Rated People for Tradespeople 4+

I’m using site daily and get plenty of leads leading to work which is great, the biggest and only issue/problems I find is when leads I purchase have already been purchased meaning I’m 2nd to buy the homeowner doesn’t always notify the system of completed job resulting in job still open to being purchased, also when I purchase leads and contact the homeowner has changed their mind and cancelled job after contacting them it is very difficult to obtain lead credits back via system as if you add to many requests for credit of leads they lead to refusal, I would not be comfortable purchasing leads over the £5-£8 price as cannot guarantee you will get the chance to quote, be careful.

Where to start..... this used to be a really good way of connecting with customers who needed work doing. You paid a small fee dependant on the size of the job to get the customers details to then be able to provide a quote for the work. All was well in rated people. Over the last year tell he pricing of a small £250 job has gone stupid, you now have to spend £20 plus vat to even get a customers number which as you know doesn’t even guarantee you the job. The amount of times I have purchased a job lead phoned the customer and then by that point which sometimes is only 30 mins after they posted the job they have already found someone on google etc. Ok no problem rated people say you can get your money back for the wasted lead..... have you ever tried getting blood from a stone, it’s easier trust me! They have a limit on how often you can try to claim wasted lead money back from jobs and once you reach “their quota” you can’t claim anything else back which has genuinely resulted in stupid amounts of money being wasted. In conclusion if they drop the greed level back to a number you can afford to still price competitively and not cry when you don’t get refunded then yes it’s a good site to use. Until who ever is on this greed path stops then it isn’t viable to use. You just can’t waste £20 each time you buy a job or try and quote against people! Yours truly a gold member.....

I applied to this site as electrician. As during a phone call to register I was explained how good is this site, loads of works, money back guarantee if client doesn’t respond to your purchases job, free cancellation and refund within 14 days. Paid minimum amount to get started to find out how it works. Straight away found out only few new jobs comes out everyday, even if my chosen area is nearly half a London; job’s quotes already estimated and given, which sometimes seems not anywhere near normal and don’t think any customer would like to pay them, prices to purchase leads are very high, where competitors websites charge 1/3. Other thing didn’t like is I purchase lead first and only then I quote to customer actual price, where in other sites I can quote from description and if customer chooses me, then I pay lead price. After 14 days if not cancelled, your account becomes valid for 1 year. Same like phone or broadband contract. Even if of some reason you don’t use site (very busy at that moment with other works), you still pay direct debit each month for a year!!! And finally, I purchased 4 leads, contacted customers, none of them respond. Tried to get money back as promised, but found out you can claim only 20%, in other words only 1/5 leads. Very dissatisfied and would not recommend it to anyone!!!