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Number reviews: 114
Overal rating: 2
Review for Yell.com by Scocal
9th May 2023

Yell have an excellent sales team and will promise the earth, that's where the good news ends. Almost never get as much out as you pay in and you're in a contract thats so iron clad there's no reasonable way out.
My own personal experience was a call at 6 months with a rep who was happy that I had received 6 calls from customers in 6 months!!!!!

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Review for Yell.com by Paddison Appliance Testing
13th February 2022

I have previously used yell when I was self employed amongst other things to advertise and yes it does work. I was getting calls every day from new and old customers and I only had a basic package just to help me get the business rolling. I would recommend giving yell a go to any new starters

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Review for Yell.com by A Royal Flush Plumbing
1st February 2022

Nightmare company. Won't take no for an answer. Tries to get me to join them and ignore the horror stories about them. Promising the world and delivering a grain a sand if you are lucky.

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Review for Yell.com by Telecoms
8th June 2021

Overpriced and poor quality service. The customer service and outdated advertising techniques make this a definite waste of money. I recommend you look elsewhere.

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Review for Yell.com by Client Secure UK
22nd February 2021

We will never use them again!

The “account manager” basically a sales rep, sold the dream but then when it didn’t happen the smug guy on the end of the phone said “he won’t have promised anything” ha ha!

The same smug guy laughed when we said we had designed our own website, only for his online check of it to return a result of over 9/10 ha!

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Review for Yell.com by The lock monkey
22nd February 2021

Previous years I really spent money with them but they are the dinosaurs of advertising
They sell you out to national companies that spend thousands more they argue about the lack of calls you get
Really don’t bother with them

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Review for Yell.com by ncs
12th February 2021

very disappointed with how I was dealt with by yell had a meeting with the sales rep he advised me to try it out for 3 months and it was useless and to top it all off when I tried to cancel at the end of the 3 month period they told me I had signed up to a 12 month contract

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Review for Yell.com by Neptune Property Service
12th February 2021

Absolutely useless. Antiquated outdated model of advertising completely out of touch for the modern day marketing of trades and small businesses. Costs a fortune avoid like the plague

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Review for Yell.com by B. Burnside property maintenance
7th February 2021

I have had a free listing with yell for several years now and from that u have had a total of 1 enquiry. Yes i did win the contract from that call, but when i asked where they got my number i was surprised to say the least (i had totally forgotten listing to the extent that the address on file was 3 moves old)

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Review for Yell.com by Luxe Windows & Building Ltd
6th February 2021

Used yell in the past and that’s where they will stay. They will promise you the earth and deliver nothing. They exaggerate claims of how many enquiries you will get from advertising with them.

They sell you an area usually based on postcode where you can buy the top position if it’s available, obviously further up the page you are the more it costs you.

They make it very difficult for you to leave before your contract is up when you realise their product is very poor.

We had to threaten them with legal action to get out of our contract.
The last straw was their number that they gave us to log the number of calls we received was actually also given to a local optician.
We were a door and conservatory company getting phone calls from customers wanting to book wye test appointments

STAY AWAY FROM YELL!!!

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Review for Yell.com by Dove Plumbing & Heating
5th February 2021

I have used yell for my company website I’m not best pleased with the layout and the write up is not how I wanted it to be .

It costs a lot every month and I’m considering cancelling as I don’t gain any work !

Very disappointed.

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Review for Yell.com by COMBI-CARE
4th February 2021

Definitely avoid Yell money takers and always got more to pay for ! Checkatrade not so good now taken over.. Expert trades web site, facebook and word of mouth. Good luck.

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Review for Yell.com by Kc
2nd February 2021

I invested a lot into yell and didn’t really seem to find much of a return. Just the constant request to pay more and more for services they offered. When really word of mouth is the best form of advertising

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Review for Yell.com by Kingprestige
28th January 2021

We used site when starting up didn't have any enquiries had to pay 6 months in advance only found out by checking our site hadn't been set up correctly

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Review for Yell.com by Flytech
24th January 2021

Absolute rip off just take your money an run sold a advertising package
Promised the world once I signed up never heard a word had to chase them to get things fixed sn accounts linked

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Review for Yell.com by Heating & plumbing Resolutions
20th January 2021

Spent thousands with yell and got very little back. I'd get one or two calls a week at most. Was not worth the money for us at least. Not bad if you're going for big jobs but not good if you're into breakdowns and repair.

