[Carpet2Clean]

Hi Guys....We need your help on up dating our website..Looking at getting the CARPET CLEANERS WEBSITE (Blackberry)...Please can we have your reviews on our old website......www.carpet-2-clean.co.uk    Is it best to have prices on the website? ANY HELP PLEASE.


(Richard & Tara)

[Mike Halliday]

http://www.carpet-2-clean.co.uk/

always best to have a direct link.. people are too lazy to cut & paste

out to work ( on a sunday!! ) will comment later

[Simon Gerrard]

Hi Richard,
The top section of your site looks great, (your van also looks the part) but then you spoil it by using stock photos that mean nothing to anyone. Why not use your own pictures (or video) so that as well as telling people what you do, show them too.
Publishing prices isn't a good idea in my view, as it removes the need for people to call you to find how much you charge. Answer that question for them on your site and they have no need to call you and that reduces your opportunity to win them over.

Simon

[Carpet2Clean]

Thanks Mike for the link 

Thanks Simon for the comments.I had before & after pictures but Yell phoned us and said it an insult to the persons in their eyes.If we did not remove the pictures they will remove us from Yell...We are no longer with Yell...One picture is still on my old site carpet2clean.com...Will remove prices and add the pictures back on  .Thanks Simon.

(Richard & Tara).

[Mike Halliday]

you are selling your self as a husband and wife team, i would have a photo showing you both, the site only has 2 pages...... you mention dry cleaning, stain removal and stain protector  I would have a page for each of them at least.

I think your prices are very affordable, I think once people see them they will top searching and call you, its a matter of personal opinion but I would keep the prices page

[Carpet2Clean]

Thanks Mike...Hope you had a good day.....Thats the problem prices on or prices off....Regarding picture of me & the wife thats a good idea ,but the wife was not keen on it last year but we see more & more websites with pictures of hus/wife on there....The website i have at the moment is only a 3 page site so thats why i was thinking of going with the Blackberry site because its got 10 pages at a great price and it looks like a lot of people on here have got these websites & if their any good ?. Reason i have a carpet cleaner near me that has 10 websites in all areas & they are very strong on Google and he offers discount carpet cleaning... I spoke to him last week & he was booked up to the 28th Dec, Thats why we was getting a bigger site to explain our work etc.


(Richard & Tara)

[garry22]

Why don't you just add some more pages to your site?

[elliott cleaning]

Not for me to comment on the layout of your site as I don't have one for carpet cleaning. I'm sure that Mike and Simon's advice is sound.
The only comment I would make, is for you to look at the text on your 'Home' page.
Couple of repeats, capitals where there shouldn't be, Prochem with a small 'p', stray brackets etc.

[Carpet2Clean]

Thanks Gary for your review.We paid for a 3 page site.

Hi Elliott i will email my web guy regarding this when he is back from his hols thanks for that..The problem with the web guy he just builds sites so that why we was thinking of going with Blackberry because they build a lot of carpet cleaning sites...But we do like this site and maybe just copy it over to them to improve it...Thanks Elliott.

(Richard & Tara)

[garry22]

Why don't you just add some more pages to your site?

Ah, I've just looked at your designer's site. Naughty.

Do not pay for the extra pages. You will not be getting anything like value for money.

[Carpet2Clean]

Hi Gary..The web guy is local to us thats why we had one built  my him but every thing is now done by email were before we went round there to up date..The blackberry website  are offering a great deal at the moment for a 10 pager...We may copy site over and add more info like Mike said...Thanks for your review Gary it all helps.

(Richard & Tara)

[garry22]

Is that right? Basic SEO is a £ 600 extra "Pro" package?

[JandS]

As someone said the site looks good but
the text wants doing properly.
Think the prices page isn't really a prices
page when all the prices are "from" or "POA"

The site needs more pages too and nick a stain
protector video from you tube and put it on.

John

[Simon Gerrard]

The issue with publishing prices is that, yes, you can avoid the price shoppers and just get the people willing to pay your price, but you lose the opportunity to convert those that think it is all about price and all carpet cleaners are the same, except the price charged. A phone call is an opportunity to convert / educate these people and is lost by answering the price question without ever speaking to them, which is utter folly, in my view.

Simon

[JandS]

Wouldn't want to be paying those website prices for a firm
that can't even get the text and grammar right.
Get a Vista Print one and you can do it all yourself and it's
easy........it must be I did mine.

John

[Carpet2Clean]

Thanks John  (JandS).. When the web guy is back,will sort out website,may lost prices page use it for info about stain removal etc like Mike said ,then add a youtube video...Thanks for review it all helps  CHEERS.

Gary...Will call blackberry to find out more.   Thanks.


(Richard & Tara)

[garry22]

Simon,

I'm not having a dig here.

Do you get many people go away after you have spoken to them for say, ten minutes or do most book?

[Simon Gerrard]

Gary,
Sorry, mate, I don't understand what it is you are asking.

[Carpet2Clean]

Hi Simon   Yes prices on or off websites is a nightmare i left it off my old site and all the people said "how much is a lounge" we said we will do a house visit to price up,they say why its a carpet..We then tell them we need to see what type of carpet you have etc..Then they say "i call someone else". You just can`t  win ever way.

[Carpet2Clean]

(JandS) John...Website looks good how much is it on Vistaprint ?


(Richard)