How PinPoint turns a Google Business Profile into a website

If you sell websites to local businesses, or want to start, you have probably wondered how an app can turn a plain Google Business Profile into a working website in minutes. PinPoint does exactly that. It reads the business's own Google listing, pulls the real details already sitting there, and builds a complete, mobile-ready site around them. Here is how the process works, and where it differs from Pindrop, another app built for the same job.

How PinPoint turns a Google Business Profile into a website

PinPoint finds real, open businesses near you that have no website. For each one, it reads the business's Google listing and builds a complete, mobile-ready site using its real photos, hours, services and reviews. Nothing is invented. The copy, pictures and star ratings on the finished site come from the same listing the owner already manages.

That matters when you are standing in front of the owner. A site built from their own listing already matches what their customers see on Google Maps and in search results. You are not asking them to approve new photos or reword their hours. You are showing them a faster, cleaner version of what they already have.

Building a site from scratch usually starts with a blank page: stock photos, guessed hours, a description you have to write yourself. Starting from a Google listing skips most of that. The hours are the hours the owner already posts. The services are the services already listed. The reviews are the reviews already earned. You are assembling a website around real information, not writing one from zero.

Checking whether the business already has a website

Before PinPoint builds anything, it checks whether the business already has a website. It looks at the business's other Google listings that share the same name and either the same phone number or the same spot on the map, and leaves the business out of your search results if any of those listings shows a website. If Google's check fails for some reason, PinPoint still shows the business, so it is worth a quick manual look before you knock on the door. A short walkthrough of this step is in how to find local businesses with no website.

Selling the finished site

Once you have a build you like, selling it happens on the spot. Show the owner the site on your phone, set your price for the build and the monthly hosting, and send a secure Stripe checkout link right there.

• You set the price of the build and the hosting.
• Hosting must be at least $24 a month.
• The client pays by secure Stripe checkout link.
• When they pay, PinPoint registers the domain and turns on the lock automatically.

PinPoint Lite gives you 20 template sites and 300 searches a month, with the client's payment going to PMV first; PMV keeps 10% of the website price and 10% of each month of hosting and sends you the rest, less the card processing fee, seven days after the client pays. PinPoint Pro gives you 10 custom AI-designed sites, unlimited template sites and 1,000 searches a month, with the client paying straight into your own Stripe account and PMV receiving 5% of the website price and 5% of each month of hosting. For a closer look at how the two plans differ, see PinPoint Lite vs Pro.

Keeping the client after the sale

When the client pays, PinPoint registers the domain, points it at the site, and turns on the secure lock by itself. From there, everything about that client lives in the app: every client, site, sale and payout in one place on your phone. If the owner wants a change, you can update the site's words, photos or hours from your phone and it updates in minutes. Just as important, the client is yours. The seller keeps the client, and the site carries the seller's name.

How this compares with Pindrop

Pindrop describes itself as an app that builds a finished website for any local business in minutes so you can walk in, show the owner and sell it on the spot, on web, iPhone and Android. Pindrop's homepage says the client pays by card and 90% goes to the seller's own Stripe every month. Its help center lays out what happens if a seller stops paying for their own plan: a change request left unanswered for 10 days brings a warning, and at 14 days Pindrop takes that client over and the seller's share on that client ends.

Pindrop's pricing study, as of October 17, 2026, lists 450 prices from 207 builders, with only 18 paid by the owner so far, a median build fee asked of $500, and a median monthly charge asked of $50 a month. Those are figures asked, not figures paid, which is part of why PMV built PinPoint differently: on PinPoint Pro, the client's payment goes straight to your own Stripe account, and the client and the site stay yours. A full side-by-side is in PinPoint vs Pindrop, and Pindrop's own site is worth a look too.

Getting started

If you want to try building a site from a real Google listing, PinPoint is on Google Play for Android and the App Store for iPhone. You can also start from the sign-up page or read more on the PinPoint page. Either way, the listing has already done most of the work. Your job is to find the business, make the offer, and close the sale.

PinPoint was developed from the app our own sales people have been using for over a year.

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