★ The Chicago Route Growth Ladder

Grow with the Route

Every Chicago business gets a real profile — free. When you’re ready for more, each step up adds a mini-site, your own AI, and a bigger role in the Chicago Route community.

🌟 Founding Member pricing — lock in your rate now. As The Chicago Route grows, prices go up — but founding members keep this rate.
Meet Jessica

★ Your AI Local Guide

She helps visitors discover businesses, neighborhoods and events through conversation. She never recommends a business just because it pays — businesses that keep their Premium Profile current simply give her richer, up-to-the-day information to share.

Premium Profile
Free
Free forever · your real business profile

Every Chicago business that wants a real, useful presence people can actually find.

  • Business info — address, phone, hours, website
  • Up to 3 photos
  • Booking / calendar widget
  • Add a YouTube video
  • A full descriptive profile & business highlights
  • Customer reviews, Route Me & neighborhood placement
Jessica: Jessica gets to know you as a business — keep your profile current and she shares what's happening today, not just the basics.
Create your Premium Profile — free

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Business Hub
$25/mo
A mini-site that replicates — or beats — your current website

Businesses that want a real online home without the cost or hassle of a full website.

  • Everything in Premium Profile, plus:
  • A one-page mini-site — hero, about, services, gallery, video, CTAs
  • Your own custom /business/ web address
  • Nice site? We replicate it. Weak or none? We build one that beats it.
  • Contact form, booking button, Google Map & service areas
  • Share on Google, socials, QR codes & cards
Jessica: Your Hub is a shareable home for Google Business Profile, Facebook, Instagram, QR codes, business cards and email signatures.
I'm interested

Business Hub + AI
★ Mini Website Suite
$99/mo
The Mini Website Suite — your Hub, your own business AI, CRM & booking

Businesses that want their own AI working the front desk — answering, booking, following up. Don't pay agency prices for a website.

  • Everything in Business Hub, plus:
  • Your own dedicated business AI, trained on your business only
  • Answers customer questions & captures leads around the clock
  • Full CRM — leads, follow-ups, email & text
  • Booking built in
  • Under a hundred a month — for a site, an AI and a CRM
Jessica: Beyond Jessica the guide — this is an AI that belongs to your business and speaks only for you.
I'm interested

KAO Business Suite
Let's talk
The complete digital operating system for your business

Businesses ready to scale beyond a listing or landing page.

  • Custom website, CRM & booking systems
  • Marketing automation, email & SMS
  • A dedicated AI assistant for your business
  • Local SEO & review automation
  • Lead management, reporting & analytics
  • A growth strategy and team behind you
Jessica: The full platform — Chicago Route becomes the growth engine for your whole business.
Talk to us

★ Add-ons · coming soon

Layer on the marketing machine

Attach any of these to a paid plan as the Route’s content & ad engine rolls out — à la carte, no tier-jumping required.

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Community Ad CampaignJoin the Route’s social & ad campaigns and neighborhood spotlights — businesses in the pot get pushed together.

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CRM & lead captureEmail list, lead capture and email campaigns, powered by the GHL app.

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Booking calendarFor businesses that don’t have one yet — simple or fully custom.

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Dedicated phone lineA separate, trackable number for your business.

Honest by design. Coverage on Chicago Route is independent of what you pay. Every business is recommended whenever it’s the best match — a paid Hub just gives you richer, always-current information to share.

Pros pay for placement; coverage is independent.

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