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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: stevegunn on November 03, 2005, 05:13:10 pm

Title: One way of getting business
Post by: stevegunn on November 03, 2005, 05:13:10 pm

Seems to be working he has bids on a couple of his auctions

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/carpet-cleaning-low-reserve-from-32-room-no-extras_W0QQitemZ4415885435QQcategoryZ43015QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Title: Re: One way of getting business
Post by: jasonl on November 03, 2005, 07:40:56 pm

Hi , I am just testing the market with this, I bought laser eye surgery off Ebay, so  thought why not, had 3 calls today to my freephone number , one job up to now , its still under development.

Title: Re: One way of getting business
Post by: allergease on November 03, 2005, 09:33:27 pm

Jason,
Did the three calls today result purely from your ad on Ebay ?


Conrad

Title: Re: One way of getting business
Post by: jasonl on November 04, 2005, 07:53:50 am

yes they all referred to the offer

Title: Re: One way of getting business
Post by: BRSL on November 05, 2005, 12:06:22 am

mmm could get busy over there  8)

Title: Re: One way of getting business
Post by: stevegunn on November 08, 2005, 06:54:43 pm

Seems a lot of people advertising their services on e bay now

Title: Re: One way of getting business
Post by: jasonl on November 09, 2005, 08:44:01 am

 yes......... its going well for the 16 quid i have spent,I am now selling air movers, dehumidifiers, fans and heaters.

Title: Re: One way of getting business
Post by: Ian Gourlay on November 10, 2005, 03:59:47 am

What I do not like is when you find Multiple Listings of the same advert in The Carpet Cleaning Section.

Title: Re: One way of getting business
Post by: the red carpet on November 10, 2005, 11:27:42 pm

oh well worth a try cheapest advertising so far cost under £2.
jason how are you getting on with it?

Title: Re: One way of getting business
Post by: Mike Halliday on November 11, 2005, 07:54:00 am

The only thing I don't like about it is the concept of Ebay is selling by price, all the adverts are enticing customers with a low price ( I don't see any adverts saying carpet cleaning £60 ) and when you look further most are listing suite cleaning at £65ish.

Also because of the national nature of Ebay they have to advertise a large area, I personally would'nt want to travel 'upto 30 miles'

what market are they aiming for, people who buy on the lowest price or the higher end of the market.

I'm sure its a workable marketing tool and people will have success with it but its not for me

Mike

Title: Re: One way of getting business
Post by: Mike Halliday on November 11, 2005, 08:06:29 am

Quick apology to Amlet cleaning, they are advertising a price of £65 ;) ;)

but still saying £65 for a suite ::) ::)

Mike

Title: Re: One way of getting business
Post by: jasonl on November 11, 2005, 08:55:12 am

have had 235 worth of work in the week since i started,   so worth it i would say, the prices are quoted for short term apointments in order to fill time ,, that is why the prices are lower.

Title: Re: One way of getting business
Post by: ollie on November 11, 2005, 11:54:26 am

Mike, To be honest i just put it on quickly not thinking it would work but ive had 5 enquiries and booked 3, ive also been told off by e-bay as apparently its agaisnt the rules, but they havent taken it off!  Ive had to drop my prices as work really slowed down and i need to think about xmas! But saying that my girlfriend put a notice on her work intranet (council) 3 days ago about my services and ive had 22 calls in the past 2 days and booked them all!
ollie (amlet cleaning)

Title: Re: One way of getting business
Post by: Ian Gourlay on November 11, 2005, 11:56:26 am

As i see it the more adverts there are pricing suites for £65 the public will start to think that is the Market price

Title: Re: One way of getting business
Post by: Neil Grainger on November 11, 2005, 12:21:44 pm

£65 is cheap. I priced for a protected clean at £30 per seating space for 2 doubles today and the lady told be that she was charged £240.

Title: Re: One way of getting business
Post by: the red carpet on November 11, 2005, 06:41:23 pm

just had my first enquiry of e-bay
unfortunatly its not a job just another cleaner trying to sell me 50ft of vac hose for a prochem t/m
which is of no use to me, soif its any good to any1 else let me know i have saved the guys contact details

Title: Re: One way of getting business
Post by: stevegunn on November 11, 2005, 06:59:18 pm

Red Carpet you spell Professional like this not proffesional ::)

Title: Re: One way of getting business
Post by: the red carpet on November 11, 2005, 07:03:13 pm

thank you mate, my mistake