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Review for Yell.com by Kai Clarke
20th January 2021

Very useful site to use when doing quick research on companies and businesses. Use them at least once a week to seek reviews or further I formation if websites are unavailable

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Review for Yell.com by OpenOPen
23rd November 2020

Well, where do I start....

I decided to give Yell.com a go it had started to go quiet on the new job inquiries.

They told me that they get hundreds of searches every day in my trade category and that it would easily pay for itself.
They told me that I would have a reputation manager and they would phone me up every month to make sure the service was working as it should for me.
The reputation manager was a computer software and after the first month, I received zero phone calls.
To cut a long story short, I ended up paying just under £450 a month, for 12 months for not much work from this advertising service and definitely not my moneys worth.

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Review for Yell.com by Turner And Danvers Bespoke Joinery
6th October 2020

Before I took over the business my grandad had been advertising in the yellow pages for over 20 years. Since they moved online, they were charging over £200 a year, and it was generating exactly zero leads. Old hat now.

Only thing I will say is how easy it was to cancel.

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Review for Yell.com by A.O.S Heating and Gas Services Ltd
4th October 2020

Looked into this salesman was very pushy which I did not like for what you get the price is very high and you receive very few calls through it with today’s technology there are much better ways to advertise very outdated

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Review for Yell.com by Royal Flush Plumbing & Home Solutions
3rd October 2020

In fairness I've been with them for about 5 years, keep say I'll stop but keep forgetting to cancel before it renews. Once it renews the bastards have you for another year. Don't really get a lot from them. There platform is a bit out dated. really...... Who use a directory these days. Customer service is crap as well

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Review for Yell.com by Inglis Electrical
27th September 2020

To be honest, I've been with Yell for about 2 years now and I've just recently upgraded my listing to aniut £100 a month. It doesn't always bring me leads in but 1 rewire job a year pays for its self, so it's a no brainer from me

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Review for Yell.com by A J Marsden Ltd
24th September 2020

Very very poor. We was contacted by Yell as a friend had signed up to a package with them at £200 a month. After asking for various evidence on the claims they were making (10 new leads a week) they couldn't and would not stop ringing to try ans sell us a package. In the end we sent them various facebook groups to say why we wouldn't be using them and they eventually gave up

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Review for Yell.com by Verisafe (Derby) Ltd
19th March 2020

I was talked in to taking out an advert with Yell.com, not my best choice.
If you want to upgrade your account they are there straight away but if you have a problem the staff don’t call you back for days.
There are a lot better platforms for advertising out there, I think Yell rely on the kudos of the Yellow Pages.

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Review for Yell.com by Tellytech
10th March 2020

I used yell for my first website. The website itself was well designed and looked good but was expensive and had a monthly charge of about £40.00!
Yell will try and sell you as many products as possible like seo and higher rankings on their search pages - do not bother with them!
Very poor return on investment - hardly any response from ads despite paying extra to higher on their pages.
Customer services is absolutely terrible - especially if you want to cancel a product - you call them and they won’t deal with your issue but insist you wait 48hrs minimum for your account manager (pushy sales man) to call you - who will then try and persuade you to spend more money on other products - Yell is a sinking ship.
Avoid

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Review for Yell.com by Volter Electrical Services
3rd March 2020

I think yell has had its day and are desperate to get people to sign up to pay for listing,have had numerous calls from sales begging to sign up.

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Review for Yell.com by AW Electrical Services
26th February 2020

Have the standard page on yell.com.
The prices and lack of promises of what they offer coupled with the constant calls from “account managers” lead me to avoid and recommend you avoid any premium services.

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Review for Yell.com by ITS Technical Services
20th February 2020

these guys but you on the phone promise you the world and can't deliver any of it I would suggest anyone in business does not use the premium services from yell

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Review for Yell.com by Bigfoot Strength CCTV Ltd
19th January 2020

I have been using Yell for my website for a while (Free one) and the other day I decided to take out a paid site with them and they totally redesigned my site and made sure I was hitting the google pages I needed

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Review for Yell.com by DA Construction
8th January 2020

I have had a free entry with Yell but found I was constantly stalked by the pressure selling phone calls. I only used then to have a free place for my reviews, however now looking to use something else that i shouldn't need to pay for

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Review for Yell.com by Payne Electrical Services
16th December 2019

I have had a free listing on yell.com for over 5 years. I was approached by one of their salesmen to open a paid for listing however believed it wasn't for me and a bit pricey. I am aware of more than one job which has arisen because of my free listing

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Review for Yell.com by Sussex View Electrical and Property Services
7th December 2019

A waste of money. Paid for fourteen months to have top listing and didn't get one customer. Now on free listing and still nothing. I do get the occasional cold sale call through it.

