Speakabox...the beginning
Published by Josh Wermut
After 9 long months of Trials and Tribulations, Speakabox was finally born this week. Although not old enough to walk, or even stand, Speakabox is now officially alive and kicking, and crawling toward's its anticipated launch in Feb 2012.
This blog will be a combination of things. It will be about Speakabox, how it came about and why. It will be about the faces behind Speakabox and the journey that led them to launching this startup. It will be about set backs, hard work, creativity, learning on the fly, adaptation, persistance and ultimately success.
But most importantly it will be about YOU and the local services you use and you provide.
A Marketplace Like No Other...
Published by Josh Wermut
Speakabox is an online marketplace for Local Services. In todays internet focused world there is an online marketplace for everything. If you want to buy music, you go to iTunes. If you want to buy books, you go to Amazon. If you want to buy any product you can think of, you go to eBay. But if you want to buy a Local Service, you've got nowhere to go .... until now.
The idea came about after watching my Mum struggle to find good available Service Providers to carry out simple jobs around the house. After spending hours calling around she would often end up hiring a Service Provider without knowing whether their quote was at all reasonable and without knowing the quality of their work. There had to be a better way. And so after several months thinking, planning, and building, now there is.
Speakabox is changing the way we find and purchase local services. From cleaners to removalists, handymen to hairdressers, and personal trainers to plumbers, Speakabox is the place where you can find honest, reliable, and proven service providers in your local area. Gone are the days of flicking through the Yellow Pages and aimlessly calling around for quotes. And gone are the days of having an unknown stranger walking around your home.
Speakabox allows you to view profiles of Service Providers in your area and read reviews and testimonials from other locals that have used them before.
Speakabox also gathers in quotes for your specific job from different Service providers so you can compare prices and know that you are getting a fair price. So save yourself time and save yourself money and post your next job on Speakabox.com. And one more thing - its absolutely FREE.