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For some things I get this. Restaurants? Yes. But other things? Landscaping? Electricians? Plumbers? I’d much rather speak on the phone with someone who is goin

by twodave 7mo ago

For some things I get this. Restaurants? Yes. But other things? Landscaping? Electricians? Plumbers? I’d much rather speak on the phone with someone who is going to come on my property and do work. I could care less if they have a website because that’s just marketing for them. I source almost 100% of these types of workers via referral from friends/family.

dec0dedab0de 7mo ago
I want the website so I can look up their phone number and license.
dazc 7mo ago
I used to work in construction in a previous life and always said I could judge how good a tradesman is simply by their appearance. The same goes for their website. If they have pride in their work it will show; if they do just about enough to get paid it will also show.
- twodave 7mo ago
  Interesting. I'd personally rather them be great at what their job actually is and not waste time on a website. I think the best tradesmen don't need a website because their work (and their happy customers!) speaks for itself.
BeetleB 7mo ago
> Yes. But other things? Landscaping? Electricians? Plumbers? Plumbers and electricians: Maybe not. But lots of other house repairs stuff: Yes. Things I want to see: Geographical coverage area: Some are across town and are not willing to come to my property. Others are. Services rendered: There job title may be very generic, but it often turns out they do only certain types of work. Minimum fees: Some only do jobs that cost, say, $1000 or more. If my work is small, I shouldn't bother calling them. > I’d much rather speak on the phone with someone who is going to come on my property and do work I do so as well, but they rarely pick up the phone. You call them, leave a voicemail, and pray they'll call you back at a time you can pick up. About 50% of them never call back. So every time I need some repairs/work done on the house, I have to get 10 "leads", and call them, leave a voicemail, and a few days later repeat the process because they either didn't call back, or called and said they don't do that type of work. If I can pre-filter those out based on basic stuff on their website, it'd be great.

by twodave 7mo ago

dec0dedab0de 7mo ago

I want the website so I can look up their phone number and license.

dazc 7mo ago

I used to work in construction in a previous life and always said I could judge how good a tradesman is simply by their appearance. The same goes for their website. If they have pride in their work it will show; if they do just about enough to get paid it will also show.

twodave 7mo ago
Interesting. I'd personally rather them be great at what their job actually is and not waste time on a website. I think the best tradesmen don't need a website because their work (and their happy customers!) speaks for itself.

BeetleB 7mo ago

> Yes. But other things? Landscaping? Electricians? Plumbers? Plumbers and electricians: Maybe not. But lots of other house repairs stuff: Yes. Things I want to see: Geographical coverage area: Some are across town and are not willing to come to my property. Others are. Services rendered: There job title may be very generic, but it often turns out they do only certain types of work. Minimum fees: Some only do jobs that cost, say, $1000 or more. If my work is small, I shouldn't bother calling them. > I’d much rather speak on the phone with someone who is going to come on my property and do work I do so as well, but they rarely pick up the phone. You call them, leave a voicemail, and pray they'll call you back at a time you can pick up. About 50% of them never call back. So every time I need some repairs/work done on the house, I have to get 10 "leads", and call them, leave a voicemail, and a few days later repeat the process because they either didn't call back, or called and said they don't do that type of work. If I can pre-filter those out based on basic stuff on their website, it'd be great.