[Seers]

Hi,

As i've mentioned on a previous thread we are now receiving enquiries from all over the UK for lots of different types of cleaning.

Rather than sending my guys all over the country for large jobs or just wasting all the smaller job enquiries as the travelling is too much for us, I will now be looking to pass on these enquiries to anyone on here who is interested.

Rather than adding a mark up to each job you quote on, I will be looking for a set monthly fee, regardless of volume of leads, and you will then be given a set area. All our enquiries for that area will then be sent to you to do with how you feel fit. Each area is pretty large so although you may not get leads every day or week, you should expect a good few over a year.

Many of you may well mock this post as pie in the sky talk, but I'm already giving leads to some guys on here. There will be no contracts, it will be pay a month ahead, stop whenever you like if you feel it's not working for you. For more info email huw@seerclean.com and I will email you the list of areas and prices.

I hope the mods don't remove this post as advertising, because I've never advertised anything else before. I would just like to pass on qualified leads in the hope of everyone getting more work.

I've posted it in this section first, I will copy it to general cleaning tomorrow. We get enquiries for window cleaning, pressure washing, gum removal, cladding cleaning, cherry picker work, carpet cleaning, builders cleans, graffiti removal etc etc all over the country.

Bear in mind I've had a couple of cans now and was in two minds whether to post this or not, but I'm spending too much time lately searching for contractors in different areas, I would now just like to have a directory of guys I know I can pass work straight too. Thanks.


Cheers,

Huw

[sparklebright]

And if you fail to pass on any leads to someone who has paid will you refund them, I doubt it.
And if you have two people in one area will give them both the same leads or half each.
A fairer system that will get more takers would be to let the local guy price it and you put a standard mark up that's what most people do cos it works. 

[Seers]

Hi,

There will only be one contractor per area.

If you get no leads over a twelve month period you will be refunded.

In my experience of subbing work out, the time you have to put into finding a contractor, then chasing them for the quote, then re-writing the quote as if it's your own, sending it to the client, chasing the client for the order, chasing subbys for safety docs, arranging clean dates, then sorting payments out.....etc... for the sake of 10% its not worth it.

This way all I do is pass the leads on, whether you win the work or not is down to you. You charge whatever you like.

Cheers,

Huw.

[Seers]

Hi,

Thanks for the emails so far, forms will be sent out in the coming week. It will be a learning process for everyone I would imagine. Hope it goes well for you all.

Cheers,

Huw.

[Rogue Trader]

who are the guys on here that you have given work to and how much work have they won through you?

[leapstallbuildings]

Hi,

As i've mentioned on a previous thread we are now receiving enquiries from all over the UK for lots of different types of cleaning.

Rather than sending my guys all over the country for large jobs or just wasting all the smaller job enquiries as the travelling is too much for us, I will now be looking to pass on these enquiries to anyone on here who is interested.

Rather than adding a mark up to each job you quote on, I will be looking for a set monthly fee, regardless of volume of leads, and you will then be given a set area. All our enquiries for that area will then be sent to you to do with how you feel fit. Each area is pretty large so although you may not get leads every day or week, you should expect a good few over a year.

Many of you may well mock this post as pie in the sky talk, but I'm already giving leads to some guys on here. There will be no contracts, it will be pay a month ahead, stop whenever you like if you feel it's not working for you. For more info email huw@seerclean.com and I will email you the list of areas and prices.

I hope the mods don't remove this post as advertising, because I've never advertised anything else before. I would just like to pass on qualified leads in the hope of everyone getting more work.

I've posted it in this section first, I will copy it to general cleaning tomorrow. We get enquiries for window cleaning, pressure washing, gum removal, cladding cleaning, cherry picker work, carpet cleaning, builders cleans, graffiti removal etc etc all over the country.

Bear in mind I've had a couple of cans now and was in two minds whether to post this or not, but I'm spending too much time lately searching for contractors in different areas, I would now just like to have a directory of guys I know I can pass work straight too. Thanks.


Cheers,

Huw

You would have to give out a lot more info than that though.
I'm not knocking the general idea but you are asking people to trust text on a screen that could just as easily be a scam.
Instead, why not ask for say, the price of the first clean?  I would pay that for a job for a regular customer.
The way I read it, you could receive twelve monthly fixed payments from someone, receive one enquiry for them in a year (meaning that no refund would be available), and they would be out of pocket.
You would need to be totally transparent about it by showing which area is for which cleaner because there would be nothing to stop you receiving money from a number of cleaners in an area and dishing out the work on a rota basis so that they all have to pay.

