Physical Addresses for Offline Clients?

[offline85]

Hello everyone,

I would appreciate some offline/local-seo marketing feedback, or help on the following:

I've noticed that Google places requires local businesses to have a physical address & that you are not allowed to use PO-Boxes.

I've also read that it may be risky to use a UPS or Mailbox etc. address because if Google finds out, there is a good chance they may ban your website/company/listing.

With all of this in mind, I have come to the conclusion that the safest, next best choice to actually having a physical address in the target location is to get a virtual office. And when dealing offline clients that either have a home-based business or have a need to target a larger city that their company address is on the outskirts of - it seems like having some type of physical address in the target city is a must.

The lowest rate I've been able to find for nationwide virtual offices is around $60/month. The absolute lowest I've seen, in pretty much any area, was $25/month....but it was not nationwide and if I remember correctly had other fees.

Does anyone know of any more affordable virtual offices (preferably nationwide), or even another safe physical address solution other than a virtual office? Maybe closer to 10-15 bucks with locations in most major cities?

I would really appreciate everyone's feedback, experience, or help with this.

Thanks

[Nik]

This sound like it could also work for amazon affiliates who were dropped from the affiliate program due to state tax laws. I would like to get more feedback on an inexpensive virtual office also.

[offline85]

(08-25-2011 04:32 PM)Nik Wrote:  This sound like it could also work for amazon affiliates who were dropped from the affiliate program due to state tax laws. I would like to get more feedback on an inexpensive virtual office also.

Hey Nik, what do you mean? What did the law do that a physical (or virtual) address would change, or help?

[Nik]

The thing with some US states, like Illinois I think also California, and some others, they wanted to impose a tax on the customer purchasing from those states. Amazon said no, we don't want to charge customers tax, and they opposed this law. Eventually the law got passed and not to break it Amazon dropped all affiliates from those states.

If you can give them a different address within a state that doesn't have this law they will reinstate your affiliate account. I'm thinking if you can give them this address it could work. It has to be a physical one I believe cause they send you stuff.

[offline85]

Cool, thanks Nik. I'll let you know if I find any good prices on physical addresses.