Boy, 6:30a.m. on a Sunday? You're either hardcore or in a different time zone than I am! lol
Anyway, I apologize for not following up sooner. That's what I get for flagging emails for followup and then letting them disappear out of sight in my inbox.
auto enhancers wrote:
Interesting to say the least. I would like to check out what you are offering for a product. |
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The website is
Click-Vroom.com, though I'll be quick to apologize in advance for the half-assed state it's in currently. I recently ran into issues with my previous web hosting service (don't ever user MyDomain.com) and lost the entire site, which they said was unrecoverable, so I've had to switch providers and try to piece things back together again from what few source files I had backed up locally (lesson learned), which I'm still in the process of doing. So it's very much in transition at the moment, but should at least give you a lot of the basic information you're looking for.
In a nutshell though, from an installation standpoint, this is simply a remote starter install just like any other. My product simply acts as a bridge between one of the remotes to the system and the user (via a smartphone app, SMS text, or the web) and is as easy to install as mounting it and plugging it in.
In fact, it can work with any remote starter system out there, which I think is a big benefit for those of us who already have remote starters installed, which is exactly why I designed it as an add-on product.
And the best part is that it's
free to use for life - a price barrier I'm proud to have finally overcome. No contracts, no service fees, no usage fees. Just plain free ...unless you want premium features like alarm notification to your phone, which requires the unit to send data out instead of just receiving it, but even then, it'd break the bank at about 10 cents per notification (and the unit already comes with a $15 credit).
auto enhancers wrote:
isn't there a section on here for installers to post up their info? |
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Is there? I'll have to do some digging and find out.
auto enhancers wrote:
As for pay you will have a hard time on flat rate as no 2 cars are built the same and no 2 installers install the same. |
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Point taken. What are your thoughts on hourly rates and maximum time limits?
auto enhancers wrote:
I know shops that charge over $100 an hour. |
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While I have no doubt that these guys know what they're doing, unless they work
really quickly, I don't see how this would be feasible or how they could even expect that much. I'd have a hard time paying a fully trained and certified mechanic that much.
ptannjr wrote:
I with the list of installers here and installer net, that could be a great way to start with installers. |
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Thank you for your input. I definitely appreciate the feedback. I looked into InstallerNet.com, and at least on
Amazon, the installs were $200 each which does seem pricey, especially for a product that doesn't have any customer reviews (yet?).
Maybe I'm just being a cheap-ass, but the more costs I can reduce, the lower the price tag I can offer my customers. And everybody likes to save as much money as possible, right? Still though, it's nice to know that option is available, and I'll definitely be looking into the list of installers that's lurking around here somewhere. The closest thing I've found so far is
the Employment Forum, which this post might actually belong in, come to think of it.
howie II wrote:
x2 with auto enhancers about flat rates.
Having said that I usually do flat rates, as an example where this falls flat... |
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I'm definitely on-board with an hourly rate vs. a flat fee - out of fairness to the installer and the desire for a good, quality install every time - but even if I were to hire auditors to inspect the finished product, I'm not sure how I could monitor how much time was actually put into a job and whether it was actually needed. Any thoughts on that?
In any case, I very much appreciate all your guys' feedback. It's most helpful.
Cheers,
Tim G.