What it costs.
Nothing, during the founding beta.

🎉 Early access: Happs is completely free for founding businesses while we build it out. No card, no commitment. The plans below are where we're headed, not what you pay today.

Personal accounts are always free. Businesses post free with GTA-wide reach from day one. The plans below describe what each tier includes, not what you pay: everything on this page is free during the founding beta, and nothing starts costing money without you choosing it first.

Personal

For neighbours sharing what's happening in their community.

Free
forever
  • Unlimited posts in community categories
  • 👥 Neighbours · 🎪 Festivals · 🏃 Sports · 🛠️ Learn & Make
  • Follow your favourite businesses
  • Save events to calendar
  • 14-day post duration
  • Local Deals (business only)
  • Commercial promotions (business only)
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Business Free

For solo locals getting started on happs.

Free
no card, ever
  • 🗺️ GTA-wide reach (all 6M residents)
  • ✓ Unlimited posts
  • 14-day post duration
  • All categories incl. Local Deals
  • Basic business profile
  • Verified badge (Business)
  • Schedule posts ahead
  • Push notifications to followers
  • Analytics dashboard
Get Started Free

Business

For businesses growing on happs with the full toolkit.

Free
for founding businesses during the beta · paid plans come later, founders keep preferred terms
  • 🗺️ GTA-wide reach (same as Free, every tier reaches everyone)
  • Everything in Free, plus:
  • ⏳ 60-day post duration
  • 📅 Schedule up to 30 days ahead
  • 📊 Analytics (views, saves, follows)
  • 🔔 Push notifications to your followers
  • 📍 Up to 4 locations
  • ✓ Verification badge
  • 🤝 Personal onboarding: we set your listing up with you
Join as a Founding Business

🏛️ Chain, mall, institution, or major destination?
For multi-location chains (5+ stores), regional brands needing brand-wide campaigns, or major destinations like AGO, ROM, Yorkdale, TIFF, MLSE, and Cadillac Fairview, we offer custom pricing with dedicated account management and multi-metro reach.

Contact sales →

What can you post?

Personal accounts can post community content. Commercial categories are reserved for verified businesses.

Category
Personal
Business
💸 Local Deals
🔒
✓
🎭 Live & On Stage
🔒
✓
🍽️ Food & Drink
🔒
✓
🎨 Galleries & Exhibits
🔒
✓
🛍️ Markets & Pop-Ups
✓
✓
🎪 Festivals
✓
✓
🏃 Sports & Outdoors
✓
✓
🛠️ Learn & Make
✓
✓
👨‍👩‍👧 Family & Kids
✓
✓
📚 Library & Civic
✓
✓
⛪ Faith & Schools
✓
✓
🏘️ Neighbours
✓
✓

Multiple locations?

Each store gets its own profile + local posts. Brand identity stays unified.

1-4 locations
Included with Business
5+ locations (chains)
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Locations share your brand identity (logo, name, verified status). Chains get dedicated account management and brand-wide GTA campaigns. Email us.

Questions, answered

Is happs really free?
For personal users, yes, always. No catches, no upsells. For businesses, it is free during the founding beta: a verified profile, unlimited posts, and GTA-wide reach. Paid plans arrive later and founding businesses keep preferred terms.
What's the difference between Free and Business?
Both reach the entire GTA — the upgrade is the toolkit. Free gives you a basic profile, unlimited posts, and 14-day post duration. Business adds 60-day posts, scheduling, analytics, push notifications to your followers, up to 4 locations, and the verified badge. Larger chains, malls, and regional brands get a custom Enterprise scope.
Can Business accounts pay to dominate the feed?
No. Every Discover view caps at 2 posts per business, no matter what tier you're on. Same rule for businesses, neighbours, and personal posters. On every refresh, those 2 slots rotate so your customers see variety instead of the same post twice. This is our "Fair Feed" promise: no one can pay to flood Discover. Business buys bigger reach, longer durations, scheduling, and analytics. It does not buy section dominance.
Why can't personal accounts post Local Deals or commercial categories?
Those categories are inherently commercial. A normal person doesn't have a "grand opening" or run a restaurant. Locking commercial categories to verified business accounts keeps the platform honest and means when you see a Local Deal, you know it's from a real verified business.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Pay-as-you-go monthly on Business. No contracts, no commitments, no cancellation fees. Enterprise is annual (with 2-month-free prepay discount) but custom-quoted to your needs. Stop whenever you want.
How long do my posts stay live?
Personal and Business Free: up to 14 days. Business: up to 60 days. Enterprise: custom. You can always set a shorter end date for time-limited deals like a weekend sale.
I have multiple locations, how does that work?
Business covers up to 4 locations under one account. Each location gets its own profile, address, and posts so customers in Vaughan only see the Vaughan store. Locations share your brand identity (logo, name, verified status). Chains with 5+ locations get a custom Enterprise scope.
My business is already on happs (aggregated). Why pay?
Aggregated listings are the free trial. We pull events from your public website so you show up automatically. But aggregated listings can't push notifications to your followers, can't be branded with your logo, can't be edited if we get a date wrong, and don't include analytics. Verifying + upgrading to Business unlocks the full product: push notifications, custom branding, control over your listings, GTA-wide reach, and analytics for your team.
I'm a chain, mall, museum, or regional brand. What should I look at?
Enterprise. We've custom-priced it for accounts like Yorkdale, Vaughan Mills, AGO, ROM, TIFF, Cadillac Fairview, and major regional chains. You get multi-metro reach as we expand cities, custom branding, API access for content sync, BI export, dedicated account management, and priority placement when contested. Email info@happs.ca for a conversation.
When does happs launch?
happs is launching in Vaughan, Ontario right now. The app is currently in TestFlight beta and the App Store launch is just around the corner. Sign up for early access at info@happs.ca.