www.find-a-tradie.com.au uses a mutual trust system like eBay, with both tradies and
customers being able to leave each other feedback. And both parties are able to peruse that feedback
and decide for themselves if they are trustworthy enough to do business with. It is for that reason that
customers also need to register and login to use this service.
The problem with Facebook groups is that the owners are incentivised to maximise the number of members on
their Facebook groups, in order to earn a cut of Facebook's advertising revenue. In contrast the goal of
www.find-a-tradie.com.au is to maximise the trustworthiness of all participants.
BENEFITS FOR TRADIES
Tradies can browse customers and view their feedback reputation.
Flat annual membership for tradies, with no fees to obtain contact details.
1 month
$10
6 months
$60
12 months
$120
18 months
$180
24 months
$240
You can filter out jobs that are of no interest to you, e.g. too small or too far away.
Tradies can post jobs for other tradies to browse and answer.
Tradies with a primary trade that matches what a customer is searching for are prioritized over
tradies that have listed it as an additional trade.
There is little or no risk of you spending more money on advertising than you are likely to actually
earn from any jobs you win over an entire year. So www.find-a-tradie.com.au is ideal
for small business tradies who are just starting out.
The services of our competitors charge you around $10 each time you request a customers contact
details, and that means you can easily spend more on advertising than you can earn from jobs over a matter
of months.
BENEFITS FOR CUSTOMERS
Customers can browse tradies and view their feedback reputation.
Customers can post jobs for local tradies to browse and answer.
Free membership for customers.
Customers can browse tradies (based on filters like minimum charge and maximum distance) and contact them directly.
No bank account or credit card numbers are stored on the web site.
All payments made with Paypal.
BENEFITS FOR BOTH
No bank account or credit card numbers are stored on the web site.
Personal identification data, such as DOB, are not stored on the web site.
Any of your business or personal information that is stored on the web site, you have almost certainly made public through
other forms of advertising and social media etc.
All payments made with Paypal to us are made by using Paypal.
All payments by members to each other are made through third party invoicing and payment systems, e.g. direct bank deposits.
All communications between clients and tradies are done through their private email accounts or phone numbers.
So if the web site is hacked there really is not much that the hackers can gain.
