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[AspiringMapsExpert]

Seeking Guidance on GBP Agency Account Structure - Suspended Profile & Lack of Organization Account

In March 2024 we had been a "strategic partner" with another agency and in December parted ways. We have now discovered the deficiency in how this was set up.

We did make an attempt to verify a Google Business Profile for our own agency but that profile was , and has been living in the suspended state, since March of 2024.

Because we have been able to bring on our own accounts and manage them we didn't realize that we didn't have a Google Business Profile Organization Account. All of our client profiles are owned by a single individual's Google account and our suspended profile cannot be used as the foundation for an Organization Account.

Do we set up a brand new Organization Account?

• If so, how does this impact the 60 client accounts we currently manage?
• Can we seamlessly transfer these profiles to the new Organization Account?
• Will Google flag this mass transfer as suspicious behavior and potentially cause more issues?

Do we focus on unsuspending our existing GBP agency profile first?

• Is it worth the effort to go through the verification process for this profile. Can this profile be the foundation for an Organization Account?
• Given the circumstances, is having a GBP for our own agency even necessary right now, or should we prioritize the client account structure?

Any insights or best practices from those who have navigated a similar situation would be greatly appreciated.

 

[keyserholiday]

First, find the oldest email account. Next, have that email get added as an owner of the 60 GBPs. Then have them create a folder and move all of the GBPs into that folder. The last step is to add all of the email addresses to the folder.

 

[AspiringMapsExpert]

First, find the oldest email account. Next, have that email get added as an owner of the 60 GBPs. Then have them create a folder and move all of the GBPs into that folder. The last step is to add all of the email addresses to the folder.

Thank you Jason!

Not sure I'm there yet.

My first post was all over the place because I was facing a complex issue and honestly didn't know where to begin. I've been working through the different pieces and narrowing it down to a few specific questions that I can actually get help with.

1. Do we have the client add us as an owner or manager?
2. Do we have the client add us through their dashboard by providing our organizational ID or request access via our new organization dashboard?
3. If we use an email address does it need to be a domain email that isn't attached in anyway to our previous set up. Can it be any email?
4. Do we create location groups for everyone including single businesses and ourselves?
5. Does the request access come from the client location group?

If you have the time to answer that would be terrific!