‹ Back to Rochester ExplorerFree
- Basic listing
- Your name and contact details – address, opening times, phone and directions
- A picture for your kind of business (photos come with Explorer)
- In search and “Near me”
Explorer
or £43.99 for 6 months · £79.99 a year
- Enhanced listing
- Up to 3 photos
- Your full description, in your own words
- Website and social media links
- Your monthly figures by email
★ Featured
paid 1 or 2 months at a time
Launch offer for founding businesses
A limited number of Rochester businesses can be Featured free until 31 January 2027, then £9.99 a month for a year (normally £14.99). Places are limited – get in touch to ask.
- Everything in Explorer
- ★ Featured star and gold border
- On the app’s front page carousel – two businesses at a time, with a new pair sliding in every few seconds
- Priority placement at the top of your category (cafés, pubs, restaurants or shops)
- A turn in our regular Facebook spotlight
- Your offers in the app’s Offers section
- Monthly stats by email – how many people opened your listing, how often you appeared on the front page and how often your offer was shown at the till
How is Featured kept fair? Each visitor’s app shuffles the Featured businesses into its own order, so no one is stuck at the back of the queue – everyone gets an equal share of the front page and takes turns at the top of their category. The Facebook spotlight is picked at random, and no one is picked twice until everyone has had a turn.
Why list with us
- Visitors on the day – people use it while they’re in Rochester, deciding where to go next.
- Launching for Christmas – in time for the Christmas Market and the Dickensian Christmas.
- Works with no signal – your listing is on their phone, even in the castle grounds.
- Your numbers – paid listings get their figures by email on the 1st of each month: how often your listing was opened and how many people tapped Directions, Website or Call.
- No pop-up or banner ads – visitors trust it, so they read the listings.
How to sign up
- Fill in our short form – choose a plan and add your details (and, on Explorer or Featured, your description and photos). If all 20 Featured places are taken, it puts you on the waiting list – first come, first served.
- We set up your listing and send it to you to check (paid plans get their own link to pay securely by card).
- Once you’re happy, it goes live. No long contract.
Already in the app? Use the same form to claim your free listing and update it. Prefer email? [email protected]
Already Featured?
Send us a new offer any time with our offer form – we’ll check it and add it to the app, usually within a day.
Running an event?
Events are always free to list. Send us your event and we’ll add it to the app once we’ve checked it.
Honest for visitors
Featured listings are clearly marked ★ Featured. Free listings always stay in the app, and Featured businesses take fair turns at the top. Visitor counts are anonymous – we count how often your listing is opened, never who opened it.
No contract. Explorer renews by itself until you cancel – it then runs to the end of what you’ve paid for and goes back to free. Featured is simply paid 1 or 2 months at a time. Card payments are handled securely by Stripe. Prices are reviewed yearly, with a month’s notice of any change. Rochester Explorer is made by CDAAPP LTD, trading as Waystation Apps, 71–75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ. Not connected with Medway Council or English Heritage. · Privacy