Rated People

[dynamite2000]

hi pal i have been a memeber for 12 months. crap crap crap crap crap..avoid

 

[Mark_Burgess]

spammer has been removed, so my post amended.

 

[D Skelton]

If used correctly, Rated People can be a very useful and profitable tool!

When I started using it I only went for leads that seemed genuine and had a reasonable budget. I steered well clear of the leads asking for rewires for under £1000 and consumer unit changes for under £250. About half of the leads I have purchased to this day have been bad leads but I have always been credited for them. This in itself has often worked out in my favour as I've bought quite a few leads for about £2.50 to gain contact details for £100 and £250 jobs that have turned out to be bad. I've then filed bad lead reports and been credited free credits for those bad leads but with an unlimited value. Essentially, what this means is that I've spent £2.50 on leads that turned out to bad, filed my reports, got free lead credits and then used them to purchase £25-£30 leads for rewires and such like that are often worth in excess of £3-£4k

I made as near as makes no difference £4000 on my last rewire and the lead only cost me a couple of quid! In my case, within the first few weeks of using it I'd say that the site had already paid for itself many times over. It only takes that one good lead and bobs your uncle!

I use it less and less now but it has set me up with quite a few repeat customers. I'd say all in all I've probably only spent about £150 using Rated People but I reckon I've made at least a good £10k out of it.

And for those of you who accuse them of being scams, yes, you are totally correct and I hate them for it. I just view them as a neccessary evil that are in the way of getting good work.

I'm using a site called FreeIndex more than Rated People nowadays and guess what, all the leads are free!

 

[ian]

complete waste of time, i was with them for a while, some of the lead i bought were just garbage, should have got money back but they it never seemed to arrive.

ian

 

[malcolmmirt]

free sounds better than paid for ;-) does freeindex work though?

 

[D Skelton]

Yeah, I get a hell of a lot of work through FreeIndex. It seems the more reviews you get, the more work you get

 

[franner74]

My site is free for everyone as it's not a commercial venture, ok it looks a bit naff at the moment, but that's work in progress. It's only recently gone live, however there is absolutely no charge for it's usage.

The core functionality of job posting/email notification is free, it won't cost you or the public a penny.

There is no need to buy leads or pay for a subscription and in a couple of weeks it should look all shiny and new!

Feel free to take a look - google your job poster

It's a site for you so if you'd like to see any functionality improvements or you have any comments on how the site could improve just let me know, (don't mention the look and feel please I know it's rubbish at the moment. I've tried to concentrate on substance rather than style initially)

Thanks

email:
[email protected]

 

[GreenLightElec]

I have used rated people recently and probably got the same call as everyone else 3 months ago to try it for £10. My experience has been varied also, we have had a few genuine leads and I would say about 50% are genuine. As its free for customers to post on the site the type of customers who post will generally be hunting for the cheapest deal and will be getting three quotes from rated people and quite often a few more from contractors directly. The leads are not worth what you pay for them and its wide open to rogue traders who can purchase leads without being checked out.

These types of sites are great for the customer looking for a low price on basic work but I would rather spend money on generating leads directly rather than purchasing and funding a company to gather them for us.