I'm not saying that you would do any of the above but it would be open to abuse.
Windowwashers has a one per area setup for an advertising page on his site but it's cheap and at least you can see what you are getting.  I haven't had a great deal of work from it but at eight cleans per year, I don't need much for it to be viable (currently £49 cost a year but doing work currently valued at £720 a year from it).  Mind you, I've had no new enquiries for some time now.

Please don't take this as the usual CIU knock.  I've tried to be constructive about it.

[Seers]

Hi,

We already pass work on to a couple of guys on here, the problem with the set up at the moment is that once I add on the mark up it can often bump their quote up too much which then means they may lose the quote which means we've all wasted our time.

Also a lot of the enquiries are for pretty decent job ticket values, but also we get plenty of standard domestic jobs. In my view, it would only take you to get one or two small customers from the info on regular jobs to pay the subscription.

The main problem I see is that we get lots and lots of enquiries from the larger cities in the UK but few from the remote ones. So I would imagine that the guys with the remote ones may end up getting their money back.

Area take up will be transparent, I won't be knocking anyone, it's an idea my misses came up with yesterday after I was moaning to her about the wasted leads we get.

Rather than me name guys we give leads to I'd rather them vouch for me really. I've even resorted to trawling the internet to pass quotes on to random companies recently.

Cheers,

Huw.

[Seers]

Hi,

As for scamming people, i've been on this board for five years and would rather not have the embarrassment from some of the guys I regularly chat to on the phone with.

Cheers,

Huw.

[Rob_Mac]

I am one of the guys on here that has priced up work for Huw, at Seerclean.

As Huw has said once he adds on a percentage it makes the price difficult.

I have been communicating with Huw now, for approx 6 months, he is a genuine guy, is listed highly in the search engines and gets many really good leads.

If you don't like the idea of what he is doing, don't get involved. If he says that you will get a refund, then if he has never let you down in the past, there is no reason to disbelieve him!!!

Huw - you know my take on works, I will be happy to continue pricing works for you if you are struggling with a contractor in an area.

Get a disclaimer or tell the client that you are not responsible for the quality of the contractor, that they are only phone numbers. You don't want a numpty representing you!!!

Good luck

Rob

[Seers]

Hi,

Cheers Rob!

Remember that quote you did for us on that huge warehouse up by you?
I can honestly say I haven't laughed so hard for a long time as when you left the message telling me how big the unit was. Pity we haven't heard back from them though.

Cheers,

Huw.

[Oakley Windows]

who are the guys on here that you have given work to and how much work have they won through you?

Me as well.

I have recently picked up one job via Huw, it is the only communication I have had with him, but to me he seems genuine. I have no reason to doubt him.

Put it this way, its my biggest domestic so far, which is why I started the thread about the same subject. I am a satisfied customer.

Matt

[Seers]

Hi,

Thanks for that matt. Thats the type of quote where if I had added on my percentage and then subbed it to you, we may have priced ourselves out of the market.

As it is you've ended up with what sounds like a peach of a job for as long as you keep the customer happy, think how much that will be worth over the lifetime of the job!

If you change your mind on that clean in Hemel Hempstead it's still available.

Cheers,

Huw.

[Oakley Windows]

Thanks Huw, Im bogged down with work to be honest, I would otherwise, thanks again.

And you're right, it does seem a great little number. Ive been in communication with Skye, she seems to think theres more work in the pipe-line with this initial contact, theres other properties there in the locality that are definately worth a brochure or two 

[ducky]

any in scotland..... 

[Seers]

Hi,

We had a nice office building in Glasgow a couple of months ago, which I got sorted through here.

But I had some pressure washing in Edinburgh last month I could not sort out with anyone so that went to waste!

Cheers,

Huw

[ducky]

we could have done that.

[ducky]

procleanscotland@yahoo.co.uk.     send me info mate

[tonyoliver]

if your handing out contracts time if you are stuck for a name use mine !!!!!!!
 sounds good  croydon south london aNd surrey would be interested at a.v.oliver@btinternet.com

[pauld]

Have You got more info on the Hemel Hempstead job Hew?
I may be interested I live up the road in Hatfield.

[Seers]

Hi,

Sorry Paul, Hemel Hempstead job is now sorted. Through somebody else on here earlier on this afternoon. It was for windows, pvc and gutters I think.

Cheers,

Huw.