Instant Ads from £2.50
No design required — make your own text ads. Subject to approval.
- AdvertisementYour headline will appear here
A short line about your offer or business
Your own text ad, live in minutes
A simple, low-cost way to promote your business, event or service. Write it yourself, choose your dates, and we'll approve it.
Text Ads are for promotions, sales and announcements — not job vacancies or ongoing business listings.
Standard Text Ad
A simple, low-cost way to promote your business, event or service.
- Create your own text advert
- No design required
- Sidebar placement
- Goes live as soon as you pay
- Views are not guaranteed
Premium Text Ad
More prominent placement for just 50p more.
- Create your own text advert
- No design required
- Sidebar placement
- Additional placement within articles and features
- Goes live as soon as you pay
- Views are not guaranteed
Free to join — create an account if you don't have one.
Put your business in front of Carshalton
A proper directory listing with photos, map and links — plus, on Plus and Gold, a designed banner, social promotion and editorial coverage from the Secret Carshalton team.
Featured
A prominent directory listing with exposure within the relevant category.
- Up to 3 photos
- Title, description & tagline
- Website URL & address
- Social media links
- Map location
- Featured directory listing
- Prominent exposure within your category
- Category image displayed across the site
Featured — 6 months
Our discounted longer-term Featured option.
- Est. 50+ monthly exposure*
- Six-month listing
- All Featured benefits
Featured Plus
A Featured listing combined with additional advertising and social promotion.
- Everything in Featured
- One Premium Text Ad
- Designed banner
- Banner displayed across the site
- Social Story promotion
- Choose how many months you want to run
Featured Gold
A Featured listing, advertising and editorial coverage combined.
- Everything in Featured Plus
- One Premium Text Ad
- Designed banner displayed across the site
- Written article about your business, organisation or event
- Social media post promoting the article
- Choose how many months you want to run
A mention in our Facebook/Instagram stories on Featured Plus and Gold — we reach 13k on Facebook, 8k on Instagram, with popular stories reaching 50k+ views.
A boost when it matters
Listing events and community groups stays free. Upgrade when you want more people to see it.
Event Listing Upgrade
Give your event extra visibility when it matters most.
- Your event moved to the top of the event listings
- Increased visibility within the Events section
- Ideal for events that need an extra boost
- Upgrade can be purchased for individual events
Free listing — add the £5 per event upgrade from your dashboard once it's live.
Job Post
Priced by the job's hourly rate (a yearly salary at 37.5 hours a week).
- Job advertised for 7 days
- Placed at the top of the jobs feed
- Visible for the full 7-day period
- Automatic expiry — no need to remember to remove it
Community Group Promotion
A low-cost way for local groups to promote themselves to the Secret Carshalton community.
- Featured placement within the Community section
- Group name and description
- Photo or group image
- Website, Facebook or other social link
- More visibility than a standard community listing
- 30-day promotion
Add our badge to your website — it links straight to Secret Carshalton, so people can find you here, and it helps more locals discover what's on.
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<a href="https://www.secretcarshalton.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://www.secretcarshalton.com/listed-on-secret-carshalton.png" alt="Listed on Secret Carshalton" width="300" height="74"></a>* Exposure figures are estimates based on typical Secret Carshalton traffic and are not guaranteed. Actual exposure may vary depending on website traffic, content, seasonality and other factors.
