Is Service Magic really magic?
If you enter a google search on “painting + your city” or “handyman "your city” one of the first hits you will receive will be from Service Magic. If you’re not familiar with Service Magic, it is a company that matches customers in need of services such as home repairs, plumbing, painting etc., with craftsmen and other service providers. Basically they provide sales leads to small business owners or self-employed craftsmen.
Is Service Magic a Scam?
If you type in a search term like “Service Magic Scam,” you will get several hits to message threads affirming this. If you read the threads you will soon get a picture of the complaints; leads that don’t pan out; potential customers who don’t return phone calls or people saying things like “I just wanted to see if anyone would call me. Maybe one out of ten posts will be positive.
