Real competition between Traders is now on with the reverse auction website YouKwoteMe.com
Hi,
Please see below regarding a new website named YouKwoteMe.com where pope can post the jobs they need doing at home or business and Traders will simply reverse bid on these job or submit quotes online. A kind of eBay concept but in reverse. Basically, these are real people posting jobs, really traders bidding giving real feedbacks to both, all that covered under a contract, change request, daily diary logs and much more. Please read below the full story.
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What are the reasons for YouKwoteMe.com?
"The fact that I’ve been in the construction industry for so many years did not save me from issues with local builders! So I can imagine how stressful it can be for people each time they want work to be done - it is literally a gamble."
The idea started when I decided to have my own home and moved to Cannock for work purposes. The house we moved into was from 1960s, the walls were fully covered with wallpaper all around, so we thought that we move in, buy or hire one of these wallpaper removing steam machines, peel the wallpaper out, paint the walls - simple! Unfortunately, we soon found out the walls were not as good as expected and it became such a big job that we decided to start the process of contacting construction companies. Not being from the area, I decided to start hunting for builders on Google, Yellow pages, 112, 118 and local newspapers. We also began to ask a local people and started to get involved with the neighbours. After a few weeks I managed to get 11 contacts, between text messages, voicemails, emails and calls in noisy background. I finally managed to book appointments with 8 of them which is pretty good I think. From these 8 only 6 turned-up. Out of these 6, 1 said the project was too big, the other said was too small, and 4 said I will be giving you a quote by the end of the week. Unfortunately, one came back with a quote. Well frankly, I had no choice then to give the job to him unless I wanted to start again and delay the start for another 3 or 4 weeks which is the time it takes between searching, speaking, booking and waiting for the quote. Unfortunately, after a few weeks we started to notice that some of the things they were doing were just not right. At the time I was working away from home so my wife was highlighting to them things that should have been obvious to them as professional builders. Anyway, at the end we had no choice than to search again for someone to finish off the job which ended up costing us a fortune and after 1 year (instead of 6 weeks) it was finally completed.
"Surely there must be a way that you can post your job online and traders would simply reverse bid on your job."
This was the trigger to start thinking of a way to make people's lives easier…. a place where you can get the best quote and they can choose which trader can bid on jobs, not the other way around. A place where Clients and Traders can publish their jobs, ask and answer questions, make viewing bookings. Traders could decide the jobs they want to do and Clients could select Traders they want based on their reputation. They could have a way to record progress, accept and reject time and quote changes, keep records of all the process from the day the job was posted to the completion date and beyond. And most importantly, a place they can be assured that if there is an issue with a builder it can get solved and highlighted to others.
"This is when YouKwoteMe was born."
Established in 2014, YouKwoteMe project has developed a tested and proven four step concept where people and Traders can literally save time and money on any building project. By collecting some feedback, we have even expanded this concept to other areas such as Website design, building regulations, planning and permission drawings. In addition to that, we have started to make an impact to the local community by engaging with the local Scouts group and helping them to build a website for free with other projects on the pipeline such as converting a storage room to an office.
"We are helping local communities to build a website and an office conversion."
Why a revolution?
YouKwoteMe has been likened to give possible impact to match eBay, Shiply and UShip. Imagine a few years back when eBay did not exist. Try to remember how you used to sell your unwanted objects? Now we tend to sell anything, it looks like there is always someone somewhere prepared to pay for your unwanted possession. So now imagine the same for the work you need doing at your home and business? Imagine a place where you simply post your job online and traders, builders, professionals and building merchants can submit quotes or reverse bid on the job they want to do?.
Why is this so unique/ makes us stand out from other sites?
Any person can post jobs for free.
People and traders are covered under the YouKwoteMe contract. This means that when a job is posted, the Client has 30 days to decide whether or not he wants to proceed with the work When the works starts, both parties are protected by this contract.
When the works are progressing, both builders and users can record progress (text and images) using the diary log.
One of the most common disputes it when there are changes that may increase the cost and/or the time to do the work. We have created the change request tool which is a simple record to inform the Client when there is a change, if it will increase the cost or time and how much it will be. When the client receives the request, he is then asked to approve or reject it and propose new solutions.
All our Approved Traders undergo a checking process that includes:
Accreditations
Qualifications
Address
Company name
Public Liability Insurance
Credit check
We do match any feedback that they may have had from other companies but we try to focus on real people giving real feedback on real jobs so that when you look for traders feedback, you can see what types of jobs they have been doing rather than comments related to jobs that noone has seen or even feedback left by friends and families.
Our revenue is based on the size of the company rather than per lead. We have 6 plans starting as little as £2.45 per month.
Who are we?
Lyndsey James Hinton: Is our Business Development and Marketing Manager. Her background is in Telecomms where she has played a significant part in the development of billing and marketing systems for Vodafone and Orange. She was also part of the launch team for a new mobile telecomms company in the Netherlands called Dutchtone. She is a key turning point in our strategy for the development of this significant and challenging project.
Marta Baptista: Marta is our Customer Relations and Financial Manager, working hand in hand with the Client to ensure the project meets the needs of the customer and also the day to day running of YouKwoteMe. Marta has a strong people management and financial background in large organisations.
Pascal Baptista: CEO and founder of YouKwoteMe, the mastermind behind the concept and the project. Pascal has a UK Masters Degree in Construction Management, is full member of two Engineering Associations, in addition to further training courses and experience and he is the front face of the project, making sure the functionalities of the website are updated and interlinked in a logical way.
Vinnie Pickles: Is the experience that any organisation needs. Vinnie has been working in the construction industry all his life, managing small to multimillion pound projects. He is our overall internal decision maker and is adored by all of us as his knowledge is just priceless.