I am a small ?one truck operator?, in the home improvement business. I focus on windows and door installations in my area and city. Mostly sell the installation and install materials, but the customers supplies some repurchased product. Although , I will supply as most contractors do when asked, I am not a reseller. But sell product with installations only.
I am lic, and Insured and EPA reg, as according to the local laws. So I have a web site, and I advertise on Cl . There is no other real venues for small local guys like me unless you have a big operating budget.
Locally, Craigslist has been taken over by bigger window and door companies . If I flag them I get kicked off Cl. If I post honestly two to three time a week I get ghosted. Or the big competitor includes me in their flagging operations. I almost seem like there is a inside deal going on somewhere...
Is Craigslist a dead end for me? I seem that it was made for folks like me but now I don?t get any business from it unless I spend as mush time nursing my ads as I do working by business.
What should a simple carpenter do, Craigslist seems to have lost its way and we get no business form it any more. Resorting to using flyers door to door.
Please be nice.
Thanks.
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I am a small ?one truck operator?, in the home improvement business. I focus on windows and door installations in my area and city. Mostly sell the installation and install materials, but the customers supplies some repurchased product. Although , I will supply as most contractors do when asked, I am not a reseller. But sell product with installations only.
I am lic, and Insured and EPA reg, as according to the local laws.
So I have a web site, and I advertise on Cl . There is no other real venues for small local guys like me unless you have a big operating budget.
Locally, Craigslist has been taken over by bigger window and door companies . If I flag them I get kicked off Cl. If I post honestly two to three time a week I get ghosted. Or the big competitor includes me in their flagging operations. I almost seem like there is a inside deal going on somewhere...
Is Craigslist a dead end for me? I seem that it was made for folks like me but now I don?t get any business from it unless I spend as mush time nursing my ads as I do working by business.
What should a simple carpenter do, Craigslist seems to have lost its way and we get no business form it any more.
Resorting to using flyers door to door.
Please be nice.
Thanks.