I had an Eco carpet care website two years ago, after paying to 'rent' the site for one year, many of the benefits and facilities were taken away.
I received about twelve jobs from the site in a year, we developed our own sites after the above mentioned experience, on one more than one occasion our own site delivered more than twelve leads in one day, it now dominates this area in the rankings.
Personally, I do not trust the person running Eco carpet care, who initially contacted us, asking if we would join his network because the people he had originally signed up in this area were 'incompetent and unreliable' in his own words, interestingly, when we terminated the year long agreement with him, he immediately re signed the same people, which in my opinion suggested that money was his real motive.
Also, on last years carpet cleaners day out, I met other network members who did not only use Eco friendly products, they had made this very clear to the person running the sites, who didn't mind!
I believe its poor performance for us in this area was due to the fact that the way the site has been designed suggests that the site is owned by a National company, which is what people do not want, something else they don't want is a written disclaimer on the site, saying that Eco Carpet Care takes no responsibility for the work carried out by its members........mmmm this would certainly put me off as a potential customer.
Don't forget that the site is NEVER yours, and you will ultimately have very little control with it, this is my opinion.
Get a smart man like Mark Roberts on your side and don't waste time and money with someone else's site.
Regards
S
