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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Wc Solutions on February 15, 2011, 11:33:25 am

Title: £18 per 1000 flyers to be distributed
Post by: Wc Solutions on February 15, 2011, 11:33:25 am
is that a good price for my flyers to be sent out?
Title: Re: £18 per 1000 flyers to be distributed
Post by: glen parva on February 15, 2011, 12:12:13 pm
very good we pay £25- £40 depending on postcode
Title: Re: £18 per 1000 flyers to be distributed
Post by: SB Cleaning on February 15, 2011, 01:15:41 pm
is that a good price for my flyers to be sent out?
Very good price cheapest i have found so far is £30+vat

Title: Re: £18 per 1000 flyers to be distributed
Post by: Wc Solutions on February 15, 2011, 01:46:26 pm
just been told thats a 'from' price so maybe it isnt so cheap after all.

have to look into it a little more.
Title: Re: £18 per 1000 flyers to be distributed
Post by: outdoor restore on February 15, 2011, 01:48:34 pm
is that a good price for my flyers to be sent out?

How many other leaflets are delivered at the same time?,  Do the distributors run checks to make sure they are actually delivered?
Title: Re: £18 per 1000 flyers to be distributed
Post by: Richard iSparkle on February 15, 2011, 07:10:03 pm
in my opinion this is too cheap to pay.  a person can deliver between 100- 200 leaflets per hour.  so at max speed (this is only in close housing) it will take 5 hrs min to deliver them.  5 x min wage is over £35 ish and that's without any overheads added for the organizer...

i've had a bit of  experience with leaflet distribution companies and have always found the cheapest ones a nightmare to deal with and that they simply do not deliver the number of leaflets they say to the households they quote.  they simply dump the excess leaflets. 

best for me were royal mail, and a larger local distributor who charged about £50 per thousand, but were very good and reliable.  if you consider the cost of leaflets wasted, as well as the increased response rate you get from them actually getting to the households, more expensive is generally more cost effective.
Title: Re: £18 per 1000 flyers to be distributed
Post by: Steve Gunn on February 15, 2011, 07:17:14 pm
I use these and pay £10 a thousand for 42000 leaflets to be delivered its £20 a thousand if you don't send the full allocation out
http://www.nesbittleafletdistribution.co.uk/index.html
Title: Re: £18 per 1000 flyers to be distributed
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on February 15, 2011, 07:20:42 pm
in my opinion this is too cheap to pay.  a person can deliver between 100- 200 leaflets per hour.  so at max speed (this is only in close housing) it will take 5 hrs min to deliver them.  5 x min wage is over £35 ish and that's without any overheads added for the organizer...

i've had a bit of  experience with leaflet distribution companies and have always found the cheapest ones a nightmare to deal with and that they simply do not deliver the number of leaflets they say to the households they quote.  they simply dump the excess leaflets. 

best for me were royal mail, and a larger local distributor who charged about £50 per thousand, but were very good and reliable.  if you consider the cost of leaflets wasted, as well as the increased response rate you get from them actually getting to the households, more expensive is generally more cost effective.


I had the opposite trouble, I spent over £500 for 10,000 to be delivered and I am 100% certain they hadn't dropped ALL flyers I gave them.


I have 2 guys who deliver for £20 per thousand and they drop all of them.



Matt
Title: Re: £18 per 1000 flyers to be distributed
Post by: Richard iSparkle on February 16, 2011, 03:26:13 pm
if you can get some guy just to leaflet drop themselves that's the best i've had, in terms of price etc, but i had hassle of getting leaflets to them, giving them highlighted maps...  etc etc.  then its a trust thing.  some of them are trust worthy and some wont be.
Title: Re: £18 per 1000 flyers to be distributed
Post by: Jackal on February 16, 2011, 04:40:21 pm
i wouldnt want use a company,if they are delivering leaflets for other people aswell at the same time, the customer would most likely just scoop them up and straight in the bin,iv just ordered 5000 business cards from vista prints £87 delivered plus i brought a metal card holder aswell,im just trying think of someone i no who might need a bit of work and would actually deliver them
Title: Re: £18 per 1000 flyers to be distributed
Post by: Londoner on February 16, 2011, 07:39:09 pm
When I am working there are loads of young Chinese guys delivering all sorts of leaflets. Saw one today, they must have the leaflet business cornered because they are not just delivering take away menus.

I reckon they are all illegals and some agency is paying them absolute zilch. they practically run from door to door.

Just had a thought, maybe its just one guy on steroids.
Title: Re: £18 per 1000 flyers to be distributed
Post by: david thomas on February 16, 2011, 09:11:43 pm
just post them yourself that way you can choose the properties you prefer to clean