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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 3:12 pm
by London Stone Paving
Helo
I wanted to share some news with you all. London Stone are launching a contractor/designer profile on our website.
Our retail clients regularly ask us if we can recommend contractors and designers. We are also regularly asked by our trade clients if we can put leads their way. The contractor/designer profile is being launched to cater for this demand in a transparent way. Retail clients will be able to search by postcode to find up to 10 local contractors/designers
Features of the profile include
Free of charge and quick set up
Company name and contact info
Link to website and social media
Company description
Image gallery of completed projects
List of stone experience
There are also a number of benefits and incentives to the scheme
Participants in the scheme will receive an additional 5% discount on all orders placed (taking total trade discount to 10%)
Entry to a yearly competition
Access to our online portal where they can check stock, do quotes and place orders, 24/7
The scheme is open to anyone who is a practicing landscaper, garden designer or to anyone who installs or specifies stone and you don't need to be a London Stone client to get involved.
We are not promising the earth but if this scheme brings in one project a year then its well worth the half an hour or so that it takes to register your profile
If anyone would like to register for the scheme just send an email to info@londonstone.com and we will contact you with more information. Also if anybody has any questions on the scheme please don't hesitate to email or post the question here on the forum
Steve
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 5:35 pm
by lutonlagerlout
sounds like a win/win scenario steve
can I put in my profile I only want to work for eccentric billionaires 
?
LLL
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 9:13 pm
by r896neo
The next stage in London stone's world takeover....
Seriously though good luck to you you are clearly doing something pretty right.
Fancy opening a belfast showroom?
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 6:54 am
by lemoncurd1702
Do you deliver countrywide or just south East.
We operate in South Wales.
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:54 am
by Carberry
lemoncurd1702 wrote:Do you deliver countrywide or just south East.
We operate in South Wales.
They deliver to me in Edinburgh, which as far as most English companies are concerned is a completely different continent :laugh:
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 10:03 am
by Tony McC
You have to be careful to ensure potential customers understand the list is NOT thoroughly vetted.
If there was to be a problem with a job, the client can often make a claim against the 'recommender' on the grounds that they were following professional advice. If you look at a few of the non-vetted or cursorily-vetted schemes, you normally see a line in the tweeny-weeny print along the lines of "if it all goes tits-up, it's nowt to do with us".
And that's why I have been very wary about setting up such a scheme over all these years. I carry out vetting for one particular scheme and I know a thorough assessment can cost 600 quid in terms of time and travel. The membership fee is only around 400 quid! How can that make economic sense?
I know some of the manufacturer-sponsired schemes run at a slight loss, but this, they tell me, is often recouped through additional sales. As pavingexpert never has and never will sell owt, the possibility of recovering that sort of money is nil, so it doesn't happen.
I keep a contractor list but when asked to 'suggest' names, I make it blindingly clear that, unless I know them personally, these are suggestions and NOT recommendations. So far, over the last 17 years, that's been enough to keep me out of court!
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 12:35 pm
by London Stone Paving
Your absolutely right Tony. We will definately make this abundantly clear to people.
Thanks to everyone who has expressed an interest in the scheme. We will be in touch soon with further details
Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 9:16 pm
by lutonlagerlout
the scheme seems to be up and running now and looks pretty good in the flesh
at least it gives people a heads up
cheers LLL
Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 10:41 pm
by RAPressureWashing
Is it on Steve's main site? sorry being lazy haven't had a look.
Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 12:03 pm
by London Stone Paving
The scheme is up and running. We have had hundreds of contractors and designers already register for the scheme. We have already got well over a hundred profiles live on the site and we are uploading new ones as quick as we can.
Here is a link to RA Pressure Washing
Here is a link to TDF Building Contractors
Tony, we could do with your company logo to complete your profile?
We have also made the scheme very visible on the home page of the website to try and get our retail clients/homeowners using the postcode search function.
Contractor Profile Scheme
Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 4:58 pm
by lutonlagerlout
hi steve it all looks very good and the people on there all look competent
I did send a header from our webpage and will try and send it again
cheers LLL
Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 9:03 pm
by RAPressureWashing
London Stone Paving wrote:The scheme is up and running. We have had hundreds of contractors and designers already register for the scheme. We have already got well over a hundred profiles live on the site and we are uploading new ones as quick as we can.
Here is a link to RA Pressure Washing
Here is a link to TDF Building Contractors
Tony, we could do with your company logo to complete your profile?
We have also made the scheme very visible on the home page of the website to try and get our retail clients/homeowners using the postcode search function.
Contractor Profile Scheme
Hi Steve
Had a quick look at the site and it looks very good, nicely done mate, one thing can you change our details to R&A Pressure Washing Services as opposed to RA Pressure Washing Services, sorry to be picky.
Posted: Sat May 17, 2014 8:39 pm
by London Stone Paving
I missed that one tony. If you've sent it I will find it and get it uploaded.
Roger, I will make that change.
We're going to be launching the next phase in about a month. Companies who have registered for the scheme will have a log in and will be able to check stock, do quotes, place orders and also be able to view all historical orders , invoices and delivery notes etc
Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 8:38 pm
by London Stone Paving
All done Roger
Tony, I cant locate your letter head. If you could re-send, that would be great
Steve
Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 9:14 pm
by lutonlagerlout
Is there anyone on here who can do some kind of banner/masthead?
for pay obviously
cheers LLL