I've never used it, primarily because it is about twice the price of the local maids we get.
Is there an advantage of using Homejoy over a local cleaner who you know and trust?
How Homejoy (YC S10) Launched in 30 Cities in 6 Months
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Re: How Homejoy (YC S10) Launched in 30 Cities in 6 Months
#32The great thing about Homejoy's business model is that consumers who are happy with the service will provide a solid source of recurring revenue. Also, there is no need to maintain a physical presence in a city aside from the city operations manager, so overhead is remarkably low.
On the other hand, once you have found somebody that you like there is very little incentive to stay in their system.
There could be incentives from the other side. e.g. HomeJoy could serve as a bulk buyer of quality cleaning supplies to reduce the costs for the cleaners. Chemicals and cleaning supplies are not cheap, but drop in price quickly in bulk. If a cleaner has to handle any of those costs that can significantly impact profitability for them.
Re: How Homejoy (YC S10) Launched in 30 Cities in 6 Months
#33Pretty insightful article about growing fast. It's a shame that people are overlooking the content of this article and instead using hackernews as their personal version of Consumer Reports. Posting personal communications between yourself and Homejoy on hackernews is taking being an assh*le to a new level. It's also devaluing the purpose of 'hacker' news.