wrkman is bringing a paradigm shift to how we view the artisan industry, here’s how

Breaking ground as a new tech solution is one thing, but that solution being tied to a behavioural shift in its users is something else entirely. Because in our part of the world, our relationships with artisans have always had a touch of violence and heartbreak. Finding one artisan you can truly trust equates to being blessed, and it even extends to friends and family because we all know the value of a mechanic you can count on.

For some context, one of our brand influencers on Twitter asked the question; what’s the worst experience with your mechanic? Here are some of the answers we got; ‘There was one guy my mom was using, after each repair, he’ll deliberately spoil another thing in the car so that my mom would even bring it back to them for another repair.’, ‘Saw his son drive my car to a bar I confronted this guy and the werey said him papa told him to bring it to me there because he know say I dey normally hang out there omo I wan craze’, ‘Took His Babe out with the car, scratched the car, came back in the middle of the night drunk with his babe to beg me after I have called 200 times !! Just to change Hub ooo’.

You’ve probably had similar experiences with your electrician, plumber, makeup artist, carpenter, hairdresser, mechanic, and most especially the gen repairers.

We figured one of the reasons a lot of these artisans are this nonchalant with their work is a serial lack of accountability to anybody. There is no one else to call when Kamoru the gen repairer takes half payment and turns his phone off for the rest of the day. So it’s either you wait till he’s ready or you find someone else to do the job. What if after you manage to get a mechanic guy you can trust, your car breaks down on the other side of town? What happens then?

‘It’s like Uber, but for artisans’ was the first statement I heard when I inquired about wrkman. So I thought back to what it was like before we had Uber and the likes. We had to either take a long way to their park or wait by the roadside to flag one down. When you finally manage to get one, the price haggling begins under the hot sun. A/C? You must be the daughter of a senator. Uber came and wiped all of that in one fell swoop. Now the idea of having to stand in the sun and haggle prices for a cab seems archaic. The same goes for wrkman. When you can hire reliable and accountable artisans you can physically reach in a matter of minutes, the idea of fighting Kamoru every weekend will seem like a total waste of your time; which in truth, it is.

Why stand in the sun, when you can get the best artisans from the comfort of your home? Download wrkman now!