How to list your website on HappyCow
Free listing in HappyCow's guide to vegan, vegetarian and veg-friendly venues, with a website link.
- Link
- Nofollow link
- Cost
- Free plan
- Effort
- Moderate
- Reach (our estimate)
- Established
- Region
- Worldwide
- When
- Week 1
Short answer
HappyCow is free to start, with paid plans, and the link is nofollow, so its value is visitors and trust rather than ranking. To get listed, create a free HappyCow member account; it takes about an hour.
How to get listed on HappyCow
- Step 1: Create a free HappyCow member account.
- Step 2: Claim an existing listing free at happycow.net/claim-listing with the emailed code.
- Step 3: Otherwise, submit your venue at happycow.net/add-listing with a claim request.
- Step 4: Wait for approval.
- Step 5: Use the Owner's Dashboard to update details and photos and reply to reviews.
You need
Food business or store selling fully plant-based items; venues serving meat need at least three.
Good to know
The website link is nofollow. New listings are usually approved in 1-2 weeks, with fully vegan businesses reviewed first. The optional Partner Program costs US$49, US$149 or US$299 a month.
Have these ready before you start
- Business or product name, written the same way everywhere
- Website address (the exact page you want linked)
- A 50-word and a 150-word description
- Logo, plus two or three screenshots or photos
- Contact email, and address and phone for a local business
At a glance
- Website
- happycow.net
- Category
- Business listings
- Reach (our estimate)
- Established
- When to do it
- Week 1
- Position
- 54 of 58 in Business listings
About the link
The link carries rel="nofollow": it brings visitors and trust signals, little ranking value.
Best for
- Local businesses
- Small businesses
On these lists
Questions about HappyCow
Are HappyCow links dofollow?
No. HappyCow marks its links rel="nofollow", so they pass little ranking value. They still bring visitors and help show your business is real.
Is HappyCow free?
HappyCow has a free plan and paid upgrades. Check what the free listing includes before you start: on some sites the website link comes with a paid plan.
How much work does a listing on HappyCow take?
A full profile with screenshots or a verification step: about an hour. How long approval takes is up to HappyCow: many sites review a listing before it goes live.
Plan it, then tick it off.
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