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    The value of on-demand mobile services

    Adding value to your products or services always helps build a better and stronger customer base. When your customers don't just want to buy from your company but need to buy from your company, they understand the value that you add to their daily lives and continue to purchase from you time after time.
    Kabelo Mocwane, founder of Maintercept
    Kabelo Mocwane, founder of Maintercept

    This is especially true for services. If you provide essential services in record time with minimal problems for the customers, the payoffs are incredibly impressive.

    The Fourth Industrial Revolution has enabled people to not just come forth in manufacturing and other products but has also helped technology advance like it never has before. This advancing technology is what has allowed companies to launch quick services that enable people to get groceries, order food, call a cab, receive at home services, and even call for a repair guy in no time. Cloud server platforms, Facebook Workplaces, WhatsApp, Google APIs, and services have allowed developers to integrate numerous services in a mobile application allowing users hands-on applications and usage of quick services.

    When it comes to high-value services for high stake places, the one important thing that comes into the picture is property management services. Real estate is a costly and delicate affair, be it commercial, agricultural, or residential property. It needs proper care and management even after years, and the entire process can be quite expensive.

    Adding trouble on top of the underlying issues is the fact that Technical Service Personnel or TSP who are skilled in dealing with and fixing property maintenance issues aren't always readily available.

    On-demand mobile applications to get Technical Service Personnel for property maintenance such as Maintercept have allowed people to effortlessly order maintenance services at any time of the day without having to go through numerous channels to get to them or wait for several days for them to arrive and fix the problem.

    Such on-demand mobile applications work very much like the popular Uber or Lyft. You make a few clicks to select the service you require, wait for a few minutes to get someone connected with you, and the Technical Service Personnel arrives at your doorstep in a little while to take care of what needs attention.

    One wonders if such on-demand services only serve the benefit of quick arrival or easy access of the personnel, but in fact, the benefits are manifold and quite extensive.

    On-demand mobile services bring job opportunities

    The economy has been a challenge for quite some time now, and with the recent outbreak of the coronavirus, it doesn't seem like it'll recover in the next few months. Markets are down, readily available services are becoming scarce, and with large industries such as aviation and transport being shut down indefinitely, there are high chances of yet another economic recession which will cause numerous people all across the world to lose their jobs.

    In such economic downtimes, on-demand mobile services can allow not just large companies but also individual contract workers or freelancers (who are actually going to get the most significant hit if a financial crisis is announced) to leverage the opportunity of catering to on-demand service requests. This can help large companies to cut down on their expenses and Technical Service Personnel can make use of the steady income they would get by catering to clients who request for property maintenance services through mobile applications such as Maintercept.

    These solutions have also allowed professionals to indulge in skills development. They get to work on numerous property maintenance projects that need new and varied ideas to fix them. Not every issue can be solved similarly and working on diverse projects allows professionals to learn new things on the job every day in a very hands-on manner.

    A guarantee of quality assurance along with safety and security

    The issue with property maintenance is that you never know if the problem will be fixed properly or not. On-demand mobile applications offer the guarantee of quality assurance since the Technical Service Personnel are vetted professionals who are skilled in what they do.

    Background reference checks are made by these mobile companies that make sure that not only are these professionals easily available, but they are also skilled. Customers have shown to be highly satisfied with the ease of access to these services. 24/7 available services have allowed people to call for help whenever they need to.

    Artisans, technicians, engineers, plumbers, carpenters, and numerous other Technical Service Personnel for property maintenance are available who can take care of any job you need done. This allows customers the satisfaction and security of knowing that their property is in safe hands, and any issue will be well understood and inspected before work on it is started.

    On-demand property services are the need of the hour

    The outbreak of the coronavirus has led people to scramble for essential products and services. Food and essentials are scarce, and in times like these, when physical distancing and remote working are being requested by the government itself, it becomes a crucial concern as to how one is supposed to get things fixed around their properties that need immediate and emergency attention. When people have been increasingly staying at homes, Technical Service Personnel can very soon run out of money owing to not being able to go out to stop the spread of the virus.

    In such times, calling for emergency property maintenance services via mobile applications can help people take care of their property issues without having to venture out and talk to people. This allows for immense scope to support the efforts of containing the spread of coronavirus and allowing people to stay healthy while making sure that all their emergency problems are being taken care of in a very short amount of time.

    Mobile applications that offer property maintenance services have enabled people to take a breather in such treacherous times and effortlessly call for help whenever they need to. They do not have to scramble for help on critical services. Such value-based services have allowed companies to commit to their promise, which in turn enables customers to get value out of their money. This also enables companies to lock-in these clients for longer periods since once you can show exactly how valuable your services are, the customer shall always choose you first.

    About Kabelo Mocwane

    Kabelo Mocwane, founder of Maintercept, a mobile app that supports artisans, technicians and engineers with access to work opportunities in the property maintenance sector
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