Suppliers

Welcome to a new tool that connect contractors and home owners to reputable local suppliers. If you’re new to eContractorBids.com, its simple. Once you become a supplier member, contractors and home owners can post material lists and select your business using our Interactive Website and Online Marketplace.

How exactly can eContractorBids.com help me?

Money Saving Benefits:

• Find new customers online for one low affordable price
• Increase revenue by finding new customer and contractor orders online
• Decrease new customer acquisition expenses up to 20%
• Quickly receive updated plans and specs online
• Affordable long-term investment with measurable ROI

Time Saving Benefits:

• Review new “good-fit” material order requests from qualified customers from the convenience of your computer before meeting the customer or visiting the job site
• Save your energy and spend more time at home with less meetings, driving around, phone calls, and customer site visits
• We help close new customers engagements and follow up with customers
• Automatically document all communications, pricing, and project updates

Additional Credibility Benefits:

• Instantly establish credibility to thousands of customers searching for suppliers online
• 7-Point Certified Contractor recognition in your local community
• Develop a database of happy customer ratings to help with customer referrals, justifying a higher price, and help set yourself apart from the competition

Advertising Benefits:

• Easily advertise your business for one affordable price on Google, Yahoo, AOL, and other major search engines
• Capture a rapidly growing market of online consumers
• Increase new customer referrals and promote your superior product/service
• Affordable long-term investment with measurable return on investment

The heart of the concept provides a pre-screened network of certified local contractors and suppliers for consumers to find, research, and compare building industry professionals 24/7. The network provides consumers with a one-stop shop to begin searching for suppliers that matches their needs best when starting home improvement projects and looking for local suppliers. Our online network is engineered to be a win-win for each party in the building industry by making it more efficient to research and exchange information with reputable local contractors, suppliers, and consumers. By joining the building industry together in one reputable online network we can adapt to the increasing need to become more efficient and tap into a growing market of online consumers.

More information can be found by contacting your local representative. We look forward to hearing from you!

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Company Profiles

Together we will build your business a company profile that contains detailed information and is what customers review online when researching contractors and posting material orders. Each profile contains a company overview, areas of expertise, awards achieved, areas served, customer testimonials, and more. Your license and insurance information will also be displayed along with ratings and a portfolio page for consumers to research 24/7.

• Profiles are viewable to the public 24/7
• Profiles are placed in the contractor directory in desired service area(s)
• Profile links to each member’s website
• Contains unlimited information and pictures
• Displays ratings and reviews from past customers
• Displays videos with “meet the owner” features
• Customized for each member
• Edit profile content at any time

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How the Rating System Works

The ratings system at eContractorBids.com provides reputable contractors with a new and different approach of word-of-mouth advertising and customer referrals. We all know, customer referrals and word-of-mouth is the best form of advertising. Instead of telling one person at a time, we publish your past customer rating and reviews online for everyone to see, creating a viral effect reaching a larger audience using the power and speed of the internet. We help give contractors proof of their good reputation by posting past customer ratings and reviews on a neutral 3rd party resource available to anyone 24/7.

• Members pre-populate their ratings with 10+ past customers references
• Ratings and reviews must be submitted by legitimate past customers
• Any member may “Report Abuse” on a submitted rating
• Members may leave rebuttal comments below any rating
• Members are immediately alerted via email each time a new rating is submitted
• Ratings are displayed in company profiles and are viewable to the public 24/7
• Each submitted rating is saved and tracked by eContractorBids.com

Ratings are based on the following areas:

Quality of Work: craftsmanship, skill of work, quality of materials used, etc.

Value: what you received VS the price you paid.

Professionalism: level of expertise, helpfulness, consideration, how you were treated, etc.

Timeliness: honoring time commitments, returned phone calls, job completion, etc.

See the full Ratings and Feedback Policy

Developing Your Ratings

Developing a database of past customer ratings and reviews online is critically important to today’s market. Consumers are now researching ratings and reviews online before purchasing products/services. This gives you the opportunity to set yourself apart, justify a higher price, and help close new customers. Having a list of happy past customer ratings and reviews on a neutral 3rd party’s website helps add credibility and value to your company. You can have any past customer submit ratings for you in a variety of ways, making your ratings history easy to develop and maintain.

Customer Testimonials

Your company profile will also publish a useful database of past customer testimonials and feedback for your company. Testimonials are an important part when deciding who to work with. eContractorBids.com helps promote your customer’s testimonials in addition to the ratings system.

