What to ask, side by side
| Sparky Next Door | Ask NoCowboys | |
|---|---|---|
| How work reaches you | A homeowner's job in your postcodes, for a kind of work you do | Do homeowners ring you from a listing, or do you reply to jobs they post? |
| Businesses per job | One electrician gets the contact details | How many businesses can reply to the same job? |
| What registered means | Registered with the EWRB and holding a current practising licence | When their site calls a business registered, does that mean EWRB registration or something else? |
| What you pay for | Per lead or an exclusive area, with the price set out in your agreement before you start | Is it a yearly fee, a monthly one or per job, and what's included? |
| Reviews | None yet, as we're new in New Zealand | How are reviews collected and checked, and can you reply to them? |
| Leaving | The term and how to leave are set out in your agreement | How do you leave, and what happens to your reviews if you do? |
Your reviews can count here
When you apply, we ask for evidence of each kind of job you do: recent jobs, photos, or reviews that mention the work. Reviews you have earned elsewhere, on NoCowboys or anywhere else, can be part of that evidence if they describe the job.
A review that says "they sorted our old switchboard and explained the certificates" tells us far more than a star rating on its own.
Why registration is worth spelling out
Homeowners hear the word registered a lot. For electrical work in New Zealand, the registration that matters is with the Electrical Workers Registration Board (EWRB), together with a current practising licence. Anyone can check both on the public register, which also shows licence history and any discipline in the last three years.
That's the check every electrician passes before seeing a job from us, and it's the one worth pointing homeowners to, whichever site found you.
Running more than one source
Plenty of electricians use a mix: word of mouth, a directory, a lead site. The fair test is the same for each. Track what you spend, what you quote and what you win, then compare the cost of each won job. Get NoCowboys' terms in writing from its own site, and ours from your agreement with us, before you do the sums. Our pricing page explains the two options.