Our model, and what to ask Builderscrack
| Sparky Next Door | Ask Builderscrack | |
|---|---|---|
| Who gets the homeowner's details | One electrician: the first to take the job | How many tradies can connect with the same homeowner on one job? |
| What the homeowner agreed to | One local electrician contacting them about this job | What does a homeowner agree to when they post a job? |
| How jobs reach you | By your postcodes and the job types you've shown evidence for | Are jobs sent by trade and area, or by the specific work you do? |
| Licence checks | Practising licence and registration class on the Electrical Workers Registration Board (EWRB) public register, before you see any job | Is every electrician checked on the EWRB register, and how often again? |
| What you pay | Per lead or an exclusive area, priced in your written agreement before your first job | What triggers a charge, and is there a subscription as well? |
| Wrong or fake jobs | Set out in your agreement before you start | Can you get anything back for a fake number or a job that is not electrical? |
| Contract | Term and exit set out in your agreement before you start | How long is the term, and what does leaving early cost? |
| Track record | None yet. We're new in New Zealand | What results can they show for electricians in your area, in writing? |
Where each might suit you
Specialists tend to do well with one-to-one jobs. If most of your week is switchboards or EV chargers, and you're sick of ringing a homeowner who's already had three other calls, this model is aimed squarely at you.
If you want volume across every kind of electrical work, a site that shares each job more widely may bring you more enquiries. Weigh that, and weigh the fact that we're new and can't show you other electricians' results yet.
How to run the comparison
Get Builderscrack's current terms in writing, from its own website or sales team, and put them next to the terms in your agreement with us. Our pricing explains the two options. Compare what a won job costs you from each source. Cost per lead flatters a source you rarely win work from.
Under the Fair Trading Act, a business needs reasonable grounds for a claim at the moment it makes it. That's why this page only says what we can stand behind today.
How we'd weigh it up
Keep a simple tally for a month from every source you use: what you spent, how many quotes you gave and how many you won. Cost per won job, source by source, settles the question better than any comparison page, ours included.