Who can be listed

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• A shop that installs or repairs water heaters and can share field knowledge

• A trade family whose own history is part of the record

• A collector or restorer who holds old units, plates, or catalogs

• A historian or archivist who can send primary sources

• A museum or historical society with water-heating holdings

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A current sales page is not enough. The listing starts with two things: the $1,000 gift, and one real source — a photo, catalog, nameplate, shop record, or sourced correction.

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What you get for $1,000

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• Shop or collection name, city, and year on this page

• A sourced writeup on this page within 30 days

• Review of the historical files you send

• Credit in the source line if a file is used

• Your logo on this page, linked to one website

• Our logo for your site, with the line Heritage Partner of Water Heater History

• An email receipt

• Listing live in 7 days, for 24 months

• Renewable at $1,000

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You may check names and dates in the writeup. You do not write it.

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What you do not get

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• A banner across the site

• A “best shop” ranking

• A review of your current services

• Control of any article

 

The writeup

Three short parts. No slogans. No prices. No phone numbers. No “call today.”

1. Who you are
   When and where the shop or collection started. The names it has used. The city it documents.

2. What you do
   What you installed, repaired, collected, or restored. The region and the years.

3. What you sent

 

The photo, catalog, plate, or record. Where it was used. A source line at the end.

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Logos and links

 

On this page
Your logo sits with your name. Both open the one website you give us. That address must be your homepage or an about/history page — not a coupon, quote form, or ad page.

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On your page

You may place our logo on your website, linked to https://www.waterheaterhistory.com. Use the file we send. Do not change the colors, put it on a vehicle or a product, or say we rate or endorse your work. Use it only while the listing is live. If the listing ends, take the logo down.

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A link back is allowed. It is not required. You stay listed either way.

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What to send

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• Logo (PNG or SVG)

• The exact URL that the logo should open

• Name, city, and years in the trade or archive

• One source: a photo, catalog page, nameplate, or short note with a date

 

How the listing looks

Logo on top. Name under it. City and year next. Keep the logo small. We email our logo with your receipt so you can post it on the day the listing goes live.

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Cut nothing else. The “do not get,” write-up outline, and logo rules are what keep this from reading like advertising. If the Partner With Us page still promises a separate 900–1,100-word history article, add one line under What you get:

 

• One dedicated article in the site history, about 900–1,100 words, written once by the site