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title: How City Favorites Makes Money (and What It Can't Buy)
url: https://thecityfavorites.com/how-we-make-money/
updated: 2026-10-29
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# How we make money

Plain answers about who pays us, for what, and the things money can never change here.

- Updated October 29, 2026

## What businesses can pay for

- Enhanced profiles: more photos, services and details.
- Sponsored slots, marked “Sponsored” and kept outside the favorites.
- A fee when a quote request reaches a business with an enhanced profile.

## What nobody can buy

- A label, or keeping one.
- A place among the favorites, or a better position.
- Removal of a fair, accurate statement.
- Advance sight of a list before it's published.

## How we keep money and picks apart

Labels follow the [published criteria](https://thecityfavorites.com/methodology/). Paying businesses go through the same checks, and lose labels the same way.

Questions

## Money questions

Does a paying business get a better label?

No. A label is earned against its written test. Paying businesses go through the same checks and lose labels the same way as everyone else.

Why do some businesses show as Sponsored?

They paid for a clearly marked slot. Sponsored businesses sit outside the favorites and never take a label or a place in the list.

Is the quote form free for me?

Yes. You pay nothing, and only the businesses you tick receive your request. Some of them pay us a fee when a request arrives.

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