Job tendering websites - any good?

Doozergirl

jungle_jane wrote: »

I think this is an excellent post from the POV of a builder - i learnt a lot from reading that. It is true that good builders are booked up - you definitely can't expect to not wait.

But for me i think the social media aspect is the right way to go - it really helps to get to 'know' the person you are going to approach online. you can see their work, how they interact and you can give them an idea of you.

I guess if you are in a rush and just want a cold call quote then then you may as well use yellow pages but in this day and age with a bit of research you can find yourself soemone perfect for the job. I've given my builder so much more work just because he's so good and is very conscious of his local profile.

Thanks. Your post is really helpful to me too. I should probably post more on our pages as it does keep an ongoing record of what happens in our world and therefore establishes us as a bonfide company, more than a static website, and it does help show our personalities

I posted yesterday actually. It's nice to get compliments too :rotfl:

Alan_Cross

Not all of us use anti-social media...

All I want is to be put in touch with builders who would be willing to look at the job requirement and give a quote. Apparently, too much of an ask these days.

Unbelievably bad communications. This seems to apply to the whole 'industry'.

It's like you're worried to chase them about why they haven't answered because it might might turn out they actually can't read...

Doozergirl

You're using "anti-social media" now.

I think it is too much of an ask. You are not in a buyers market with people lining up to quote for you. No builder enjoys quoting and if a builder has too much work, there is no need to go looking for work, let alone start paying to quote for random strangers. Quotes don't always end in work.

The builder you want is not looking for you. You have to go looking for them because if you don't, someone else will find them.

You need to go looking, not finding. If you take the attitude that they should be looking for you then you'll get what you're looking for, I'm afraid, which is failure to find anyone decent.

Alan_Cross

Doozergirl wrote: »

You're using "anti-social media" now.

I think it is too much of an ask. You are not in a buyers market with people lining up to quote for you. No builder enjoys quoting and if a builder has too much work, there is no need to go looking for work, let alone start paying to quote for random strangers. Quotes don't always end in work.

The builder you want is not looking for you. You have to go looking for them because if you don't, someone else will find them.

You need to go looking, not finding. If you take the attitude that they should be looking for you then you'll get what you're looking for, I'm afraid, which is failure to find anyone decent.

Sighs. So all I'm asking on this forum site (nothing more than) is whether these tendering sites are any good, precisely, for doing this looking/finding, whatever you want to call it...

Doozergirl

And the answer is NO! Unless you want someone desperate. In which case, feel free, I hope you're very happy together.