@rsolo20 Thanks for the note Robert! We're exploring some focused monetization approaches including premium features and services among others. Some analysts estimate the lawn and landscape industry to be $76B (and that's just in the US) so we feel we are very well positioned to create and capture a lot of value in the market which is fragmented today.
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@briangamido what about lead gen? I'd love to use a dedicated service like this over Angie's list or thumbtack to field landscapers - and I'm sure they'd gladly pay for leads
@passingnotes Hi David, thanks for the note! We've heard a lot of demand for this from our users too and we're definitely exploring some approaches.
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@briangamido@passingnotes this is nitpicking (everything looks really great overall) but the shady, overgrown forest image you chose for the main homepage backdrop doesn't seem to reflect your product or customer base. perhaps one of the images you use further down in the page (photo of someone's yard? nicely manicured grounds?) would be better?
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Great work! I work closely with a growing landscaping company and one of the biggest challenges they face is communicating custom tasks and requirements at each job. This along with tracking out of scope requests effectively. Is there a way you can provide custom views, such as a 'work order' type view for the staff and a dashboard view for management?
@dan8arton Thanks for the note Dan! Absolutely, we have role-based views for the admin managers and crew. The mobile app (in beta) has been a very effective view for the crew members.
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@briangamido My father owns a landscaping company, one of the hardest tasks (I've seen it mentioned above as well) is communication of jobs between the office and the field. I implement all of his web solutions, is there any way for me to get access to the mobile app while its in beta?
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Lot of landscapers are small, family run businesses. They have established customer base and run payments 'offline' (cash). I personally would love to use credit card (much like phone bill) for regular monthly payments.
Wonder if you could run payments on Yardbook (I'm guessing yes) then who will take processing fee? Is it like Fiverr that customers take the hit or the businesses?
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Worked on a similar product a while ago regarding HVAC techs. It's cool to see these trade service niche products taking off.
@pori_alex thanks for the note Alexander! I totally agree--there are entire industries (fragmented yet high-value industries) that are in need of well designed, functional tech
@voxpraveen thanks for the note Praveen! You're not alone :) one of the biggest surprises for us when serving this market is how much of the business is run offline. We saw a big opportunity to take these business online and provide them a lot of value in the process
Thanks for sharing such info.
Pros:Nice software for lawn care.
Cons:Some more API integrations required.