Running and managing a large, engaged community like Horley Life takes time, effort, and resources. To ensure the group remains a valuable and well-moderated space for both residents and businesses, we have introduced a fair subscription model for business promotions.

By charging businesses for advertising:

1. We maintain quality and fairness – Preventing spam and ensuring businesses that advertise bring real value to the community.
2. We support group moderation – Helping us manage the group effectively, ensuring a positive experience for all members.
3. We reinvest in the community – Funding local initiatives, events, and improvements that benefit both businesses and residents.

This model keeps Horley Life free from excessive promotions while allowing local businesses to connect with their audience in an organised and meaningful way.

General community discussions, recommendations, and organic word-of-mouth posts are always welcome. However, direct business promotions, special offers, and advertising posts require a Horley Life Pro subscription to ensure fairness and quality within the group.

Your contribution allows us to create a structured and sustainable way for businesses to advertise while keeping the group valuable for all members.

• ✅ Increased human based group moderation and management to keep the community safe and spam-free.
• ✅ Community initiatives and local support projects – Helping fund activities that benefit residents and businesses alike.
• ✅ Improved visibility and revenue for businesses within the group.
• ✅ Server and maintenance costs – Ensuring the official website runs smoothly and efficiently.
• ✅ And most importantly, reinvesting back into the community – Making the Facebook space safe, accessible, and valuable for everyone.

If your business is well-established in or around Horley, Surrey and generates over £100k per year, we encourage you to select the Established Business Plan to support our local community platform. The Established Business plan also assumed you have a physical store, multiple employees, or a larger customer base.

For smaller businesses, we’ve kept pricing as affordable as possible to ensure affordability without impacting your bottom line.

• ✔️ Permission to advertise your business in the group every month.
• ✔️ Increased visibility to local customers.
• ✔️ Priority exposure and potential feature opportunities.
• ✔️ A fair and organised advertising space without excessive competition.

For larger and more established businesses or franchises, we also offer premium promotional opportunities for greater reach and engagement.

Fair usage Term & Conditions apply to all advertisers.

While Facebook itself is free, managing a highly engaged and trusted local group with over 40,000 users requires dedicated effort. Our dedicated admin and moderator team volunteer their time entirely for free, balancing their day jobs and other commitments to keep this community running smoothly. And they’ve been doing it consistently for over four years especially for you! Now doesn't that deserve some sort of reward?

Unlike paid Facebook ads that target broad audiences, Horley Life connects you directly with local customers who genuinely care about supporting businesses in the area.

Each subscription tier includes fair usage guidelines to keep the group balanced for all members. Specific posting allowances and any featured promotion options will be outlined in your plan details.

Please review our Fair Usage Guidelines Policy for Business Advertising rules and further details.

To ensure fairness and transparency, every subscribed business will receive a unique subscriber ID upon signing up. This ID must be included in each advertising posts, allowing our admin team to quickly verify your subscription status and ensure compliance with the group’s advertising guidelines.

This system helps us:

• ✔️ Keep track of active business subscribers.
• ✔️ Prevent unauthorised or excessive promotions.
• ✔️ Ensure a fair and organised advertising space for all businesses.

By following this process, we maintain a balanced and structured approach that benefits both businesses and the community.

To keep our community fair and engaging for everyone, we’ve set the following guidelines for business advertising:

✅ Maximum of 4 Posts Per Month – Each business is allowed up to one promotional post per week (4 per calendar month) in the group.

💳 Need More Posts? – If you’d like to post additional promotions within the same month, you can purchase a one-off post separately.

🚫 Exceeding the Limit – Businesses that repeatedly exceed their allocated posts without purchasing additional slots may face restrictions or removal from the group.

These guidelines help maintain a balanced space where all businesses get fair visibility. We appreciate your cooperation in keeping our community thriving!

For full terms and conditions please view our Fair Usage Guidelines Policy