[Staples1]

Anybody on home advisor. How are the leads they provide?

 

[wendon]

They've tried to get me to sign up, almost got to the place of begging. What a joke! Why would I pay someone for the privilege of bidding against several other contractors for a measly job. I'd never use it unless I was very hard up for work. Why did they change their name from Service Magic to Home Advisor???

 

[Staples1]

They've tried to get me to sign up, almost got to the place of begging. What a joke! Why would I pay someone for the privilege of bidding against several other contractors for a measly job. I'd never use it unless I was very hard up for work. Why did they change their name from Service Magic to Home Advisor???

I was under the impression once u pay for the lead they remove it and you have the first chance to close the deal. Also i am a newer shop so Im doing what i can to meet clients

 

[electricmanscott]

I have used them and for someone looking for business it's an excellent choice.

 

[chicken steve]

They refuse to solicit anyone via ET

so they are not only pimps, they are cowards as well

~CS~

 

[electricmanscott]

They refuse to solicit anyone via ET

so they are not only pimps, they are cowards as well

~CS~

You truly are a wackjob. What do you even mean by that?

 

[chicken steve]

Easy Scott

They hounded me

I informed them that if they really wanted to solicit sparkies to come here

Sent them the site url

They copped out, couldn't handle us en masse'

Yes we're the trades meat grinder, no i have no sympathy ZERO, for those who can't handle it

buncha losers pussies! :laughing:
~CS~

 

[electricmanscott]

Easy Scott

They hounded me

I informed them that if they really wanted to solicit sparkies to come here

Sent them the site url

They copped out, couldn't handle us en masse'

Yes we're the trades meat grinder, no i have no sympathy ZERO, for those who can't handle it

buncha losers pussies! :laughing:
~CS~

Wow some phone operator didn't take your sage business advice? I can't believe they weren't lining up to be verbally gang raped by the yahoos here at ET. :laughing:

 

[rewire]

If you go with them make sure you are set up for only the areas you serve and only for the work you do. Respond to leads the moment you receive them and track your closing rate . After a few months look at your ROI and decide if it is worth continuing.

 

[Hack Work]

I looked into them, but all I got were bad stories of having to pay lots of money in order to compete with other local contractors for small jobs.

 

[chicken steve]

Wow some phone operator didn't take your sage business advice? I can't believe they weren't lining up to be verbally gang raped by the yahoos here at ET. :laughing:

You begrudge us the chance to vet them then Scott?

Really....?

Most of them make GC's look good

Some have changed biz names for a reason

One i'm taking to small claims soon

But hey, if y'all wanna go work for someone you'll never meet, never realizes what you do, wants an NTE, wants to beat your $ down, and wants it fast and pay slow these online whores are the best!


~CS~

 

[rewire]

You begrudge us the chance to vet them then Scott?

Really....?

Most of them make GC's look good

Some have changed biz names for a reason

One i'm taking to small claims soon

But hey, if y'all wanna go work for someone you'll never meet, never realizes what you do, wants an NTE, wants to beat your $ down, and wants it fast and pay slow these online whores are the best!


~CS~

and this applys to home advisor how????

 

[chicken steve]

Because they were formerly Service Magic RW

~CS~

 

[oldschool]

If you go with them make sure you are set up for only the areas you serve and only for the work you do. Respond to leads the moment you receive them and track your closing rate . After a few months look at your ROI and decide if it is worth continuing.

I use them ^^^ this is exactly what you want to do

 

[rewire]

Because they were formerly Service Magic RW

~CS~

They don't pay so why would slow pay be about their name change

 

[wendon]

I highly suspect that they might not lie but they're not very careful with the truth. I don't believe it when they tell me that they're getting a lot of calls in my local area for panel upgrades. :no::no::no: I'm guessing my "local" area would be about a 60 mi. radius.

 

[rewire]

I highly suspect that they might not lie but they're not very careful with the truth. I don't believe it when they tell me that they're getting a lot of calls in my local area for panel upgrades. :no::no::no: I'm guessing my "local" area would be about a 60 mi. radius.

Maybe to them one call is a lot and 100 miles is an area

 

[Switched]

We are set up with them, but have pretty much just had our leads paused for the last year and a half. When I first started they were pretty good at getting us quality leads, but as time has gone on, the lead quality has dried up IMO.

We have a person in the office who can literally call the second the lead comes in, send an email, text notification, etc......We rarely are able to get ahold of the so called client. If we do get ahold of them, it is most often a tire kicker, who would be better served looking at Craigslist for handyman.

There customer service has gone downhill considerably and they won't compensate/reimburse you for false leads like they used to do either. It is a war to have to work with them, at least for us.

 

[LGLS]

Their "leads" come from people clicking on links in popup ads when surfing home improvement sites, or fill out "surveys" to enter a chance to "win a free..." whatever.

 

[CaptainSparky]

Here's the reason for the name change.

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_216554...becomes-homeadvisor-risky-rebranding-strategy

Our results with Service Magic / Home Adviser for the last 3 years.

363 sold jobs
6.6% cost of lead to sales