How to make money with Service Central
How do you position your business to make as much money out of Service Central as possible?
As we know, Service Central is Australia's largest and most popular online marketplace for services. Thousands of consumers choose to post their job requests with Service Central every month and already there has been over 225,000 jobs posted! All up Service Central has generated over $650 million worth of work for the businesses registered with us.
Enough with the spin. How do you go about getting your piece of that $650 million???
Well firstly you need to be registered. If you're not in the game, then you're not going to get any benefit out of Service Central at all. How are you going to make money if you can't even get your hands on all of this work? Head to the Register Your Business Page and fill out your registration application today.
Once you're a registered, qualified and paid up member of Service Central the fun begins.
You now have access to all of the overflow jobs on the Jobs Board. Every month thousands of new job opportunities become available on the Jobs Board. You simply pick and choose the jobs that best suit you and your business.
With thousands of new jobs every month, you might be interested to know what categories are hot. Do you want to know what type of business has the most opportunities? Well here's some good clues:
Hot services in Victoria
Victoria is the founding state of Service Central and is a hot bed of activity. Its also been a very prosperous state over recent years and a great place to be setting up business.
From our experiences over the years, the biggest opportunities in Victoria include:
- Appliance Repairs. Washing machines, dishwashers, televisions, you name it. If you can fix an appliance in Melbourne you will be busy from day 1.
- Fencing.It seems that every fence in Melbourne is falling over. If you're able to get together a good quality fencing crew, then you can be making big dollars in no time.
- Brick Laying.There simply isn't enough quality brick layers. Builders and renovators are screaming out for them.
- Landscaping.Everyone wants an "outdoor room".
- Building.Now is the time to get your building licence, and start building and renovating homes.
Hot services in New South Wales
The state with the biggest population, NSW offers some great opportunities.
From our insights here at Service Central, the biggest opportunities exist for:
- Appliance Repairs. Once again appliance repairs is right at the top of the list.
- Carpentry.Big opportunities exist for carpenters in NSW. Whether its building new decks, or renovating homes, carpenters are in demand.
- Electricians.Enough said.
- Handymen. Sydney needs more Jack of All Trades. If you're handy with a hammer then there's plenty of work for your in Sydney!
- Fencing.One again very popular as the fences in the older suburbs need replacing.
Hot services in Queensland
The rapid growth of South East Queensland has been a hot bed of opportunity for local businesses.
Great opportunities in Queensland exist for:
- Appliance Repairs. Do we need to say this again? Appliance repairers are in big demand everywhere!
- Concreting.Lots of new housing developments means lots of new driveways.
- Handymen.Queenslanders are looking for someone to do their DIY work for them.
- Home Cleaning.Similarly, Queenslanders are looking for someone to do their home cleaning for them. Outsourcing home services is big business!
- Plumbing. It seems that of all of the states Queensland has the biggest shortage of plumbers.
- Brick Laying.Builders and renovators are screaming out for more brick layers.
So how do you get this work?
Well you registered your business right? If not, once again head to the Register Your Business page and fill out the form.
Once registered, you take the jobs you want from the Jobs Board.
For the premium members of Service Central you will also receive priority SMS notification right to your mobile phone for the jobs that you want. It couldn't be easier.
Well there are a lot of tricks to making Service Central work for you, and with over $650 million worth of work generated already its sure worth getting to know all of those tricks.
The Service Central account managers are well briefed on all aspects of maximising the ROI you get our of Service Central. So another option is to give your account manager a call today.
