For shops · About the guide · updated 2 Oct 2026
For licensed dispensaries
If you hold a state retail license in a city we cover, you can have a profile on the guide. Paid partner listings are optional and always labeled.
Who can be listed
Licensed retailers in the cities we cover. We list shops because they hold a state license, so shops that pay nothing sit on the same pages as shops that do. We check your license number, status, and address in the DCC or OCM public data before your profile goes up.
What a shop profile includes
- Your license number with a link to the regulator's lookup.
- Address, phone, and hours in the page's HTML, where search engines and AI answers can read them.
- Directions, a link to your website, and visit notes such as parking and transit.
- A place on the correct city page, next to the other licensed shops in town.
Show that you are listed
Shops with a profile here can put the Listed on Cannabis City Guides badge on their own website. Link it to your profile so a visitor can check your license, hours and directions in one click. The badge means you hold a state license and have a profile on this guide. It does not say you are a Partner, and it is not an endorsement.
Paste this where you want the badge, and replace the profile address with your own. The badge image is 300 by 200 pixels on the page and ships at twice that size for sharp screens. Other logo files and the rules for using them are on the brand assets page.
<a href="https://cannabiscityguides.com/us/ca/your-city/shops/your-shop/"><img src="https://cannabiscityguides.com/badge-listed-on.png" alt="Listed on Cannabis City Guides" width="300" height="200"></a>
The badge, as it appears on a shop's site.
PNG, 1200 × 800
What a paid partner listing adds
A paid partner listing is optional. It adds a richer profile and can include a verified quote from you. It does not move your shop up the list: every city list runs A to Z by trading name for every shop. It always carries a visible PAID PARTNER label, and links to your website and menu are marked rel="sponsored".
What a paid partner listing cannot buy
- A “best” or “#1” label.
- A higher place in your city's list or on its map.
- Changes to what we say about the law.
- Removal of other licensed shops from your city page.
- Hiding the PAID PARTNER label.
Update your listing
Email desk@cannabiscityguides.com with your license number, your profile URL, and what changed. We confirm new hours or a new phone number against your own website before we publish it.
Ask about a paid partner listing
Email desk@cannabiscityguides.com with your shop name, license number, and city. Read how we list shops first so you know what we check.
More about this site
About the guide
- AboutCannabis City Guides is an independent publisher. We list only state-licensed cannabis shops, cite the law behind each rule and label every paid listing.
- How we list shopsEvery listed shop holds a state license we checked. How we verify hours and phones, label paid partners and cite each rule, event and weather figure.
- GlossaryPlain definitions of the cannabis terms used on this site, from CAURD and COA to excise tax and the universal symbol, each with its legal source.
- For shopsYOU ARE HERELicensed shops in the cities we cover get a free profile with license, hours and directions. How to update yours, and how paid partner listings work.
- ContactEmail desk@cannabiscityguides.com to report a mistake, suggest a city or ask about a shop listing, and what to include so we can check it quickly.
- Brand assetsDownload the Cannabis City Guides sign, lockup, icon and Listed on badge, with the colors and type behind them and the rules for using them.
Legal
- PrivacyWhat Cannabis City Guides stores in your browser, what Google Analytics counts, which services see your request, and the data we never collect.
- TermsThe terms for using Cannabis City Guides: it is for adults 21 and older, it is information rather than advice, and a listing is not an endorsement.
- Legal noticeWho publishes Cannabis City Guides, where adult-use cannabis stands under federal law, and why the site sells nothing and gives no legal or medical advice.