We launched 300 new-and-improved trades categories this week, to make it even easier to find great leads for your business with Bark.
As well as many services that are brand new to our platform, we’ve divided general categories (e.g. plumbing) into specific job types (e.g. bathroom repair, or leaking and burst pipes).
We believe this approach will make it even easier to find new customers with Bark – and today we’ll look at what these changes mean for your business.
Know exactly what customers are looking for
By making our general trades categories more specific, we hope to give you a much clearer idea of what each customer is looking for before you respond to their Barks.
Where previously someone might have placed a Bark for a builder, they can now specify exactly what type of work they need doing – whether that’s concrete levelling, block paving installation or anything else.
This will make it much easier for you to decide if a job request is something you want to help with before you respond to it.
Cheaper to pitch for smaller jobs
Splitting the requests placed on our site up in this way also helps us ensure the price of responding to a Bark reflects the value of the job the customer needs doing.
For example, we know a pipe repair job is worth less than a full bathroom remodel – so these new categories will help us make sure smaller jobs are cheaper to pitch for than big ones.
Easier to choose which leads you hear about
Last, but not least, these new categories will help us make sure we only alert you to the best leads for your business.
Imagine your company offers wallpapering services, but not shelf installation. In the past, these jobs would have both come under ‘handyman services‘ – but now you can use our new trades categories to specify that you’d like to hear about one and not the other.
Start hearing about customers completely FREE
Our registered pros are already signed up to hear about relevant Barks in our brand new trades categories. If you’re new to Bark, you can join them today and start hearing about potential customers in your area completely free.
Click the link below now to claim your free Bark account and start growing your business with our service right away.
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