| I showed up at the site (the centered text-search thing is weird btw) and thought "Ok, a friend of mine needs to have dental surgery. How do I put that in a search box?" The problem is, how much do you actually know about the local service you are trying to get? Brake pads from a mechanic seems easy, but the person needs to know they only need brake pads. Most people would need to go to a mechanic to tell them they need break pads, maybe they just need their brakes bled, or they have caliper issues. What's another 'local service' example? Physiotherapy? Is price really the factor you want to decide on? I'm thinking about the businesses that are local to me which are service oriented (because just e-commerce already has this problem solved). You'd think plumbing and such would fall into this well, but Angie's List seems to have solved that problem for most home goods. What are the other goods we own that need local servicing? Computers repair, maybe, but people just go to GeekSquad or whatever else they can find. I think there are some huge issues in properly defining the market and then understanding the customers your solution might fit, or figuring out how you can solve the issue for the customer, as that is probably the bigger challenge. Great domain name btw! |
With regards to dental surgery, I wonder if I were to call up some dental offices and ask for a price quote on surgery type X or surgery type Y if they would give me a price quote. (Not that that's the only factor your friend would choose for surgery. It could be a starting point).
I agree, a lot of the problems arises from 'how much you know about local service you are trying to get'. My friend thought she needed new rear drums and shoes, but didn't after we got inspected by a friend.
Hmmm you're definitely right with Physiotherapy, I wouldn't go on just price myself either.
Maybe I've got a strong case just for my specific car problem, but this doesn't extend well to other local services.
But with like computer repairs, I think it would be nice to just see a comprehensive list of what's out there accompanied with their prices, GeekSquad and IT-hobbyist included.
Hmmm you're right that the bigger challenge is properly defining problem, market, solution-fit. I have to find good use cases like the car one I had.
Btw thank you for all of this! I really appreciate that it jogged my brain and gave me some new ideas on what to do next!
What do you think of the above?