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Review for Yell.com by Sgmservices14 limited
21st November 2019

always thought yell would be up at the top but all they do is hound you with calls want to sell you a deal on getting more work and it never happens waste off time

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Review for Yell.com by Honest Windows & Doors Ltd
19th November 2019

Have a free entry with Yell, but received lots and lots of pressure sell phone calls. I didn't cave in after reading lots of reviews about the company. Yell has had its day, no-one i know uses yell to look for companies.

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Review for Yell.com by Page Maintenance Ltd
7th November 2019

Did this once, cost over 3k unless your buying top of the page slots . Oh dear oh dear oh dear oh dear . Take the free one , could be a lot better but I think it’s had it’s day

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Review for Yell.com by Eagle plumbers LTD
29th October 2019

Complete waist of time yell.com DO NOT PRECEDE WITH ANYTHING THEY OFFER YOU.
I've learned the hard way Do not dive them your money.
I have given them a chance for 9 painful months and no return apart from sales emails. You're chances will be better playing the lottery.
Attar waist ad con artist

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Review for Yell.com by Bright Home Improvements
18th October 2019

I have just removed my company from yell, I feel the endless calls from customer service is a joke, they clearly dont communicate as the left hand dont no what the right hand is doing,
Expensive for the service they offer and the feed back from customers is that they did not use them to find my company, I asked 25 customer in a row if they had used yell to find me and every customer replied no,
Being tired into 12 month contracts too, so your wasting funds that could be put to better use

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Review for Yell.com by Evolve Maintenance Ltd
15th October 2019

Complete waste of time. I spent £3000 for a year with extras given on top. Has to be the worst advertising money that I’ve ever spent. 12 months with them for 4 jobs !!!

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Review for Yell.com by Absolute PhD
2nd October 2019

Yell.com in the modern day is a complete waste of money. Who actually still uses it? With google and Facebook I feel yell has lost its place. For what you are paying you might as well go to checkatrade

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Review for Yell.com by Gordon Herd Plumbing & Heating Services
23rd September 2019

This is the first negative review I’ve left on expert trades.wouldn’t touch yell with a barge pole.always seemed to want more and more money for little in return.
If anyone’s looking at yell and reading this,avoid.put your money into your website or if you haven’t got one put it into that

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Review for Yell.com by Chalmers Gas & Heating LTD
16th September 2019

Well what can I tell you about Yell, pushy sales tactics, abysmal service, trust me you will get no work from this whatsoever. Customers don’t look for tradesmen on yell anymore, people are going to places like, Expert trades, Checkatrade and Trustatrader, even just a simple google search in their area.

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Review for Yell.com by C Brookes Plumbing & Heating
30th August 2019

I signed up to yell for a free listing when I went self employed and was constantly hounded by there staff to pay for additional advertising, they are rude when you decline there offer and I would advise anyone to avoid them at all costs.

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Review for Yell.com by Connor's Heating Solutions Ltd
15th August 2019

I signed up for the free listing when I started as self employed. I was continually hounded to upgrade as it would be in my interest, even at their extortionate prices. My funds where very limited due to starting out, but they tried to assure me of the investment. By far, one of the worst companies I've had dealings with.

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Review for Yell.com by S3 Heating and Plumbing
15th August 2019

My first ever dealing with Yell wasn't pleasant. After applying for a free advert I was called by an agent that got me to sign up to a package costing £70. I feel like I was pressurised into the sale as I like to have a read about what I'm buying, the agent was so good that I gave my details there and then. It was only after putting down the phone that I thought I had been done over. I called the agent back straight away and she didn't want to know about me cancelling and simply quoted the business to business clause and told me tough. Will never trust Yell again and i am getting calls to add more features, I promptly tell them no!
Waste of money, haven't had a single job from it and only 2 enquiries since Feb 2019!!
Run for the hills if your ever approached!!

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Review for Yell.com by Sunderland Property Renovations Ltd
15th August 2019

Since signing up with Yell, I have had nothing but calls from them to upgrade yet nothing from prospective customers, waste of time in my opinion.

