# Directory profile

> Fill in your business details, preview how customers will see you, and publish your listing on ContractorsNearMe.

Source: https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/dashboard/directory-profile/

Your directory profile is the public listing customers find on ContractorsNearMe (contractorsnearme.ai). You build it in MyBuildX and check it at https://mybuildx.com/profile/preview (**How customers will see you**). Publishing is for General Contractor accounts with the Contractor ID plan.

_[Screenshot: Profile preview showing how customers will see the business]_

## What you can do

- Fill in your listing in **Settings**: business name, handle, trade, phone, website, city, about text, coverage, specialties, credentials and offers.
- Upload project photos.
- Preview the listing privately.
- Publish it with **Publish profile** (or buy the plan with **Continue to checkout** first).
- Copy your Contractor ID, profile slug and contractor.id short link from Home.

## Get listed

The **Get listed on CNM** checklist on [Home](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/dashboard/home.md) tracks four of these steps: business info, photos, preview, and publish.

1. **Add your business info.** In **Settings → Business**, fill in **Business name**, **Handle (claim)**, **Trade**, **Phone**, **Website**, and **City** (with a 2-letter state). Press **Save**.
2. **Add profile details.** In **Settings → Profile**, write the **About text** (up to 2,000 characters), and set **Phone**, **Service radius (miles)**, and **Specialties**. Saving shows "Profile saved, CNM payload updated."
3. **Upload project photos** at https://mybuildx.com/photos/uploads. See [Photos and videos](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/dashboard/photos-videos.md).
4. **Preview your profile** at https://mybuildx.com/profile/preview. You see your business name, trade, city, about text, photos, and the **Public page** link on contractorsnearme.ai.
5. **Publish.** On the preview:
   - If your plan is active, press **Publish profile**. The panel then shows **Published** with the date.
   - If not, press **Continue to checkout** ("Publishing needs the Pro plan (from $20/mo)"), pay, then come back and press **Publish profile**.

Use the preview page to publish. The **Publish your listing** button on Home's listing card opens Settings, which has no publish button.

## Your handle and links

- The handle you claim in **Settings → Business** must be 3 to 40 characters: lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens. It's unique across BuildX.
- With a handle, you get a contractor.id short link. It starts working once your listing is published.
- Home's listing card shows your **Contractor ID** and **Profile slug** with **Copy** buttons, and your QR code once the listing is published.

## Make the listing stronger

- **Credentials** (**Settings → Credentials**): upload PDFs under **Licenses**, **Insurance**, **Credentials**, or **Trust Badges** with **Upload for review**. Each upload shows **Pending review** until BuildX checks it.
- **Offers** (**Settings → Offers**): add a title, discount and expiry with **Create offer**. Active offers are sent with your profile to ContractorsNearMe.
- **Reviews**: reply to them on [Reviews](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/dashboard/reviews.md).

## Good to know

- Customer and supplier accounts see **Not applicable**: listings are for contractors.
- Subcontractor accounts can preview but don't get the publish panel. To get listed as a sub, see [Claim your profile](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/subs/claim-profile.md).
- If you already have an unclaimed profile on ContractorsNearMe, claim it instead of starting over. See [Claim your profile](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/subs/claim-profile.md).
- Changes you save in Settings sync to ContractorsNearMe. If the listing card says your directory link isn't ready yet, it appears once your profile syncs.

## Related

- [Plans and pricing](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/start/plans-and-pricing.md)
- [Settings](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/account/settings.md)
- [Claim your profile](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/subs/claim-profile.md)
- [Find a contractor (what customers see)](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/owners/find-a-contractor.md)