If you follow wrkman content, then the phrase ‘Think artisans, think wrkman’ would be one you have seen over and over again. And for a good reason, we must say. Nigerians are now turning to the wrkman app when they want the real deal. Here are a few reasons why we keep saying think artisans, think wrkman.
Oftentimes, the artisan hiring process for the average Nigerian goes something like this;
A - How far, who helps you with carpentry around the house?
B - Errrr, let me see. There’s Kamo, but he always comes when he likes. Then there’s Eze, It takes forever to get to him, and finally, I have Kazeem, who might come on time, but I can’t vouch for his job. So which one will you manage?
There’s usually one reason or the other why people find it truly difficult to find reliable, and well-trained artisans to do a job for them these days. These reasons include; the lack of properly trained and vetted artisans on the streets, artisans that cannot be trusted with your money, and generally there’s no ‘body’ to govern the affairs of these artisans, so most people just tend to do whatever they liked and get away with it. wrkman is helping to solve that in the following ways.
1. Find reliable artisans just around you - Your car doesn’t choose where it breaks down, it just does. With wrkman, you can find a trusted local mechanic just about anywhere your car breaks down.
2. Your payment is protected till you’re satisfied with the job done - wrkman does the job of the perfect middleman between you and the artisan. Our customer service tracks both you and the artisan the moment you hit the call button. When a payment agreement has been reached between you and the artisan, we hold the payment in escrow until the job is done and you’re satisfied, then we disburse to the artisan. Everybody wins.
No more cheating when you need raw materials for a job - Instead of having an artisan buy the materials for you, how about buying directly from the stores? But driving all the way to the stores defeats the purpose of everything, yes it does. That’s why we also brought the stores to you directly from the wrkman app. You can shop for materials directly from the wrkman app and have a dispatch rider (still from the app) deliver it to your house.
When Uber first came to Lagos, I remembered thinking (along with just about everybody); it doesn’t sound too possible. We had bikes, and cabs on the roads already. And then the marketing team at Uber did what they did best; Get a free ride by just referring a friend… and the Uber virus spread. Oh, spread it did. And it was only when promo died down we realized, there’s been a paradigm shift. It suddenly made sense to turn to Uber if I ever needed to move.
wrkman is also bringing a paradigm shift to how we hire artisans. We already know that we need to get a trusted friend to ask their other friend to get their mechanic if he’s available. So why get one we can trust, and hold (for sure) if He tries to run us street directly from an app?
Most people call every seasoning cube Maggi, most pens Biro, most noodles Indomie, most sausages Gala, and many other pioneer brands. Now, when you think of that app you can find and hire trusted artisans, guess what comes to mind? Yeah you got it, wrkman.