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Review for Yell.com by Lee Key Plumbers
3rd August 2019

Fed up with these constantly phoning me to get me to buy more advertising. I am a sole trader and have to choose my spending on marketing on advertising carefully. I don't use Yell to look for things

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Review for Yell.com by Edwards
12th July 2019

Probably the joint worst company out there, they are tied with BT, will never ever use Yell again for anything, customer service is not even a 1 star

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Review for Yell.com by Hodgson Electrical
8th July 2019

I signed up for the free listing just to get the business name out their as much as possible, however the haven't stopped pestering me since with very pushy sales tactics. The prices are also crazy expensive and the tie you in. Id avoid getting sucked in

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Review for Yell.com by PG Domestic Electrical Services
2nd July 2019

What a huge mistake! Started off looking to get a free listing and ended up having a conversation with a sales person who led me to believe that I could improve my profile and lead generation at little cost. After a number of calls and sacrificing a fair amount of my time it seemed to stack up quite nicely until I discovered a £48 payment to Yell which I thought was a "one off". Following the next £48 payment I called to contest the charge. There is no paper contract and I was told that the telephone conversation amounted to a contract and I was welcome to a transcript of our conversations to evidence this. My next question related to the "cooling off period" only to be told that there isn't one and the I was now locked into a 12 month contract! I made it clear that I wanted out after the 12 months which ended in June 2019 but hey presto, £48 disappeared out my account today! Spent the afternoon sorting it with Yell but at the end of the day it was a £576 mistake. Let the buyer beware............

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Review for Yell.com by B H heating solutions
14th June 2019

No stay clear there is no customer service and waste of time and money really bad and Don’t work in this day and age, it’s out dated and would really need to overhaul the entire business for me to every use again

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Review for Yell.com by SW Plumbing & Gas Ltd
14th June 2019

I couldn't recommend these as I've used them in the past signed up paid a small fortune and not got any calls at all

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Review for Yell.com by GES Electrical
13th June 2019

I could spend hours writing about this **** but I'll just say that get some leaflets delivered for 10% of the monthly cost and it will produce 1000% more work!!!!!

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Review for Yell.com by He@Heating ltd
13th June 2019

My year is nearly up and it cannot come quick enough! Sold a golden egg in reality got a broken box of eggs. The only positive I can say about Yell.com is the accounts manager I had was really helpful and tried to make it work for my business, unfortunately it’s not to be. I think there good days are gone.

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Review for Yell.com by Green Leaf Electrical Services
10th June 2019

absolutely disgraceful company, con men as salesmen. sign up to this and get absolutely no work from it at all. biggest scam out today, avoid at all costs

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Review for Yell.com by J & S Plumbing & Heating
8th June 2019

rubbish and complete RIP off! I cancelled a month before renewal and they then renewed anyway, I rang them up and cancelled again before 14 day cooling off period and they claimed this doesn't apply to businesses! they just wouldnt listen to me and told me I owed them money, so I cancelled direct debit, they keep chasing me for payment but wont be going back ever again, plus I never got any work from it! yells days of working are well and truly gone.

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Review for Yell.com by Aurora Building and Maintenance
4th April 2019

Rip-off merchant stay well clear to make you pay for a year and give you absolutely nothing and there’s nothing you can do about it read the reviews they don’t lie

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Review for Yell.com by Heat Trend
3rd April 2019

hit or miss. some months it struggles to pay for itself other months gets you afew decent jobs. too many search criteria and too many levels of advertising. very pushy selling add-ons that don't really do much.

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Review for Yell.com by Heather Contracts Limited
29th March 2019

Absolute garbage, been with them 6 months, not a single lead. That data is from their own app. The problem seems to be, everybody Googles it now.

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Review for Yell.com by DF Electrical (NW) Ltd
22nd March 2019

Having been sold a product and told I would have more work than I could cope with, I’m very disappointed with what I’ve had from Yell. I’ll probably break even over the 12 months with what I’ve spent and payed.
On the positive side, the website looks fantastic and the app is very useful for getting reviews and viewing the traffic through my page.
I will not be renewing my sponsored ad next year but will probably keep the website

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Review for Yell.com by Abbotts Boiler Services
10th February 2019

I have advertised with yell over the years, in different formats, yellow pages were over priced, and as good as useless, but that is now no more.
I have two sponsored ads on yell.com, emergency plumbing, and 24hr plumbers, both are reasonably cheap as I am listed position 2 on 1 ad, and position 3 on the other, for what they cost a year, 2 -3 call outs pay for them, In my opinion anythig else is a waste of money.

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Review for Yell.com by Lock'n'Secure Locksmiths
15th December 2018

Very pushy, promise the earth and deliver next to nothing. Constantly on the phone trying to close a deal, different person every week.

