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| There are three types of signups available, Platinum, Gold, Silver and
Free account for contractors. Contractors can choose the option based
on their requirement and profile.
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| It's complete free signup for users or buyers, no monthly costs and
commissions. Once at the site, there are two login options. If you
are a contractor, click on “Sign up now as Contractor”. If you are a
buyer, click on “Home owners/Buyers”. Fill in the respective text
boxes with the relevant information. Create your user name and
password. Then simply click on the text box stating you agree to the
terms and conditions, and then click “Sign Up.”
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| Once you are done, open your email account (the email ID you gave).
You will receive a confirmation mail from hire-a-contractor-now.com.
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| List Skill Sets, experience, references and photos.
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| It is a common phenomenon customers always look for the best service providers. Basing on your skill set and experience they will judge your competency. Therefore, skill set stands as your chief asset that makes your customers pay attention to you.
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| It is a common phenomenon customers always look for the best service providers. Basing on your skill set and experience they will judge your competency. Therefore, skill set stands as your chief asset that makes your customers pay attention to you.
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| May it be an Architect work, Engineering work, Carpentry or any other, the label, ‘certified contractor’ will surely adds weight to your profile. By highlighting your experience and skill set, you can simply get an edge over your competitors. This will be resulting in attracting your customers and getting projects.
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| Find Projects, short list and bid on projects.
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| Hire-a-contractor-now is the right platform for buyers and bidders where they can meet each other. It is the most convenient way for both of them to discuss and finalize the project. Buyers post many projects on various requirements here. Contractors can choose the projects which best suit their profile and bid on them. Hire-a-contractor-now thus connects the both ends just with simplified efforts.
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| Bidders can find a lot of ready projects here on different categories and send their profile directly to the buyers. Buyers go through the profiles and basing on their requirements they shortlist them. Both have the equal opportunities to finalize the projects.
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| Bidders can make their bid very competitive until they will build up a reputation among the buyers. Bidders are required to submit the bid along with the amount and what kind of services they provide in a particular format to allow buyers to easily compare the bids. You should avoid the hidden charges that some bidders charge afterwards. Providing such transparent information hire-a-contractor-now helped thousands of buyers and bidders form long-lasting work relationships.
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| Create a Project Watch List.
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| Here, bidders can add the posted projects to the watch list for future reference. In the “My Dashboard” section, bidders can watch all the posted projects pertaining to their area of working. They can even watch the bids of their competitors from here.
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| To create a watch list, go to home page and click on your category, you will be redirected to the category page. On selection of your category, you will be once again redirected to a page where you can watch all the posted projects related to your working domain. Select a project by clicking on the checkbox, and select “Add to Watch list” from the dropdown, and click on “Click to continue” tab. If you want to add all the projects to the watch list, just click on the “Select all” tab.
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| To view the watch list, go to “My Dashboard” and click “Watch list” link.
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| There are four options bidders have to choose from.
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| Notify me via email when a lower bid is placed?
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| Notify me via email when a higher bid is placed?
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| Notify me via email when Project has one hour left
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| Global opt-in / opt-out from receiving emails for this watch list item.
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| When a new project is posted, automatically bidders get informed through mail about the status of the project. On your selection of the options, you will be informed whether it is a lower bid or a higher bid made by your competitors. You will be notified exactly one hour before the expiry of the project. Selection of the last option updates you on each and every event done across the project.
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| Respond and Fine tune Project bids and answers.
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| This is a sign of interest the buyers show to the bid. Buyers choose bids that best suit to their requirements and fine tune the project to react to the bid.
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| Work with customer to close a deal
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| There should be a continuous interaction with the customer during the project running period. Taking the inputs frequently from customer, and incorporating them give a perfect shape to the work. Update the customers about the progress of work till the deal is closed successfully.
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| Work & Deliver Projects
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| Satisfactory work and in time delivery is the success secrete of a successful bidder. Moreover, it will bring you more projects in future through referrals. Because, delighted customers never forget the work done in time for them.
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| Get Feedback, References and Referrals.
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| Feedback always allows us to check performance. Positive feedback encourages and puts you forward. Similarly, negative feedback makes us realize what are the areas to be improved. On the whole, both positive and negative feedbacks put you in a progressive way.
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| However, there is much scope to get the referrals with the positive feedback from the buyers, because, there works the word of mouth concept.
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| Keep checking and Stay in touch with customers for repeat projects
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| Here are some tips for the contractors to get busy with repeat projects. Keeping in touch frequently with the customers is the most essential thing for a contractor to get the repeat projects.
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| In other words, you need to maintain a constant rapport with your customers which in turn make your customers remember you whenever they are in need pertaining to your working domain.
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| There are multiple sources available like emails, social networking sites, SMS etc., using which you can stay in touch with your customers.
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| You can post blogs highlighting your previous works and mentioning the latest updates in your business domain. Such latest updates, off and on, generate need among your customers. When you generate the need, unsurprisingly the contract will be yours. Some recommendations and useful suggestions through SMS surely grab their attention.
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| Likewise, if you will constantly be in their minds, when the need arise for them, effortlessly, they will contact you. Thus, your regular communication with your customers plays a paramount role in fetching you repeat projects.
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