Public listing
Show your category, neighborhood, story, links, logo, and cover photos in the free public guide.
For LGBTQIA+ & BIPOC owned businesses
Try Guide for businesses
A public guide, member offer system, redemption activity view, and print proof flow in one small portal.
Browsing is free for readers. Try Club members donate $25 or more a year to WERQ Together to unlock future deal details when a business chooses to run an offer. Businesses can be listed without pretending a discount is already live.
Why Try Guide
Queer business directories exist. We took it a step further.
With Try Guide, we incentivize customers to actually show up and spend money at queer businesses. Not because they have to, but because they want to explore and discover the incredible LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC-owned businesses around them.
Sometimes all it takes is a little encouragement to get out there. A coupon. We call them deals.
It is not easy for queer small businesses to offer something free all the time, and you do not have to. But a little something every now and then can help this community ignite something special: get folks out the door and spending money at the businesses that make our neighborhoods ours.
What shows up
The business side mirrors the real guide.
Cover gallery
Use up to three ordered cover photos so people can actually see the shop, studio, service, or event.
Try Club offers
Submit optional member-only deals for review. Public previews stay clear when a deal is still future-facing.
Print proof review
When a free publication issue includes your listing or coupon, proofs show up in the business portal.
Flow
From listing to redeemed coupon.
01
Claim or create a listing
WERQ connects the right owner or staff email to a new or existing business profile.
02
Tune the public profile
Add the short description, links, logo, cover photos, map details, and badges.
03
Choose offers when ready
Deals can be digital, in person, or print-ready. Staff review keeps the public guide tidy.
04
Members redeem on their phone
Members reveal and redeem coupons on their own phone. Your staff do not need an app or scanner, just honor the coupon they show.
Business portal
Owners and staff get one place to manage the moving parts.
The portal is built around the actual work: keeping the listing current, proposing offers, supporting in-person redemptions, and reviewing free publication proofs before they print.
- Profile editor for listing copy, links, logo, and cover photos
- Deal proposal queue with review status
- Recent coupon activity and member-reported issues
- Print proof inbox for free publication snapshots
Ready to join
Get your business listed.
List your own business in a couple of minutes: add the basics, confirm your email, and our team reviews it before it goes live. Already invited to manage a listing? Use the business login.