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Review for Yell.com by Tech Electrical Contractors
30th October 2018

They have not stopped calling me for about 3 mouths told them i would take legal action against them if I received any more calls or texts

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Review for Yell.com by Hamill Plumbing & Heating Ltd
28th October 2018

Disappointed with Yell. Customer service is great when you are signing up but rapidly declines after that. I don’t get leads from yell at all. I’m busy all the time but hate to see wasted money.

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Review for Yell.com by Burnham Plumbing & Heating Services
16th October 2018

Very persistent sales and nuisance call. Spent a lot of money for no return and no refund even with trying to cancel within the first 14 days. The free listing is okay - but avoid any paid “advertising”.

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Review for Yell.com by Premier Power Ltd
25th September 2018

very pushy sales people always wanting you to upgrade to products you dont need or will be of no use, very expensive, just got rid of our website package and are moving to ET for ours

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Review for Yell.com by EPEB Ltd
22nd September 2018

have now gone to free listings as ive had this over 2 years with being 3rd in my area and 2 trades the phone done ring at all waste of money to many people still using the book which is no longer in print so cant beat the likes or rightio and able group

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Review for Yell.com by Ask-property maintenance & care LTD
20th September 2018

AI signed up to yell to tell people about my variety of services And the salex staff are easy to speak to and they treat you with vip treatmesnt they was happy to voice their opinion either bad or good criticism to help the business grow and the variety of offers are very great

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Review for Yell.com by Esspro Property Services
12th August 2018

I only use this a free listing tool so cant really expect too much from it and have had no referral calls. I feel like Google has taken the lead as Yell hasn't evolved in recent years

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Review for Yell.com by Northumberland Double Glazing Repairs
4th July 2018

We spent a lot of money with Yell over a five year period and to be honest it has gone downhill drastically. The sales people in the call centres don't listen. don't make any notes of discussions and are generally only interested in selling you more advertising.

If yell was the last place on earth to advertise, I would rather walk down the high street naked with a sandwich board

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Review for Yell.com by M. A. Parkes - Heating & Plumbing
1st July 2018

I don't mind taking the free listing which I did myself bit my god do they then bombard you with phone calls. Hate it when you fell them no. I actually deleted the free listing in the end to try and stop the calls.

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Review for Yell.com by Bells Heating
1st July 2018

Tried these & i got more leads thr9ugh google than o did with Yell. Sorry ill take free listing as of now from them

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Review for Yell.com by Crown Roof Care Ltd
31st May 2018

Very pushy sales staff.
Do not generate leads.
Threaten legal action if you try and leave.
Will not take no for an answer.
Only good for the free listing to help SEO listing.

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Review for Yell.com by Ultimate Plumbing and Heating Services
12th May 2018

Advertised with yell very expensive for little reward.No help or advice until it was time for Renewal when you were then promised the earth website very basic

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Review for Yell.com by Fastfix Heating & Home Services
19th April 2018

Call so by them so many times I've lost count, they keep offering a free listing but as soon as they realise your not going to pay for one they lose interest and dint bother to set up the free one!

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Review for Yell.com by Glennon plumbing services ltd
18th April 2018

Called me up out of the blue basically telling me I could e a high roller if I paid them for an add. I informed them 95% of my work is word of mouth/ recommendations and I don’t think he could quite grasp the concept, I said go ahead with the free listing and send me some details through as I’ll think about it in the future, since then I now get a phone call almost every day from yell. Them also got my address wrong on the free listing

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Review for Yell.com by Weston Gas Services Ltd
31st March 2018

I used yell for my website and there social media connect services. Very expensive for set up and in the 12 months I had it I had 3 calls. Poor customer service and poor quality all round complete waste of money.

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Review for Yell.com by Adam Kirkham Electrical
30th March 2018

Have used yell on and off now a few times in the 12 years I have been self-employed. I will never use them again

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Review for Yell.com by Darren Spencer Electrical
20th February 2018

I waisted my money on tell.com for two years what a waiste of money, customer service very poor, do yourself a favour and use facebook instead.

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Review for Yell.com by David Hainey & Co
16th February 2018

I used to use Yell.com, i found them really expensive for what service you received, now with google etc i think they need to review their pricing and what they offer for the money.

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Review for Yell.com by Finnoah Construction Ltd
30th December 2017

I used to use Yell.com, i found them really expensive for what service you received, now with google etc i think they need to review their pricing and what they offer for the money.

