In the end, you may get matched up with a contractor that is not local but wants to work in your geographic area.
#HOUZZ PRO REVIEWS SERIES#
If you are looking for a local contractor, you will be forced through a series of qualifying questions.Does not prioritize paid listings from members, contractors can’t buy their way to the top.Has reviews for over 116,000 professionals.Contractors on HomeAdvisor must have their financial house in order and produce good reviews.HomeAdvisor requires a background check from the contractors.It seemed like a swarm of sales guys blew up their phone as soon as they clicked ENTER on the HomeAdvisor website. I suspected, without “proof” that perhaps they were selling the lead to more than four contractors because of the visceral reaction of the prospective lead. It was my understanding as a customer that a single lead would only be sold to four contractors. When I would call these leads, they would be irate because they were bombarded with several calls within minutes of submitting their information online. I eventually stopped using them because the quality of their leads was terrible. They would do the all the technical work and simply sell me leads. At the time, I knew little about online marketing. I utilized their service for several years with a degree of success. That was the former trade name of HomeAdvisor, before they rebranded to HomeAdvisor. Back in 2007, I was a customer of “Service Magic”. HomeAdvisor:įull disclosure, as a general contractor I will admit that my opinions on this topic may be a bit biased. I’ll also share my experience with using HomeAdvisor to promote my business.
In this short article, I will give you a Pros and Cons list about what you stand to gain as the homeowner. If you think that this is going to be a negative review for these lead generation companies read through the article completely, I want homeowners to know the truth. Incidentally, most of the time these contractors are not even local. These companies have nothing to do with construction and everything to do with collecting information that can be sold to contractors. Many homeowners end up at one of these sites when they search for local contractors.
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