With the desire to share places you’ve been with your friends or to attract more traffic to your business through your present location, the need to create a location on Snapchat couldn’t have been higher. With so many features on Snapchat, figuring out how to create a location might be confusing. The good news is that we’ve written this article to draft a step-by-step guide on how you can create a location with no stress.
Ways to Create a Location on Snapchat
Sharing your location with friends, family, and business partners can be achieved in different ways on Snapchat. We would go through a step-by-step process for each of the creation methods. Let’s jump right in!
Method #1: Use the Snapchat Map Option
The map option is an excellent tool to use to create a location. Snapchat made it even easy to locate and operate without any fuss. Another good thing about the map feature is that you can suggest a place to Snapchat to further spice things up for yourself. Before any location feature can be used on Snapchat, you have to turn on the location on your mobile device. This would give Snapchat access to your present location. Here’s how to turn on your location on your device: Here’s how to use the map option on Snapchat:
Method #2: Generate a Location With the Sticker Feature
The sticker feature on Snapchat is an exciting one because it would take you to the exact place you wish to be just by setting it yourself. This feature would enable you to choose any location and upload it with your post. Here’s how to create a location with the sticker feature:
Method #3: Use a Snapchat Geofilter
A Snapchat Geofilter is a feature that lets you add specific, location-based filters to your photos. They appear as fun images or text overlays at the top section of a post. What makes the Geofilter feature fun is that the filter varies depending on where you are at that point in time. A different Geofilter will appear if you are in a different place. To make use of the Geofilter, you have to turn on the location feature on your device. This helps Snapchat track your movement and link it to the Snapchat app to generate your location on the Geofilter. Here’s how to create a location using the Geofilter feature: It is worth noting that there are two types of Geofilters on Snapchat.
Community GeofiltersOn-Demand Geofilters
Community Geofilters are only available at specific locations as of now; you can create a community Geofilter yourself.
Summary
With so many features on the Snapchat app, getting your way around the app can seem confusing. Creating a location to share with friends can be even worse. We wrote this guide just for you to have a great experience sharing your location with whomever you desire to. We hope we were able to meet your needs in this regard.
