Hi AJ & Window Washers,
I will try and explain what happens at the moment....but I was out snow clearing all last night so it may not make sense.
Basically any email enquiries go straight to the members direct email address e.g.
info@abcdecleaning.co.ukalthough a record is left on our admin system where we can search the database for area/enquiry type to find out how many enquiries an area has had if somebody asks.
We were thinking of giving everyone an area@nationwide email address but I can see some problems occuring possibly. So for now we will proceed as we are at least.
I think you are worrying about us "intercepting" enquiries and quoting ourselves for the work. If this happenned we would be shooting ourselves in the foot and I would expect all members to quickly leave the website ASAP.
I'm surprised about the amount of feedback, both positive and negative, the site has caused. In it's simplest form it is a "yell.com" for just window cleaners, giving guys a bit of extra marketing on the internet if they fancy it.
If we prove successful and are still going in a year or so with a strong network of members across the UK then we would be in a great position to pursue national retail contracts as an added benefit.
In the meantime we will strive to get our members mini-sites to the top of Google for their area and promote the window cleaning directory as a whole.
As a collective I think we could achieve something, but that waits to be proved. Everyone talks about the smaller window cleaners joining together to beat the "big boys" on here every week and we've just built something which could possibly do this if anyone is interested.
Cheers,
Huw