Making it a success, now that is a challenge. A city like Toronto or Atlanta will see 500 new deck companies in any given season… only a handful will make it through the first year.
Will you specialize in basic decks and pergolas? Elaborate? Which is more profitable? Now that depends on your abilities. Builders that get bored easily may need the challenge of doing ever more interesting and intricate work.
Those with an eye on the dollar primarily will specialize in basic decks and fences.
Flyers? Yellow Pages? Newspaper Ads? They don't work.
Directories like Servicemagic, Craigslist and Canpages? That's fine if you want the lowest price for your labor… since you will be competing against every new carpenter with a circular saw and a station wagon.
Here is the GardenStructure.com Difference.
We get real traffic. (See Above) More than 100,000 unique visitors per month at peak season…
That is roughly 10 times many of our competitors sites. (Below)
You don't pay us for leads… you represent us in a given area and only pay us for setup and small monthly licensing fee.
You don't pay us a 10% Royalty… We think it is better to be fair than to spend more money on litigation than we make in profit--(besides, most of the traditional deck franchise companies are being crushed by this economy--our phones are still ringing).
Leads go directly to your phone and email--and they don't go to your competitors as well.
WE give YOU a "Best in Business" Web presence that makes your phone ring.
WE give YOU "Historical Drawings" and details to work within so that you don't have warranty work to do.
WE give YOU "Design Elements" so that you have fresh details for high end work to compete with other builders.
YOU get our Installation Guide, Pricing Guide, Sales and Marketing Guide as well as Sketch Sheets for deck and fence estimates.
We give you your first set of cards.
In some areas you get discounted materials--
And all for much less than most small yellow page ads.
Did I mention that Yellow page ads don't work anymore?
There are Rural and Urban licenses… We know that many rural builders have a more laid back pace… so obviously those are less expensive.
Get in touch soon!
Lawrence Winterburn
(888) 293 8938