Are Machine Shops Getting Jobs Through Online Platforms? - Machine Shop Talk Ep. 107
Video from Practical Machinist. Watch on YouTube.
What you'll get
Ian Sandusky, who runs a machine shop in Canada, explains how online job platforms for machine shops act as middlemen that take a cut or markup, what owners say for and against them, and what to check first: how a platform vets shops, quotes jobs, pays and handles rush work. He has little firsthand experience and reports what others told him, so use it as a checklist and heed his warning not to let one platform become most of your sales.
Do this week
Pick one online job platform, read how it prices jobs, pays you and handles the customer relationship, and write the largest share of your sales you would let it be.