Angie’s List is
bringing its 14 years of experience in helping consumers find reliable help
around the house to the $2 billion classic and custom car industry.
Starting Nov. 6, 2009, Angie’s
List (www.angieslist.com), the
nation’s leading provider of consumer ratings on service companies, is actively seeking consumer
reviews from car buffs with insight into custom and classic car specialists
offering services in more than 100 categories, from babbiting to paint, plating
and polishing, to wiring and welding.
“Custom and classic car
owners will go to the ends of the Earth to find the one person who can bring
their baby back. We’re going to make that trip easier,” said Angie’s List
Founder Angie Hicks, announcing the
launch of the company’s Classic & Custom Car restoration services division.
Auto restoration is the
second niche service added to Angie’s List in the past two years. In March 2008,
the company added health care services with 50 categories. Member demand has
grown that service niche to more than 200 categories.
“There are tons of
forums, classified ads everywhere you look, and lots of talk in garages around
the country about individual specialists and companies that focus on restoring
vintage vehicles,” Hicks said. “We’re going to do what we do best and gather
that great consumer experience at a site where anyone can easily find just the
person they need for the specialty work they need done.”
Angie’s List will
collect and process the reports in accordance with its existing accountability
structure. The auto restoration reports will be available to all members early
next year, regardless of where the service is located, which is a departure
from the traditional, highly localized approach Angie’s List has taken with
other service areas.
Angie’s List has
collected consumer reviews since 1995, starting with a handful of categories
focused on home services in suburban Columbus,
Ohio. It now offers reviews in
more than 450 categories in more than 200 cities across the country.
“We proved with our
health care service that our model can be used to deliver great consumer value
to a number of different service areas,” Hicks said. “Auto restoration is a
huge market, but there’s not currently a way for consumers to tap into a
reliable word-of-mouth rating systems that isn’t limited by service or
geography.”