Google Local Services · handyman businesses
Handyman messages from Google are short lists: a door that sticks, a TV to mount, a few holes to patch before a move-out. Some of it is your work and some is not, and Google counts the lead either way.
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The first message usually mentions one job, and the customer has three more in mind. The reply asks whether there is anything else they want done on the same visit and for a photo of the main one. Then you can tell whether it is a one-hour stop or half a day.
If you do not take electrical, plumbing or roofing, a customer asking for it gets a polite no in about a minute instead of silence. If the request is not valid for your listing, you can dispute that lead in your Google Ads account.
Need a few things done — towel bar fell out of the drywall, closet door off its track, and the kitchen faucet drips. Are you able to do all three in one visit?
Yes, all three are a single visit — the towel bar likely needs anchors rather than the same holes, and a dripping faucet is usually a cartridge. Roughly how old is the faucet, and do you know the brand? That tells me whether to bring the part with me so it is done the same trip.
Demand patterns, seasonality and what wins a job are the same whichever platform the lead came from — we cover that on the page for handyman businesses. This page is about what Google Local Services specifically adds to it.
One extra job pays for hundreds of leads. That is the whole argument.
Every lead is checked first. Spam and junk get no reply and are not billed by ReplyThemAll; you can dispute Google’s charge for it in Google Ads.
If your hourly rate or minimum visit is in your price list, it uses that. Anything else, it says you will confirm once you have seen the job.
That is Google’s forwarding line. Dial the number, then the extension, to reach the customer.
Every Google Local Services lead already cost you money. Make sure each one gets a reply.
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