New pricing app
With the country still in coronavirus confinement, installers may be struggling to price jobs. John Cohen, managing director of Virtape, explains why the new Double Glazing App is vital for installers for both now and in the future.
Due to the unprecedented nature of the Covid-19 crisis, showrooms have had to close and sales visits are completely off-limits. But, for an installer, that doesn’t mean your business should be closed completely.
In fact, with more people looking at what needs improving on their homes during the current lockdown, installers should still be open for business as much as they can.
Fenestration businesses large and small still need to take enquiries from prospective customers, deal with them, and provide prices for jobs remotely through this difficult period.
The Double Glazing App will help installers who are finding it difficult to provide a prospective customer with a price for replacement windows and doors by allowing them to provide an accurate price without a home visit.
Making the process as simple and quick as possible for customers to get a price is vital, and the Double Glazing App can price windows and doors in under 90 seconds, or the whole house in under 15 minutes.
Double Glazing App is available on iOS and android as a white label app so is licensed by the installer.
The customer lands on the installer’s website and downloads Double Glazing App. They insert a unique verification code from the installer. They can then use the app to measure the windows using their phone camera or use a tape measure and manually input the dimensions.
When the dimensions have been submitted, the app sends the consumer an instant price. They can then confirm the price by booking a survey and then sign up in the normal way.
We don’t know when the Covid-19 restrictions are set to be lifted, but even when they have been, in whatever shape or form, there is bound to be a period of adjustment.
Homeowners may still be in two minds about a salesperson visiting their home to measure up for a quote, and that may well be the case for some time before things get completely back to normal.
And for some, the thought of a salesperson coming to their home for a two-hour meeting and trying to sell them extras will be something that they haven’t missed.
It means that allowing a prospective customer to measure and price replacement windows and doors themselves, when it suits them, without having to speak to anyone as an option is something every installer will have to offer.
While the Double Glazing App is helping installers through this current emergency, we originally developed it with our sister company Leads2Trade to modernise the way installers generate leads and sell, and the way homeowners obtain double glazing quotes.
The intention is to create more leads for installers from their existing web visitors and provide better conversion rates.
We live in an ever-accelerating world and operate in a constant state of now, with more and more people ordering products online for convenience. Whenever given a choice, we will opt for a service that delivers the fastest response time.
It’s why, as in most industries in the next few years, fenestration will have to adapt to homeowners only sitting down with sales after they have a price.
Getting the Double Glazing App now will not only mean help for the present, it will also propel your business further forward in the future.
Virtape is waiving the monthly licence fee for the duration of the coronavirus outbreak, so, apart from the set-up cost, you only pay when you have a consumer using the app to get your prices.
Installers will run on a month to month agreement so there are no long-term commitments.
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With the country still in coronavirus confinement, installers may be struggling to price jobs. John Cohen, managing director of Virtape, explains why the new Double Glazing App is vital for installers for both now and in the future.
Due to the unprecedented nature of the Covid-19 crisis, showrooms have had to close and sales visits are completely off-limits. But, for an installer, that doesn’t mean your business should be closed completely.
In fact, with more people looking at what needs improving on their homes during the current lockdown, installers should still be open for business as much as they can.
Fenestration businesses large and small still need to take enquiries from prospective customers, deal with them, and provide prices for jobs remotely through this difficult period.
The Double Glazing App will help installers who are finding it difficult to provide a prospective customer with a price for replacement windows and doors by allowing them to provide an accurate price without a home visit.
Making the process as simple and quick as possible for customers to get a price is vital, and the Double Glazing App can price windows and doors in under 90 seconds, or the whole house in under 15 minutes.
Double Glazing App is available on iOS and android as a white label app so is licensed by the installer.
The customer lands on the installer’s website and downloads Double Glazing App. They insert a unique verification code from the installer. They can then use the app to measure the windows using their phone camera or use a tape measure and manually input the dimensions.
When the dimensions have been submitted, the app sends the consumer an instant price. They can then confirm the price by booking a survey and then sign up in the normal way.
We don’t know when the Covid-19 restrictions are set to be lifted, but even when they have been, in whatever shape or form, there is bound to be a period of adjustment.
Homeowners may still be in two minds about a salesperson visiting their home to measure up for a quote, and that may well be the case for some time before things get completely back to normal.
And for some, the thought of a salesperson coming to their home for a two-hour meeting and trying to sell them extras will be something that they haven’t missed.
It means that allowing a prospective customer to measure and price replacement windows and doors themselves, when it suits them, without having to speak to anyone as an option is something every installer will have to offer.
While the Double Glazing App is helping installers through this current emergency, we originally developed it with our sister company Leads2Trade to modernise the way installers generate leads and sell, and the way homeowners obtain double glazing quotes.
The intention is to create more leads for installers from their existing web visitors and provide better conversion rates.
We live in an ever-accelerating world and operate in a constant state of now, with more and more people ordering products online for convenience. Whenever given a choice, we will opt for a service that delivers the fastest response time.
It’s why, as in most industries in the next few years, fenestration will have to adapt to homeowners only sitting down with sales after they have a price.
Getting the Double Glazing App now will not only mean help for the present, it will also propel your business further forward in the future.
Virtape is waiving the monthly licence fee for the duration of the coronavirus outbreak, so, apart from the set-up cost, you only pay when you have a consumer using the app to get your prices.
Installers will run on a month to month agreement so there are no long-term commitments.