Is Check a trade worth it?

[Kjb Electrical]

hi all, ive recently started a business so trying to spend my pennies wisely, I can understand checkatrade from a legitimacy point of view but im interested in how much work you can expect to generate from them as an advertisement platform?

 

[Andy78]

I heard they doubled their yearly prices lately after a change of ownership.

 

[Spoon]

Do a search on here. There are quite a few threads about them I think.

 

[Octopus]

They used to hassle me all the time .... Not heard from them for a long time.

You need to advertise as a new business but I wouldn't be going with them unless they do a really good low price deal for you.

 

[davesparks]

It works for some people, not for others.
If you get consistently 5 star ratings then you’ll eventually get far enough up the list to actually get some work from it. But be prepared to loose money on jobs as you end up doing extras for free just to ‘buy’ your good ratings from customers who know how to play the system

 

[telectrix]

also they sponsor the weather on GMB. never get it right.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

Avoid checkatrade like the plague... they might offer you a good 1st years rate then you have lead fees on top... then 2nd year will hammer you with eye watering price rises....

 

[Kjb Electrical]

Yeah they offered me a cheaper deal but it seems like they’re gonna try sting me in the long run. going to try some cheaper alternatives I recon!

 

[Kjb Electrical]

Cheers guys

 

[HandySparks]

... then you have lead fees on top...

Really?

 

[Octopus]

Yeah they offered me a cheaper deal but it seems like they’re gonna try sting me in the long run. going to try some cheaper alternatives I recon!

How much cheaper? How much of your marketing budget is it?

 

[Phil Thompson]

Expert Trades is a similar thing I think.

It’s £80+vat annually or £8+vat a month.

 

[Kjb Electrical]

They offered 80 something a month, £960 a year to get the draggs at the bottom of the list until I can work my way up, if I were to do it I’d make sure I was busy first so I can get the ratings in quick instead of sitting at the bottom of the list forking out monthly

 

[Kjb Electrical]

Cheers Phil I’ll look into it