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Facebook ads vs MyBuilder. Pay per shortlist, or own the enquiry?
On a job board you pay to be shortlisted, then compete with the others on the list. With your own ads, the homeowner has seen your work and picked you to ask, before she fills in the quiz.
✓£2,000 to start, then nothing until your first deal.
01The problem with MyBuilderThe facts, sourced
How MyBuilder works for a trade.
What you get, what it costs, and where it leaves you. Sourced where the platform or an independent report says so.
- The model
- Trades express interest in a posted job for free and pay a fee when the homeowner shortlists them.Source: Whito: UK trade directory costs 2026 (June 2026) ↗
- What a shortlist costs
- Whito reports roughly £2 to £35 for typical jobs, more for big ones. The fee depends on the job, not on whether you win it.Source: Whito: UK trade directory costs 2026 (June 2026) ↗
- Where you sit
- On a shortlist with other trades, competing on the same job description. Winning the job is still down to price and speed.
02What we do differentlySide by side
Head to head.
Where MyBuilder leaves you, against what we do instead, line by line.
A job boardOn steroids
Pay per shortlist
£2,000 to start, then nothing until your first deal.
Competing on the same job
Your enquiry, nobody else sees it
A short description of the job
Six questions answered, address included
Mostly small jobs
Full systems and whole-house jobs
03How we do itFive things · one team
Everything that sells an install, under one roof.
Facebook finds homeowners before they search for anyone. On its own, it's a boosted post. With these five run by one team, it's a system that sells installs.
04Proof it's realFilmed on real installs
What your ads are made of.
Every ad starts on one of our installers' real jobs: the owner talking to camera, the install, the drone shot. Never stock footage.
Installers talking to camera
On their jobs
05Where they winHonestly
When MyBuilder is the better call.
Sometimes the other option is the right prescription. These are the times we would tell you so on the call.
You're a one-person business without a sales process.
06QuestionsAnswered straight
- Q01
Can I use both?
Yes. Most installers we work with stop needing the board for volume.
07The priceTwo guarantees
One price, two guarantees.
It's £2,000 to start.
- 30 days' notice
- No cancellation fees
- Monthly rolling contract
Is your area still open? A few installers per area.
Five quick questions, then pick a time with Ben. Thirty minutes on where you're losing sales, and what we'd run instead.
✓£2,000 to start, then nothing until your first deal.
08Other trialsCompare more
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