# What does listing blocked mean?

This answers one question: can the public see this business at all? When it is on, everything is hidden, free and paid alike, and you cannot publish anything. It happens when a venue is waiting for review, has been paused, or has been turned down.

Source: https://fidella.app/glossary/listing-blocked
Last reviewed: 2026-08-30

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Fidella has two gates and they answer different questions. Conflating them
produces incorrect and damaging merchant-facing copy, so this pair is worth
learning properly.

## The question it answers

Does this business exist publicly? If listing is blocked, no.

## Total, not partial

This gate hides everything: the venue page, free offers, promotions, search
results and the directory. It also blocks publishing in the first place.

## The other gate

Sales blocked is narrower and only applies to a venue that is already listed. A
venue can be perfectly visible and still unable to take money.