Ratings and Feedback Policy

The rating system at eContractorBids.com has been developed by contractors for contractors. Pro-building industry terms and conditions help make the rating system fair to all parties. If needed, you’re able to report abuse on a submitted rating and it will automatically be removed and investigated by us. You’re also able to rebuttal customer ratings and created published rebuttal comments to submitted ratings. Bottom line, the rating system provides contractors with valuable tools to help promote their business in a variety of ways and has been developed to be accurate and fair for all parties.

Submitting and Maintaining Your Ratings

Your contractor rating is one of the most important aspects of your success at eContractorBids.com. The more ratings you have the better. Maintaining your ratings is done by sending customers rating requests by email, paper, and phone. All ratings forms and links are available 24/7 in each member’s account home page. If you have additional questions, please contact your local representative or see the full ratings and feedback policy.

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Material Orders -Sent to you via email

eContractorBids.com has developed a powerful new tool for getting pricing for material orders online. Our interactive website and Online Marketplace allows general contractors and local consumers to post material orders and compare detailed pricing from the vendors of their choice, all online.

We provide local suppliers valuable tools to find new customers and new efficenecies using the power and speed of the internet. Communication tools such as this, makes it easy to share information electronically – improving the efficiency and reach of your business.

Each material order contains detailed customer contact information, plans, material specifications, customer notes, and more. If you’re interested, simply respond to the customer, calculate your price by traditional methods, and submit your bid at no cost.

Project requests contain the following information:

• Full customer contact information
• Job site information with GPS mapping
• General job description overview
• Plans and/or measurements
• Material selections
• Pictures and video
• Customer special instructions and notes
• Bid deadline date

If you’re interested in learning more about eContractorBids.com, please contact your local representative. We look forward to hearing from you!

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Membership Qualification Requirements

Our network promotes reputable local contractors and suppliers. Every member of eContractorBids.com is pre-screened and meets several requirements before being accepted into our network. This ensures customers will be working with the very best local professionals with the proper license, insurance, and background checks performed.

At a bare minimum, each member must meet the qualification requirements and the rating system provides additional insurance that only the best, most quality contractors are eligible for membership.

VERIFY TRADE LICENSE
eContractorBids.com verifies that the business carries the appropriate state-level license and is registered with the state.

VERIFY INSURANCE
We contact the member’s insurance agent to confirm general liability insurance and post the insurance certificate online.

VERIFICATION OF STATE BUSINESS RECORDS

For businesses that require a Secretary of State filing, we confirm that the business is in good standing with the state. We check for bankruptcy filings, state level civil judgments, and liens placed against each member’s business.

CRIMINAL RECORDS SEARCH

We use several database sources to conduct a criminal background check for any relevant criminal activity in the state that the owner/principal is located.

SEX OFFENDER SEARCH

We confirm that the owner/principal is not listed on the official sex offender web site of the state in which the owner/principal is located.

IDENTITY VERIFICATION

We verify the identity of the owner/principal. We also do a reverse phone and address look-up to confirm that the information provided matches the application for the business.

VERIFY PAST CUSTOMER REFERENCES

We contact past customer references to solicit feedback on the business’s performance, including gathering past customer ratings and reviews.

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Membership Costs

Monthly Fee: a monthly fee is charged to host, maintain, and optimize each member’s company profile in the contractor directory.

Late Bid Fee: A late bid fee is only applied to your account only if you place a bid or estimate after the customer’s deadline or if you told the customer you would place a bid or estimate and did not do so. If the project doesn’t interest you, simply decline the job at no cost. Placing a bid or estimate on eContractorBids.com is free provided you meet the customer’s bid deadline.

Success Fee: after a member’s bid or estimate ends in a successful contract, a commission is charged to the member’s account.

See here for specific pricing in your area

See here for specific pricing for your area

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Member to Member Discounts: (Business to Business)

This applies to all transactions between members of eContractorBids.com. These transactions have $0 bid fees and 50% off the successful contract commissions. Both parties of the transaction must be members at the time of the project request to be eligible.

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Additional Member Services and Benefits

Several other benefits are available to members at no additional costs.

• Detailed Billing
• Local Member Support
• Money Back Guarantee
• Online Classifieds
• Monthly Member Newsletter
• Ratings link on your website
• Industry Information, News, and Updates

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Membership Terms

Members are required to sign up online, agree to the terms and conditions, and membership bylaws.

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Questions and Suggestions?

We are here to serve you and offer services that increase your business’s efficiency and success. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please contact your local representative.