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Review for Yell.com by Browns Plumbing & Heating
21st December 2017

I have used yell.com in the past and found that they generated more nuisance calls than genuine leads. Would be very reluctant to use them again.

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Review for Yell.com by Supreme Window Cleaning Services
10th December 2017

Very unhappy with Yell, They offer and promise the world, always trying to up sell marketing to me, Never had a call from clients who have found me on yell. Very very hard to cancel any agreements with them. Will NOT be using them in the future. I do not suggest this company to anyone.

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Review for Yell.com by Robinson and Co Ltd
5th December 2017

Ive been a heavy weight lister for 4 years now and although it keeps be fairly busy it’s very expensive and I don’t hear anything from my rep all year until it’s time for me to sign up again

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Review for Yell.com by Youle & son's mechanical services ltd
4th December 2017

Very poor. They want you to lay 2 grand out before advertising with them. Then they want £500 per month. Think I'll keep my extra cash thanks.

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Review for Yell.com by Consider it Done Electrical Services
24th November 2017

I have been with Yell for about four years. There products aren't to bad and a lot of my leads come through yell adverts and website. They generate more business for me, than anything else. Downside is they keep trying to sell you more and more and they move the goal posts relating to advert classification and costings. I'm sure there is probably a better option about, but, I haven't found it yet. It's not the best value for money, but it gets your name out there albeit limited to specific areas.

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Review for Yell.com by JR Williams Plumbing Services
13th November 2017

Yell came to me. I met up with one of their reps at the time of been trading 2 months and they knew it, they promised me a large return in leads. We discussed packages and they pushed and pushed for me to have exclusivity in a certain post code. I'm a sole trader, how could I cope with that volume? But they pushed (they wanted about £4k for the year) knowing I was a new company sole trader, this is terrible attitude and greed. Fortunately, I declined the 'offer'. So glad I did. They they went ahead and listed me for free with no perks or exclusivity. So?

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Review for Yell.com by Hampshire Handyman Services
8th November 2017

Really not happy with yell, had an advert I thought was running for a year, turned out put into wrong section so searches never found me. Cancelled and requested my money back.

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Review for Yell.com by Lyttle Smart Homes NI
10th October 2017

Really poor service been with them just short of 6 months. They are charging me £30 month for nothing really all they done was link all my site then havent heard from them. They come in and do the hard sell (google owns us and can do so much) then you get nothing out of it at all.

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Review for Yell.com by Gilmour Gas Services
25th July 2017

Had it's day. They opened up to many listings and tried to fleece us for everything. Why pay to go on yell.com as all they do as list on google. Spend money on a decent website

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Review for Yell.com by Plumb CO
20th July 2017

I only have the basic online listing but constantly get badgered about doing a website by them. I have got one job from the basic listing in 18 months but I didn't expect it to be a mainstream source of work

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Review for Yell.com by Clearwater Plumbing & Heating
23rd June 2017

Started off ok but rapidly gone downhill. I only have a listing online no website etc was told that I had missed the cut off point to go in the book the 1st year but that I would be in the next issue, this never happened because apparently they changed their terms and you need to pay extra to go in needless to say they didnt tell me and i missed out again. Oh and the prices had gone up despite it being less of a service. I will be cancelling after this term and just having the free listing!

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Review for Yell.com by John Taylor Plumbing and Heating Ltd
10th June 2017

Never had the phone up for a while, but at one point they were a nightmare. To expensive for what you get. And our area we don't use yellow anyway.

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Review for Yell.com by Stour Valley Plumbing
1st June 2017

Terrible company, used them few years ago, they were full of false promises . I had a small basic package with them and they constantly rang me trying to get me to upgrade

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Review for Yell.com by Garden City Services
31st May 2017

What can I say, expensive, don't work, and they make constant mistakes with your listing and then blame you that it's wrong, I was quoted about 10k for a listing in a my own area of about 25 mile radius, I was with them ages ago but just find them to pushy and not willing to work with you

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Review for Yell.com by HPE Services
18th May 2017

Been with yell for a few years now. Started off ok, but has gone downhill slowly until I'm at the point now where every enquiry I get through them would have to be converted to a job to break even on the cost. Won't be renewing this year. Costs are excessive and they constantly try and increase your spend by pushing Adwords, websites ect.

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Review for Yell.com by S Banks Plumbing Heating & Eco Energies Ltd
16th May 2017

I have tried yell and it was atrocious and the errors that were there were not sorted out and I ended up cancelling the whole lot. They even got my details wrong from the start and ended up having to chase them all the time. I would never use them again.

