Gatsby Cannabis Co.
A Michigan cannabis retailer competing in a market where paid ads aren't allowed and the Google listing does the selling.
Read by hand from the business's public Google listing on the date shown below.
The situation
Cannabis retail in Michigan is one of the most competitive local markets in the country. Dispensaries can't buy ads on Google or Meta, so the Google listing itself is doing most of the selling — and the rating and review count under the name are what a shopper compares.
Gatsby Cannabis Co. is a marketing client of the founder's agency. Their Google Business Profile is not connected to a ReviewsLift account, so we can't sync their numbers — the figures above were read off their public Google listing by hand on the date shown.
What reviews actually do here
Reviews are what get a business seen and chosen. When a local search puts three businesses side by side, the star rating and the review count are the most prominent trust signal on the screen — they're what a customer compares before they've read a word about any of the options.
We don't promise a search position, and nothing here should be read as one. Google's local ranking documentation lists review count and review score as part of prominence, one of three factors alongside relevance and distance — and in practice proximity and relevance do a great deal of the work. Reviews are the part a business can actually influence.
What we don't claim
No growth percentage, timeframe, ordering figure or search position appears on this page. We don't hold data that would let us source one, and we're not going to publish an estimate as if we did. When the profile is connected, this page will show the same live figures the Detroit Barber Co. study does.
Locations
Disclosure: Detroit Barbers is owned by ReviewsLift's founder. Gatsby Cannabis Co. and Lucky Detroit Coffee Roasters are marketing clients of the founder's agency. Figures shown are these businesses' own Google review figures, are not typical, and are not a guarantee of results.