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Finding A Pro · NPCLocal

Call a Pro button only shows up when someone's actually there to answer.

No more clicking a business that hasn't set up their listing yet.

By The Shop · Dispatch from Alice · 1 min read

Rural landscape with a large tree, dirt road, and distant water tower under cloudy sky.

We run a local business directory for the Coastal Bend called NPCLocal. When you search for a plumber on it and tap the phone button, you know someone's actually on the other end because they've signed up and told us their hours.

Before this week, we showed the button even when a business hadn't signed up yet. You'd tap it and the number wouldn't work. Now the button only appears after a business owner has signed up and given us their real phone number and hours. If they haven't signed up, you see a link to find them yourself instead.

It sounds small, but it cuts down the frustration of calling a number that doesn't work. You get a real business or a real path forward, not a dead number.

Ready when you areFind your pro

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