HomeAdvisor - website service that people list RFP's on

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has anyone ever heard of this site?

has anyone used it, or anything similar?..

supposedly this site offers RFP's from both commercial and residential.. lady called today and said she did a search within 15 miles and found 20 requests for proposals in my area as of right now. also said a trail of 3 months is $80.

is this legit?

heres the site...

www.homeadvisor.com
 
Used it for a year with bad results. They charge the $12 if you want the lead or not. Send it to everyone in your area on home advisor and it sucks!

We are having way better luck with thumbtack. $3.33 per lead, you decide if you want to bid on it, and if they don't open the email, maybe it went to spam, you get your money back in 48 hours.


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Ive used it with VG results..like anything else- good and bad!

I think it also matters where you live, and how much competition you have that uses it also.


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I think that used to be called Service Magic, scam, scam and more scam.

Different name to get rid of the bad publicity, pissed off customers and contractors and to get rid of the bad info on the internet.

Scam, scam and more scam. If you value your money, stay away from them.
 
thank you all.. setting up a thumbtack as we speak.

looks like a better route for sure. thank you again
 
thank you all.. setting up a thumbtack as we speak.

looks like a better route for sure. thank you again

I think all lead generation stuff is hit or miss depending on area, etc

I know guys on this board who use Craigslist with success. Other guys trashed it.For me in my area its Garbage

Whatever it is you use weather its Thumbtack, Home Advisor etc do it in a small sampling
 
Home Advisor can be decent if you respond to leads immediately. And always offer to get them on the schedule while on the phone knowing they are going to receive a couple more calls from contractors. I found that in my market I couldn't compete on Home Advisor for gutter cleaning but I do okay on house washing.
 
It will come down to try it in your area. I have done both, with thumbtack being the best for us. I have called a lead from both companies emediatly and had the customer say they went with someone else! WTF! Lol, good luck!


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This company used to be Service Magic. The leads you get are all from bottom feeders looking for the lowest price. We used it but ran ourselves raged doing estimates behind low ballers. Not worth the money in my research.
 
I think both are just people looking for the lowest price.
 
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