Last updated: 5 November 2026

These terms apply to your use of Local Business Near Me (localbusinessnearme.com.au), a directory of local businesses in Melbourne’s northern suburbs run by Visual Development Pty Ltd, trading as VisualWeb (“we”, “us” or “our”). By using the website, creating an account or adding a listing, you agree to these terms. If you don’t agree, please don’t use the site.

Using the directory

You can search and browse listings for free. The directory is a guide only. We don’t provide, recommend or guarantee the services of any business listed. Any arrangement you make with a business is between you and that business, so please check details such as licences, insurance, prices and availability directly with them before you engage them.

Listing information

Listings come from information supplied by businesses and from publicly available sources. We try to keep it accurate, but we can’t guarantee that every detail (such as opening hours, contact details or services) is complete, current or correct. Listings marked as unclaimed haven’t been verified by the business. If you spot an error, please let us know.

Accounts

You need an account to add, claim or manage a listing or to post reviews. You must give accurate information, keep your login details secure and let us know if you think someone else has used your account. You’re responsible for activity on your account.

Adding and claiming listings

If you add or claim a listing, you confirm that you own the business or are authorised to act for it, and that the information you provide is true, up to date and not misleading. We may ask for proof before approving a claim.

You keep ownership of the content you submit (such as text, photos and logos). You give us a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to display, copy, resize and share that content on the website and in promoting the directory, for as long as it’s on the site. You confirm that you have the rights to everything you upload.

We may edit, decline, suspend or remove any listing or content that breaches these terms, is outside the areas or categories we cover, or that we reasonably consider inappropriate.

Reviews

Reviews must be honest and based on your own genuine experience with the business. You must not:

  • review your own business, or a business you work for or are connected with
  • post fake reviews, or offer or accept payment or incentives for reviews
  • post content that is false, defamatory, abusive, discriminatory, obscene or that includes other people’s personal information

We may moderate or remove reviews that break these rules. Businesses can respond to reviews but must not pressure customers to change or remove them. Reviews reflect the views of the reviewer, not ours.

Listing fees

Listing your business on Local Business Near Me is free. If we ever introduce paid options, we’ll update these terms and let listing owners know before any charges apply.

We don’t guarantee any number of views, enquiries or customers from a listing.

Things you must not do

When using the site, you must not:

  • break any law, or post content that is misleading or infringes someone else’s rights
  • impersonate another person or business
  • send spam or unsolicited marketing through the site’s forms
  • copy, scrape or harvest listing data, including with bots or automated tools
  • upload viruses or try to interfere with, overload or gain unauthorised access to the site

Our content

The design, logo, text and layout of the website belong to us or our licensors. You may view and share links to pages for personal use, but you must not copy or reuse our content for commercial purposes without our written permission.

Links to other websites

Listings may link to businesses’ websites and social media. We don’t control these sites and aren’t responsible for their content or privacy practices.

Australian Consumer Law

Nothing in these terms excludes, restricts or changes any rights you have under the Australian Consumer Law or other laws that can’t be excluded. Where our liability for a failure to meet a consumer guarantee can be limited, it is limited to supplying the service again or paying the cost of having it supplied again.

Limitation of liability

To the extent allowed by law, the website is provided “as is”, and we aren’t liable for any loss or damage arising from your use of the site, from reliance on listing information or reviews, or from any dealings with a business listed in the directory. We don’t guarantee the site will always be available or error-free.

Suspension and termination

We may suspend or close an account, or remove a listing, if you breach these terms or we reasonably suspect misuse. You can close your account at any time by contacting us.

Privacy

Our privacy policy explains how we handle personal information.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. The latest version will always be on this page. If you keep using the site after changes are posted, you accept the updated terms.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia, and you agree to the jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria.

Contact us

Visual Development Pty Ltd (VisualWeb)
12 Bidwell Street, Mernda VIC 3754
Email: info@localbusinessnearme.com.au
Or use our contact page.