Imho, this is why a generalized system of home-services might work better.
I mean, Uber's success is that it connects where you are with nearby drivers. The map.
We could similarly have a "map" not geographically, but thematically, of nearby service providers. I need a foundation guy who does green technology. Or a cleaning lady who knows how to work with antique mahogany.
Of course, this kind of map is far harder to do than a simple GMapps GPS system. So you'd need more human overhead both walking new service-providers and new customers through the tagging system of describing a service.
But still, there's room for that: a complex recommendation engine where you describe the kind of job you need done and it links you up with local experts in that kind of work, combined with Uber-style ratings. Google sucks for this.
You target a high price-point because you shoot for the one-offs, which means they may need human arbitration. Anything repeating and you'll lose them to direct personal relationships anyways - you add value and get profit from the first-time use of a new service-provider.
Something in-between Uber and Yelp, "do stuff at my house".
I mean, Uber's success is that it connects where you are with nearby drivers. The map.
We could similarly have a "map" not geographically, but thematically, of nearby service providers. I need a foundation guy who does green technology. Or a cleaning lady who knows how to work with antique mahogany.
Of course, this kind of map is far harder to do than a simple GMapps GPS system. So you'd need more human overhead both walking new service-providers and new customers through the tagging system of describing a service.
But still, there's room for that: a complex recommendation engine where you describe the kind of job you need done and it links you up with local experts in that kind of work, combined with Uber-style ratings. Google sucks for this.
You target a high price-point because you shoot for the one-offs, which means they may need human arbitration. Anything repeating and you'll lose them to direct personal relationships anyways - you add value and get profit from the first-time use of a new service-provider.
Something in-between Uber and Yelp, "do stuff at my house".