I checked and only have the option for 7 days...and the price will now mean paying ?13 a month more and it still doesn't include allowing weblinks (an extra ?3.99 for 7 days), or more detailed adverts.

I also don't think I'll bother renewing. My advert expires today.

Hi Everybody,

We are currently testing shorter duration plans in 2 regions in the UK, these were the regions that this feature was most requested in our survey. To confirm our plans have gone from 30 days to 10 and 7, however we certainly have not kept the prices the same as for 30 days. Yes we have increased prices slightly as most companies do in the new year, I will however speak with the relevent team ab

Yes we have increased prices slightly as most companies do in the new year, 

It works out at more than a 50% increase as I was paying ?19.99 before. I don't call that a slight increase!

I will do that as I was paying ?19.99 for 30 days and now there's only a 7 day option available for ?7.99. Definitely no 10 day option there.

I think it may be better to buy a seperate Vivastreet ad for each area ie if you know you will be in four places for the month buy four adverts but don't bother with change of location. Will be a pain though with Glasgow guys ringing while you are in London but you can then tell them when you're returning.

I remember the good old days when Vivastreet was free.

I think it may be better to buy a seperate Vivastreet ad for each area ie if you know you will be in four places for the month buy four adverts but don't bother with change of location. Will be a pain though with Glasgow guys ringing while you are in London but you can then tell them when you're returning.

I remember the good old days when Vivastreet was free.

Ha ha so do I ( are we getting old 😀)

Other directories have not increased their prices over the New Year.

VS was already fairly expensive, and as Fabs says not a great converstion rate. They also have errors in their geographical database which have constantly made it difficult for me to advertise - and with the cost for displaying website link (which helps clarify my location for those who do click through), or if I do do a day in a different area, just isn't worth it. I don't find the customer service very good, because I don't think there should be a need for so many advertisers to have to call or email to rectify mistakes, it should be right first time.

Other directories have not increased their prices over the New Year.

VS was already fairly expensive, and as Fabs says not a great converstion rate. They also have errors in their geographical database which have constantly made it difficult for me to advertise - and with the cost for displaying website link (which helps clarify my location for those who do click through), or if I do do a day in a different area, just isn't worth it. I don't find the customer service very good, because I don't think there should be a need for so many advertisers to have to call or email to rectify mistakes, it should be right first time.

Hi Mirror,

We completely understand that nobody ever likes price increases and we actually havent increased prices since mid 2014. Whilst we cannot speak for how other sites have evolved over the last few years, we have invested heavily in marketing our site, traffic is up over 400% to over 13 million sessions a month and almost 4 million contacts (we understand some are time-wasters).
This is on top of the new features we have launched, site changes and increased hires in moderation and customer service teams to support the growing site.

You are right that we do have our fair share (maybe a little more) of problems and we do work to fix or resolve these in the most expedite way we can. We are in the process of exploring a solution to fix our geo issues this year, one of many fixes and new features we plan to launch based on your feedback.

If we hadn't done anything to our site or moved the needle in any meaningful way, we couldn't justify to our users a price increase. But we believe where the site is now that the price increase is justified and a large proportion of this will be reinvested into future development and growth of the site.

Thank you,

The Vivastreet Team - Finny

Are painters and decorators charged the same rates as us?

Hi LOTM,

No that category is not charged the same, but also we spend very little money marketing that category, building bespoke features for painters or having to moderate pictures including potential fake ones. We like any business charge based on results and costs, we send a huge amount of traffic and contacts to ad posters in our adult categories and invest heavily in marketing and development.

Thank you,

The Vivastreet Team - Finny