Blinx gives a removals firm one mobile page where customers can ask for a quote with their moving date, message you on WhatsApp, see your prices and book a survey, each in one tap. It costs $5 a month or $46.80 a year, plus VAT at 20% for UK businesses, after a 15-day trial with no card.
Moving home comes with a date that cannot slip, so people start looking for a removals firm weeks ahead, and they usually ask more than one for a price.
A good quote needs details: where from and where to, the size of the home, stairs or lifts, the date, and anything awkward like a piano or a wardrobe that will not come apart. Customers who can send all of that at once get a quicker, firmer price.
Smaller moves work differently: a single item, a student flat, a man and van job this weekend. Those customers want a price and a yes quickly, often by message, from a mover who answers.
How a Blinx page helps removals and movers
Quotes with the details
The enquiry form takes the customer's name, a phone number or email and their move in their own words, from the addresses to the date. Seeing who sent it is part of Pro.
WhatsApp for the photos
On Pro the WhatsApp button opens a chat with your mobile, so customers can send pictures of what is moving before you quote.
Survey visits from your diary
Customers ask for a slot from your working hours, and a home survey can have its own length.
Prices for the common moves
An hour of man and van, a one bedroom flat, a three bedroom house, packing materials, each with its price or a starting price.
The van and the crew at work
A gallery shows the size of your van and how you wrap and carry furniture.
Local and long distance
Write the areas and distances you cover in your About text, where customers read them first.
Four moments from a working day, each beside the part of the example page it uses.
A quote with the moving date
A family moving on the last Friday of the month sends the addresses, the size of the house and the date through your enquiry form. You see who sent it on Pro and reply with a price, or with a time to come and look.
Pictured: the example page, Pennywell Removals, which is made up.
What a move costs, roughly
Your price list shows starting prices for a man and van hour, a flat and a family home. Every move is still quoted, but customers ask knowing roughly where they stand.
Pictured: the example page, Pennywell Removals, which is made up.
A survey before the quote
For a bigger move, the customer asks for a home survey: they pick a day and a time from your working hours, and the request waits until you confirm it in your diary on Pro.
Pictured: the example page, Pennywell Removals, which is made up.
The van, before the day
Customers want to know the van is big enough and the crew is careful. Photos of your van and of furniture wrapped and loaded answer both before they ask.
Pictured: the example page, Pennywell Removals, which is made up.
Want a page like this one?Pick your Google listing and the page fills itself in. Publish it when you are happy.
Can customers send their moving details for a quote?
Yes. The enquiry form takes a name, a phone number or email and a message, where customers write the addresses, the size of the home and the date. It reaches your inbox, and seeing who sent it is part of Pro.
Can customers send photos of what is moving?
On Pro, the WhatsApp button opens a chat with your mobile number, and customers can send photos and videos of their rooms there. On the basic plan the same button opens your enquiry form, which takes a written description.
How do I show prices when every move is different?
Use starting prices: list an hour of man and van or a typical flat move with a 'from' price, and say in your About text that every move is quoted. Customers then ask for a quote knowing roughly where they stand.
Can customers book a home survey?
Yes. Add a survey to the booking picker with its own length, and customers ask for a slot from your working hours. Each request waits until you confirm it, which is part of Pro, and the customer then hears back with the time.
Do I need a separate page for long distance moves?
No. One page covers it: write the areas and distances you cover in your About text, and add long distance moves to your price list if you quote them differently.
Can customers pay a deposit to hold the date?
Not through Blinx: there is no online payment or deposit. Agree the date and take the deposit the way you do today; the page is where customers find you and ask for a quote.
Compared with what removals and movers already use