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Review for Yell.com by Andrew Sexton Heating Maintenance and Repair
4th May 2017

This was a sharp learning curve when I first went self employed! What an absolute waste of money. DONT DO IT. They are smooth sales people who just dont deliver.

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Review for Yell.com by Optexa Group
4th May 2017

Utterly useless, if you spend upwards of £300 a month you can get work from them, a lot of work infact, the problem is there service is useless and when they think you haven't paid (even though your £1000 in credit) they send debt collectors after you and won't let you contact them other than through the debt collector to explain that to them. 3 months later and they still won't reply to my emails

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Review for Yell.com by SJL Plumbing and Heating
24th April 2017

Spent a small fortune on an ad campaign through these guys last year but still didn't rank highly or win any work through them. Customer support just tried to get more money out of me to push me higher up the listings. Offered no help in content building. Waste of time and money

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Review for Yell.com by DCB Plumbing & Heating
11th April 2017

The yell team was always very helpful, but the actual advertisement was useless, waste of time and money. Very very expensive

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Review for Yell.com by Bitz 'n' PC'z Ltd
6th April 2017

I haven't advertised with these for years but when i did i just got tyre kickers, time wasters and sales calls. Not worth it in my opinion...

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Review for Yell.com by Energize Maintenance Ltd
4th April 2017

Felt this cost way more than it should for what you get in return. Have now gone for one of the free listings on their website. Now receive cold calls from yell due to this

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Review for Yell.com by Core Heat
17th March 2017

Rubbish. Costs loads promises everything and nothing happens.

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Review for Yell.com by Michael Keyes Painter and Decorator
5th February 2017

I've got the connect package with yell.com which basically sets my business profile up on all forms of social media. I've had a couple of jobs via the dreaded Facebook which was surprising to me. In the whole so far so good only longer period of time will tell how good it is.

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Review for Yell.com by O’Brien PM Ltd
16th January 2017

Advert printed with wrong information online add doesn't work been with them for near on 6 months now and not 1 single lead not worth the money, dodgy sales reps selling you what is not actually for sale these make Checkatrade look good.

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Review for Yell.com by Ph plumbing & heating services Limited
16th January 2017

Ok but I feel my money is better spent elsewhere

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Review for Yell.com by Dps plumbing and heating
20th December 2016

I only ever used yellow pages when I first started up. Went in book not online. First year wasn't bad second year went up and third year didn't bother. Only went in it first couple year to get me started in business. Not used them for last 13/14 year. Got a lot of junk calls. Salesmen used to be far too pushy and prices were far too much

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Review for Yell.com by SWAT 24-7 Pest Control
20th December 2016

Don't like yell have had a very pushy sales men call and ended up in a argument with them 3 time now I have the free yell add but if you don't upgrade when they call you 100 of times they get aggressive they told me because I'm not going to upgrade their going to call all my competitors and offer them a discount and get them all above me on the search engines
I would not recommend them ever

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Review for Yell.com by SAFGas Ltd
15th November 2016

We have had quite a number of calls over the years from this but have never paid a penny!!!!!
We have just had the free Ad & that has worked......... until recently times as people!e now seem to just 'Google' things & dont use the old 'Yelliw Pages'
Have never - & don't intend to - spent money on advertising, just recommendations.......

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Review for Yell.com by J.Croucher Painters & Decorators
15th November 2016

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Review for Yell.com by HPE Heating And Plumbing Engineer
17th August 2016

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Review for Yell.com by Afterglow Plumbing & Heating Ltd
12th August 2016

It's worked well for me over the years. Just hard to get reviews on it

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Review for Yell.com by Jason Gunter Decorating
9th August 2016

Works for some but not others so I hear,for me I have no complaints it has paid for itself at the bare minimum within 6months

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Review for Yell.com by Twynings Electrical
9th August 2016

I have found these guys to be poor and had trouble navigating the website at first when trying to add my company. Not had any leads from it although I haven't tried any premium service they may have.

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Asked on 19th April 2017 by JR Plumbing

I'm looking to try and grow my business now and keep looking at yell. Just read reviews for rated people and Checkatrade and yell and it seems to be a very mixed bag. If you have £1000 to spend on marketing where are you guys putting it?

