Which one is trust worthy? So if you were to decide on one. Which one would it be. Thanks for all your support and help. I would stay away from all of them. The surest way to guarantee targeted leads for your business and scale up is by ranking in Google for your local keyword terms. It beats paying a boatload of money for the same leads that others are also paying for with no guarantee they will choose you over the others.
There is no such thing as a guaranteed job. Not even the President of the USA has a guaranteed job. He can get impeached! We through Thumbtack found a lot of good handyman and contractors. We use them frequently. Ton of names and companies come out and we have to send questions or make phone call. Then in 24 hours will have some handyman or contractors contact us. A little late into the thread, but I am a contractor in Florida and have to be licensed for my trade.
I will not use Thumbtack purely based on the fact that they do not require anyone to be licensed they do not ask or check. HomeAdvisor is not bad if you control the leads, and be tight on your service area and budget. Spend the money on Google. This is what she said:. Their information, as non-members, is then sent to HomeAdvisor advertisers as a lead. HomeAdvisor companies are calling these homeowners and paying to do so as they are considered leads. My research shows that Angi is on a similar level to Homeadvisor, though less popular amongst homeowners due to the pay to play model and poor customer service.
There are a lot more complaints… See Reviews Here. Contractors have similar complaints to Homeadvisor, in that they typically pay a lot of money for nothing. When they go to cancel, they find the process to be very difficult. Many reports having charges continue even after they decided to cancel. The way Thumbtack operates is similar to Porch in that homeowners post their projects and contractors are able to pick which ones they want to pursue. While they used to use a credits system, they changed their pricing structure to straight cash.
Now, how it works is a contractor can reach out to a homeowner if they want to bid their job. If the homeowner responds, then the contractor is charged based on the value of the job.
A criticism of this structure is that the contractor does not know how much they are going to be charged until after the homeowner has responded. Another complaint is that even if the homeowner responds to let them know they are not going to hire them, they still get charged. In researching Thumbtack, I found it to be an interesting business model.
Charging professionals for communications rather than leads allows Thumbtack to profit even when no value is being transferred. The positive reviews I could find were written by homeowners for the contractors they hired through the platform, not the platform itself.
This is unfortunate for the contractors because Thumbtack is getting credit for their hard work. Those reviews would be incredibly valuable on their Google Maps Listing, for example. There were a lot of professionals saying the platform used to be great, but has recently changed their model and is no longer profitable for them.
There are some very interesting stories scattered amongst the reviews. It was launched in and started as a marketplace for web services, but has since spread into local markets including the home improvement space. The way it works is like the opposite of Thumbtack.
Homeowners can list their job for free and Contractors can pick and choose which jobs they want to pursue. The cost of a credit at this time is 1. The number of credits it takes to get the contact information for a certain project is determined by an algorithm based on the estimated value of the project.
The average in my experience is about 20 credits per customer contact info. Now that Bark has been out for a few years it appears to be on par every other online professional marketplace. The real specialty of Bark is finding services such as a DJ for a wedding. If you are a homeowner with some small projects you need help with around the house, or if you need your dog walked, Bark might be the perfect option.
Check out the reviews below to see what people are saying about this online marketplace. I was contacted by the marketing director at Bark over in the UK. He asked if I would be interested in trying their service and updating my review of them. I figured it was worth a shot.
He explained that they are very popular in the UK but not so much in the US, but they would like to change that. I signed up with my remodeling company and let it ride.
Over the course of 3 months, I only received 1 lead and they did not respond when I reached out. Maybe they had already found someone else to handle their project. From what I can gather, Bark works better for a handyman and other small project-type contractors. I was very pleased with my dealings with the salesman and the account representative. They were very honest about what to expect and they also went through the sales process with me to make sure I was set up for success.
Just last week I had Homeadvisor saleswomen call me 8 times. The last time they called, they even lied about being from Homeadvisor despite using the same number as before… Pretty shady. That should always come first so you can ask for happy customers to leave reviews there.
Update: There are a lot more reviews since first writing this article. The consensus seems to be that homeowners love the service while professionals hate it. Porch is a little different than the other home improvement marketplaces. Here, homeowners sign up and post their projects, budgets, and timelines, then contractors can pick and choose which ones they want to pursue. Contractors pay a subscription-based on their service and service-area.
They can see the leads before they buy, which is cool. If they decide to contact the lead then they have to pay to do so. Porch offers additional features such as an app that offers ideas and photos of home improvement projects similar to Pinterest. This can be helpful in communicating to the contractor what the homeowner is looking for. It can do wonders for business or bury it indefinitely. Before adding your company to Yelp's directory, have a well laid out, educated strategy for dealing with the traffic.
If you are proactive, get expert advice, and develop a game-plan, Yelp can become your lemonade. It currently boasts that it's in over 1, industries. Thumbtack is similar to Home Advisor by charging each connection with a potential client. They go one step further, however, by charging companies to post bids for client requests instead of following up on leads.
It's certainly less expensive than Home Advisor's fees, but considering that Thumbtack attracts lots of smaller businesses, it's difficult to maintain higher prices with a mass appeal. For this reason, a mega-contractor looking to find clients is just as likely to experience success on Home Advisor regardless of the higher fees. Angi is built for contractors and home improvement companies. Its entire existence has relied on connecting clients with contractors in various industries, but not necessarily with to help with business management.
But is it worth the monthly fee? Thumbtack and Home Advisor don't have monthly fees but charge a la carte for leads or bids. A contractor's ability to convert them and seal the deal should find either to be a great resource. While Yelp is free although they aggressively try to sell their marketing products , it can also be a jungle where it's survival of the fittest. Yelp can work in your favor, however, with some strategy.
Find your needs, narrow your market, and know what you are getting into before you sign on. This will increase your chances of success on any of these sites. Who We Are. View Features. Featured Article.
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