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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Crystal-clear on May 19, 2020, 01:11:02 pm

Title: Checkatrade offering free membership
Post by: Crystal-clear on May 19, 2020, 01:11:02 pm
Checkatrade keep calling me and offering me a free trial which is 3 months. Now free till 2021.
I'm assuming they're not as good as they used to be?
Title: Re: Checkatrade offering free membership
Post by: deeege on May 19, 2020, 02:02:28 pm
Did they used to be good?
Title: Re: Checkatrade offering free membership
Post by: Crystal-clear on May 19, 2020, 02:06:35 pm
Did they used to be good?
No idea I know a lot of people have used them though and have plenty of reviews I guess it helped?.
The fact that offering a free trial makes me wonder if they're tanking subs
Title: Re: Checkatrade offering free membership
Post by: DrewHastings on May 19, 2020, 03:39:20 pm
I had the email and calls about this.

In the small print, the very small print, at the very bottom, it says:

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Your web listing will not be found in general areas searches on Checkatrade – but only if a consumer searches for your business name.  You can be included in our Online Directory search results and receive customer calls, by upgrading to Full Membership

Which makes the whole listing pretty pointless. Its just a way of getting people to carry on after the free time is over.
Title: Re: Checkatrade offering free membership
Post by: deeege on May 19, 2020, 03:44:32 pm
I think they are irrelevant for our business these days, along with the likes of Yell, trust a trader etc.

They filled a gap for a while but as soon as google listings added the map and listings at the top of each search they became irrelevant.
Title: Re: Checkatrade offering free membership
Post by: swanson on May 19, 2020, 05:16:28 pm
disagree with you there
we get most of our work through yel.com.


Title: Re: Checkatrade offering free membership
Post by: swanson on May 19, 2020, 05:18:13 pm
also if its free until 2021 why not
you have nothing to loose.
Title: Re: Checkatrade offering free membership
Post by: simon w on May 19, 2020, 07:09:59 pm
What about Bark anyone use this??
Title: Re: Checkatrade offering free membership
Post by: deeege on May 19, 2020, 08:38:47 pm
disagree with you there
we get most of our work through yel.com.

I didn’t say Yell.com, I said Yell as in the old yellow book which went irrelevant when the internet took over.