Answered on 19th April 2017 by Bright gas

Adwords and blogging are what works these days and maybe a small amount on a classified ad

Answered on 19th April 2017 by GRT heating & Gas services

I Signed up with yell , wasted my money on that one. Checkatrade is worth a look

Answered on 19th April 2017 by SJL Plumbing and Heating

Give it all to Adam and fordy! They will sort you out. I cancelled my yell as I couldn't spend enough to rank highly. I've spent around £1000 on rated people in the last 2 years it's easily paid for itself 10 times over and the reviews can be viewed without anyone logging in which has won me work without buying the lead. I have no experience of checkatrade I know I couldn't get my builder off the ground as there's too much competition from people who have hundreds of reviews. My website from ET, my van signage, my free yell advert and a Facebook page (linked to my reviews on rated people) are all I have. Hope that helps!

Answered on 19th April 2017 by O’Brien PM Ltd

I have been with Yell for that past 6 months and to be honest I got more leads from checkatrade than I have from Yell. You don't get any support from either checkatrade or yell which they promise when signing up from my past experience I would spend my money else where like Facebook as I have got a hell of a lot more work through there with a lot less than a £1000 budget.

Answered on 19th April 2017 by Electrical Innovations (Derby) Ltd

I would have a couple of options.

1. Use the £1000 to cover my wages for a week and get flyers and business cards printed. Then spend 60 hours getting face to face with local businesses and local people. When I try to do this is always works. I don't think I've ever managed more than a solid 2 hour stint of it in a month never mind a week yet it always brings in a job or 2. I have to think that putting maximum effort into it for week would get great returns, i just never have the time to do it around my other works.

2. I would hit Rated People. I know a lot of people do not like this (and similar) service but I have always had a great return from it only by cherry picking the best looking jobs (this month alone I have won £2000+ worth of work spending less than £50 on there). I only aim for the jobs that I think I will easily win and not have to compete on price too much. I think that spending the full 1K on there and being more willing to 'lose' some of the leads you payed for will easily get a great return, it will also give me 100+ more contacts that might lead to more work via word of mouth.

Answered on 19th April 2017 by SAFGas Ltd

Word of mouth for us so the £1k would probably be spent on social media as that's where all our business comes from.
Everyone seems to have a device in their hand permanently nowadays so, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn..... These work for us & we're growing quicker than I ever imagined, good luck......

Answered on 19th April 2017 by M Brierley Plumbing Limited

Local magazines. Van Sign writting. Builders board's outside jobs.
Yell, checkatrade etc will take all your money and only market you on the site. you still have to market yourself for them to work.

Answered on 20th April 2017 by Ph plumbing & heating services Limited

It's hard to say . But I've found over the last few years the results from yell drop year on year . While the price has remained static . When I questioned the sales rep regards this all she wanted to do was sell a web site and advertising .

Answered on 20th April 2017 by Sunrise Plumbing & Heating

Hi, I'm currently with Checkatrade worked well about 3 years ago but now seems to have bottomed out, also tried Yell a few years ago I personally found it crap nothing from it.
We are on my builder also get a regular flow of enquiries however we don't follow them up as we have a steady steam of business through our website which we have had about 4 years now, we passed it over to Adam at expert trades to really make it work for us and to be fair the last 12 months adam and his team have increased and generated our own traffic which we seem to convert in to business.

Hope this helps but in my opinion avoid Yell

Answered on 21st April 2017 by S.Whitham Plastering & Rendering

Mybuilder.com has its downfalls but for me in personal experience you get far more for your money that any similar site. If I'm ever quiet I can always find work on there on average I'd say from a 30 pound spend you can anywhere between 350/500 pounds of profit

Answered on 21st April 2017 by PARAGAS

I'd approach Expert Trades and go with their recommendations.

Answered on 26th April 2017 by DCB Plumbing & Heating

I spent a lot of money with Yell in my first year of trading and I didn't see any benefit at all, all they was bothered about was selling me more things, they was always call me saying you need a website and you can upgrade etc. I was disappointed, it was more about money than actually getting me work

Answered on 26th April 2017 by Bitz 'n' PC'z Ltd

I would look at a website with pay per click advertising on Google; Social Media and advertising in local magazines.

Word of mouth is better than a yellow pages advert, but back it up with flyers and leaflets in your local area. Don't expect a massive response on your first campaign as it takes a while for confidence to build in a new business.

The guys at Expert Trades can help with the website & SEO.

Follow @pbplumber and others on Twitter...

Answered on 6th May 2017 by Bathrooms & Kitchens Whitley Bay

Personally, I'd use google adwords, you can shape it to suit your needs, maybe try it.

Answered on 6th May 2017 by TPS Heating

Google add words


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