HomeDeal alternative
You pay to join a comparison the customer already expects.
HomeDeal is a quote comparison platform: the customer submits one request and several companies in the same area can unlock it to respond. You pay per request you unlock, not per job won. Here is how that works, what an owned system changes, and when HomeDeal is genuinely the right place.
How the model works
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One request, several companies who can unlock it
The customer fills in one request and HomeDeal passes it to several specialists nearby at the same time. You are not the only one who can open the details and call the customer.
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You pay per request, not per job won
The price differs per request and per region, but the principle stays the same: you pay to see the contact details, whether or not you win the job afterwards.
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The customer was already promised a comparison
Anyone submitting a request expects several quotes side by side. Even if you are the best, your price sits next to others for a while.
Side by side
Who gets the request
Through HomeDeal
You and other specialists in your area at once
Owned system
Only you, through your own site
What the customer expects
Through HomeDeal
Several quotes, that is what they were promised
Owned system
A conversation with you, they picked you
What you pay
Through HomeDeal
Per request you unlock, including the jobs you do not win
Owned system
A fixed monthly fee, whatever the number of enquiries
Who owns the customer
Through HomeDeal
HomeDeal, including for the next job
Owned system
You, with their details in your dashboard
Where the review lands
Through HomeDeal
Nowhere on HomeDeal itself
Owned system
On your Google profile, where people search
What you compete on
Through HomeDeal
The number at the bottom of the quote
Owned system
Your work, your reviews and how fast you respond
Time to first work
Through HomeDeal
Today
Owned system
First enquiries in weeks, real volume in months
The sum that matters
The number to watch is not the price per request, it is the price per won job. Unlock five requests and win one, and the cost of the other four hides inside that single job, together with the time spent on five quotes. An enquiry through your own site spreads a fixed monthly fee across far fewer wasted quotes, and you are not competing by default with a few others who unlocked the same request.
Run it with your own numbersWhen HomeDeal genuinely makes sense
- You just started in an area where nobody knows you yet and need time to build owned visibility.
- There is a gap in your schedule you need to fill soon, whichever customer solves that.
- You work in a trade with little search volume, so an owned site would never pull enough traffic of its own.
- You have spare capacity that would otherwise sit idle, and the margin on an extra job stays positive after the per-request cost.
Questions
Questions about switching
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