hi lee
why dont you buy rounds ? theirs a guy near us with over 19 vans out and hes not only as door knockers and put leafless out like yourself but will buy up rounds for the right price
he as the money to buy not only small company's but the bigger ones as well ? hes very switched on and there no moving him on the deal he wants all in his favor of coarse
Yes you mention him often I know the company and to be honest number of vans means nothing to me. How much do his guys do every day per head? Not much population density in his area I think. i could have 20 vans on the road if I gave out half as much every day to each guy.
To answer your question I never buy rounds because theres no telling how many might just cancel if they dont like the change. More than that though is we only take on work thats on direct debit nothing else. Most customers are not on dd with other companies. I would go as far to say we have more customers on dd than any other uk company (over 5000 now) Next I want jobs at my price not someone elses. I want customers that chose to use us of their own accord. Lastly people who sell rounds always want 3,4,5 times the monthly value. I always feel I can spend less than that on my own marketing and get the same amount of customers or often quite a lot more and without the downsides of the points mentioned above
Indeed, I've bought work in the past and the results have been mixed. Too mixed for my liking. I even took work where a few of the customers had cancelled months before. I bet I've only retained half of bought work over the years, and some of that needed a price revision. Better to seek out your own work is my experience.
I've bought 4 rounds in the past, great value for money.
I've sold 5, I hope the buyers have been happy, I think they were.
Only had minor hiccups buying and selling
Just don't deal with con men, that's my advice 😊