Add Location to search bar feature for services

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Lizz

July 26, 2018 18:15 Edited

The opportunity to search by location is not available on Arcadier yet which is a big problem unless you want to have a business in once city.

Is impossible to search services by location and the only way to have this functionality is by leaving Arcadier.

I have spoken to many developers Arcadier and outside and they all recommend if I need this feature to get some funding and create my own website or go to another platform. 

The purpose of a marketplace is to GROW and if is limited with the search then how users will remain active on the site if they have to scroll forever to find a service provider in their area. It will lose traffic immediately and makes this marketplace Inefficient. 

Arcadier only has one template that searches by location however is EITHER OR, you can't search by service and location. And a location template is for one type of service marketplace. Also useless.

Arcadier also promotes by upgrading account to have access to API you can customize anything, not true!. I have spent a month trying to improve my site since I have upgraded paying multiple developers and still can't achieve the basic improvements. So adding a location search if you upgrade is also impossible!

So the only way Arcadier would be able to retain me or other clients is by fixing this big gap and include it in their high priority of upgrades. Because as soon as I find another alternative I will leave Arcadier if I can't promote my business global. Imagine Airbnb not be able to search global???.

 

 

 

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  Arcadier Support

  August 02, 2019 08:06

  Hi everyone,

   

  Glad to say this is doable on Arcadier by editing your search bar. To learn about how you can do that, you can follow the link below to the article on editing your search bar.

  https://support.arcadier.com/hc/en-us/articles/360020293194-Changing-the-Search-Bar-settings-for-Rental-and-Service-Marketplaces
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  Arcadier Support

  July 27, 2018 05:57

  Thanks Lizz, you might already have done this step, but to other's who would like to see this feature, please upvote this feature here: https://support.arcadier.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115007710493-Location-search?page=1#community_comment_360001478094

  We have shared our APIs publicly for marketplace users to evaluate the platform and it's capabilities, so that users who are more advanced in their marketplace requirements can also consult with developers to build on our platform. We've responded to you on  our API capabilities in our conversations with you and your developers, and the ability for 2 types of search bars is a feature we have considered, and have placed in our road map. More votes on this feature would definitely help us to prioritise it to serve the majority of our users!

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  Sheryl

  August 08, 2018 13:10

  yes this is an important function to search for services near you

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  Ben

  March 26, 2019 02:56

  I agree, very important if we want to grow our marketplaces.

   

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  AnaLizzPardo

  April 02, 2019 21:15

  I agree, we also need this functionality as well as the optionto disable the search radius functionality. Thanks

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