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Review Base vs doing it yourself.
Asking for reviews yourself costs nothing and genuinely works, when it happens. Most businesses start strong and trail off by week three. Here’s the honest comparison.
| Compared on | Doing it yourself | Review Base |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free, but it’s your time | From $50/mo, flat |
| Who asks the customer | You, every time, if you remember | We do, by SMS, on every job you log |
| Follow-ups | Usually none, chasing feels pushy | One polite follow-up, then we stop |
| Consistency | Great for a fortnight, then work gets busy | Same process on every single job |
| Unhappy customers | You find out from the one-star review | Sent to a private feedback form that goes to you, not Google |
| What you need to track | Who you asked, who replied, who to chase | Nothing, send us the customer’s number and that’s it |
| Time per job | Five awkward minutes, if it happens at all | About twenty seconds |
Keep doing it yourself if
- You’re doing a handful of jobs a month and can keep a routine
- You’ve got a script that works and you actually stick to it
- You genuinely don’t mind the asking part
That’s fair. If your system survives a busy month, you don’t need us.
Review Base makes sense if
- You mean to ask, then the next job starts and it slips
- Asking feels awkward, or your team won’t do it
- You want every customer asked the same way, every time
That’s most businesses we talk to, and it’s exactly what we’re for.
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