OP
joehat
Sounds like rated people
Yep agree
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Sounds like rated people
You'd be better off building a "rogue customer" website that we can all subscribe to and share details behind secure login
You'd be better off building a "rogue customer" website that we can all subscribe to and share details behind secure login
We can rate them on :
1. Changing their minds
2. Changing the dates
3. Questioning the work
4. Meddling
5. Late payment
6. "short" payments
I think number one should be frequency of hot drinks provided. I did a 6 hour job the other day and got 6 drinks ! discount is already set for their next job !
I was concentrating on the "painful" clients.... so a "positive" side would be good too .....
This is the point i was trying to make earlier. The OP just does not understand what the customer really wants. Word of mouth, recommendations, local, reliable tradesmen. None of my customers would touch them with one either, and why would they? Sorry, I hope it falls on its face as well, it will be a bleak day when it flourishes.Most of my customers wouldn't touch your "type" of business with a barge pole!
if you have any doubt, that's a resounding NO from me!
15% is unreal ! All that is going to achieve is making it a nailed on certainty that the customer will have to pay more for using your service as the shortfall in the contractor's pocket will be passed on directly to the customer.
Are you aware of the business overheads currently experienced by contractors and the margins they work to? If you are you should know that asking as much as 5% and still expecting the contractor's quote to be competitive in the local market is bordering on the unrealistic.
A customer of mine is building a similar service and has the right idea. It's free for contractors and customers to use. They take voluntary donations from satisfied contractors.
I think it should read BErated people?Yep agree
No I think I got it. You are planning to waste customers time and your own time by allowing the customer to select a budget that you then have to tell them is unrealistic. Why not have a system that allows them to pick what they want e.g. number of sockets, type, number of light fittings type, details about the house etc etc and then tells them a price range final price to be confirmed following contractor visit?
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