription

• Same as the 6th month banner, just a 12 month term at a discounted price.