Launch of Chantiers-moins-chers.com to enable building tradesmen to obtain leads at a lower cost

The interest of this new tool available to construction tradesmen is simple: thanks to the lever of unsold sites, the team allows professionals in the sector to access cheaper contacts of prospects looking for quotes for work related to their habitat; and on the other hand, individuals waiting for quotes to find a quality professional capable of satisfying their request.

Chantiers-moins-chers.com, to meet the needs of construction workers and individuals

For Jean-Christophe Gigniac, manager and founder of ForumConstruire SARL: "We generate thousands of work requests each year through ForumConstruire.com, our main site. While the vast majority of them find takers, this is not the case for some, which therefore constitute “unsold sites”. But beware, unsold does not mean poor quality! It's just that we had no buyers or craftsmen for this one at the moment T. Instead of these leads being lost, the goal, via this new site, is to resell them at low cost. to artisans. Thus, everyone is a winner: the craftsman who accesses new contacts at a lower cost, and the individuals who obtain a response with an estimate to their request for work.

Chantiers-moins-chers.com thus relies on the lever of unsold sites. Every year, in fact, a large number of requests for construction sites do not find takers on specialized sites. Faced with this observation, the ForumConstruire team, a specialist in the building sector for 18 years, imagined a win-win solution, allowing both individuals to obtain an estimate that meets their expectations in terms of construction, renovation or improvement of their habitat, and for craftsmen to access, easily and at a lower cost, requests for quality construction sites but which until now did not find takers, whether for reasons of availability of craftsmen and /or geographic coverage. For more details, the platform presentation video is available here.

Verified work projects, for quality prospects

The sites offered to craftsmen through Chantiers-moins-chers.com are not available elsewhere. Each site can be sent to a maximum of 3 craftsmen registered on the platform (if 3 craftsmen are registered in the same region and the same profession, which is rare). Each of them is systematically checked and updated before the contact is proposed to the craftsmen: when the team receives a site, it sends an SMS to the individual in order to ask him more questions about the work to be carried out. A craftsman will therefore only receive the site if the individual has answered all the questions and has reaffirmed that he wants to be put in touch with a professional. The construction sites are therefore "fresh" and the contact details of the individual prospects are accurate. Security and significant time saving for the professional.

Published in the fall of 2021 for a first pilot phase, Chantiers-moins-chers.com has already attracted 1.500 craftsmen registered on the platform, to whom it has already sent 25.000 work projects.

For Nicolas P., house painter working in Lyon: "I am a customer of several contact purchasing platforms, and I particularly appreciate the worksites-moins-chers.com, on which I registered at the beginning of the year. Thanks to this platform, I manage to have prospect contacts at very attractive prices and, if I ever have a concern about a contact, the customer service is available and particularly responsive. Their complaints system is simple, and I am recredited the same day if necessary."

In concrete terms, how does that work ?

On Chantiers-moins-chers.com, the craftsman only pays for the site requests he receives. Prices vary depending on the type of work requested. The list of rates applied is available on this page. When registering on the platform, after having filled in all of their contact details and their SIRET, the craftsman defines the password which will allow them to access the site in a secure manner. Then, he defines his specific needs: what geographical area does he cover (he can thus define his catchment area either in terms of distance from his company, or by entering the desired cities, or finally by informing the departments or countries it is able to cover)? What types of projects does he wish to receive? It should be noted that, for his registration to be validated, the craftsman must imperatively issue a certificate of insurance in good and due form, which he can send to Chantiers-moins-chers.com by email, post, or by downloading it directly via the site, once connected.

Once his registration is complete, the Chantiers-moins-chers.com account of the craftsman is automatically credited with a €25 welcome, so that he can freely test the service. He will then begin to receive requests for work sites corresponding to his specific settings. With each site request received, his Chantiers-moins-chers.com credit is debited with the price of the site. When his Chantiers-moins-chers.com credit is exhausted, he no longer receives a new site request, but he still has the possibility of consulting those he has received previously. The craftsman then receives an email informing him of the situation and inviting him to recharge his account to receive new contacts. Thereafter, he has the option of manually or automatically recharging his account, according to his needs.

Moreover, if ever the craftsman goes on vacation or is overwhelmed, he has the option of temporarily suspending his account, then reactivating his purchases whenever he wishes. Finally, if necessary, the craftsman has the possibility of contacting the customer service, which will be able to accompany him and answer his questions with reactivity, or even set up a complaints procedure if necessary.