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Why your shop needs its own website, even in a world of marketplaces
Listings bring one sale. A site you own brings the next one, on your terms, without a commission.
Marketplaces are good at first orders and bad at second ones. The customer belongs to the platform, the price sits next to nine others, and the fee comes off every sale.
You keep the customer
On your own site you get the email address, the repair history and the reason they came. That is what a second sale is built on.
You keep the margin
No commission on a repair you booked yourself. With payments going straight to your own account, the money is in the bank the same day.
You set the rules
Your hours, your deposit, your turnaround promise, your words. Nobody changes them overnight.
Use marketplaces for reach if they work for you, but send everyone back to a site you control.