Comparison of Tradespeople Websites
On-line websites and Apps have changed the way we run our lives, Amazon is now the world’s retailer and while Uber has had a set-back, in London, it’s a safe bet that we will be using one Ride App or another instead of flagging down Taxis longer term.
Nowadays when we need a heating engineer near me or plumber near me how many of us still turn to Yellow Pages? How we find and select tradespeople is undergoing a similar revolution to retail and taxis with a range of websites offering new ways to simplify the process of selecting and communicating with electricians and builders (including Yellow pages with their online sister – Yell).
If you have used any of following tradespeople websites please give your feedback;
| Websites | How websites work | Prices listed | Reviews listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| HaMuch | Tradespeople listed, customer contacts | Yes | Yes |
| Checkatrade | Tradespeople listed, customer contacts | No | Yes |
| Trustatrader | Tradespeople listed, customer contacts | No | Yes |
| Trusted Traders | No | Yes | |
| Yell | Tradespeople listed, customer contacts | No | Yes |
| Local Heroes | Customer submits job, tradespeople respond | Yes | No |
| Rated People | Customer submit job, tradespeople respond | No | Yes |
| My Builder | Customer submits job, tradespeople respond | No | Yes |
HaMuch
Customers see hourly and daily prices for tradespeople. Customers search and get a list of relevant local tradespeople ranked by cost. HaMuch is free to use, shows all contact details and other information such as business description, photographs and reviews plus some HaMuch tradespeople display discounts vouchers redeemable against call outs.
Very simple 3 step process;
- Select Trade
- Select more specific Service
- Enter Postcode or Town
If you have experience using sites please give feedback;
Checkatrade
Based on large numbers of tradespeople reviews. Customers search to ‘check a trade’ and get a list of relevant local checkatrade members ranked by review score or number of reviews. All contact details, business information, photographs and reviews are freely displayed and customers can use site for free, contact listed tradespeople as they wish and obviously then leave reviews on Checkatrade.
Simple 3 step process;
- Type in Trade
- Select more specific Service
- Enter Postcode or Town
If you have experience using sites please give feedback;
Trustatrader
Users find trusted tradespeople as any trustatrader members whose standards slip are removed from the site. When customers search trustatrader.com they get a list of relevant local trusted tradespeople ranked by review score or number of reviews. All contact details, business information, photographs and reviews are freely displayed and homeowners can use trustatrader.com for free, contact listed tradespeople as they wish and leave reviews (hopefully not too harsh!).
Simple 3 step process;
- Type in Trade
- Select more specific Service
- Enter Postcode or Town
If you have experience using sites please give feedback;
Rated People
Customers post jobs for free onto the website, with as much detail as possible, and then up to 3 ratedpeople members pay a small fee which allows them to quote through ratedpeople.com. Rated people’s customers then sees contact details and reviews of up to 3 members who are quoting.
Full on-line booking process;
- Select Trade
- Select Job Type
- Select job description
- Select no items needing repair and location
- Confirm Job status and your authority
- Enter when job to start, property style and postcode
- Enter job description
- Enter budget
- Enter first name, surname and email
- Enter mobile phone number
- Receive pin by text and enter into website
- Submit job
If you have experience using sites please give feedback;
My Builder
Allows customers to post jobs for free and then a clever algorithm identifies and alerts relevant mybuilder members who can then express interest in your job through the mybuilder.com. The customer chooses from these interested tradespeople by reading their mybuilder profiles, work history and feedback. Contact details are shared only when customers say so and at the end of the job they can give feedback to reward my builder tradesmen for good work (and pay them too presumably).
If you have experience using sites please give feedback;
Which’s Trusted Traders
Assessed on Credit, Customer Satisfaction, Business Procedures plus an Interview before becoming an endorsed member of trustedtraders.com. All contact details, business information, photographs and reviews are freely displayed and Trusted Traders customers can use site for free, contact listed tradespeople as they wish and leave reviews.
Simple 3 step process;
- Type in Trade
- Select more specific Service
- Enter Postcode or Town
If you have experience using sites please give feedback;
Yell
Yell is the website launched by the publishers of Yellow Pages. Customers can search yell.com by relevance, distance, rating or most reviewed and then get a list of relevant yell tradespeople. All contact details, business information and reviews are displayed and customers can use site for free, contact listed tradespeople as they wish and leave reviews.
Super easy 2 step process;
- Type in Trade
- Enter Postcode or Town
If you have experience using sites please give feedback;
Local Heroes
Part of British Gas, works by the customer answering a sequence of questions on localheroes.com and then being shown a rough price range which they can accept and then schedule the work if they want a localheroes member to carry out the work.
Full on-line booking process;
- Select Trade
- Select product
- Select problem
- Enter postcode
- See rough quote
- Enter contact details (name, mobile, email)
- Select time slots
- Add extra information on works and photos
- Enter address
- Request Tradesperson
- Receive text saying looking for tradesperson
- Confirm works
- Pay on-line
If you have experience using sites please give feedback;