Looking for something other then Wedplan. Please help.

I've been a member of Wedplan for a number of years. I used to think Wedplan was good. Lately i don't care for them the way i used to. They used to let clients looking for a DJ to come do their list the styles of music they wanted the DJ to play. They don't allow clients to do that any more. It also seems like most of the clients there are stuck on the site generated price of $500.00-$750.00. I don't see a whole lot of listings higher then that any more.

Now i do understand that most clients don't have a clue about what a true wedding DJ should cost or what a really good professional DJ should cost. So they just go with the cheapest price they see on the site. I just don't feel the same way i used to about Wedplan. Does anyone here have a suggestion on another site that they feel is better then Wedplan? Please help as i'm sick of donating my money any more to Wedplan. That's what it feels like to me. I'm just donating money and not getting much in return lately.

DJCC said:

Mix, you have asked this question mutiple time in multiple threads. Stop asking the questions and read the answers people have posted.

Why do I bother.

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That's just it they haven't given any answers. I did get one today from Steve Cie. He said he used to use Wedplan and changed over to Weddingwire. He mentioned it was costly at $1,400.00 a year but my thing is how well does it work. If it works very good at getting us at least 2 wedding gigs a month then it will be well worth the investment.

DJCC said:

People have answered you. But don't seem to like their answers.

Do you have an add on craig's list?
on WEDJ.com?
Gigmasters?

a few simple google searches will find multiple places to advertise.

Start with the free listing first.

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No i've done those things to boost our listing on google. Remember you said free listing which gets you nothing. No leads that you can follow up on. You're there but not really there. They can see you but can't let you know they are interested in checking you out.

Remember you pay for what you get. You pay nothing and you get nothing other then to move up the scale on google.

B-Sharp said:

Jeez, last week I told you to forget online advertising for a while and focus on meeting the types of people that you want to work for. Today you're asking what's better than Wedplan.

I'll tell you what - just send me $600, and for a year I won't get you any new business, either.

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I'll send you $600.00 and then sue you for $6,000.00 when what you promised me you could do for me doesn't work.

I see now what i really should have made the focus of this thread. It should have been about how most of the potential clients on Wedplan are now posting from the generated price listing of $500.00-$750.00. And each price listing goes up by $250.00 till it reaches $2,500 and over.

My issue is that with such a low pricing that most potential clients are posting it causes a few problems in trying to sell our services. Let me explain. Some leads that come in are from out of state. Some are nice enough to post a phone number to call them. So when you try to contact them some numbers don't work. The ones that do will want to know where you're located. Once they find out it's in East Orange, NJ a lot will tell you they were looking for someone closer. I'll try to convince them the distance is not an issue. They won't buy that.

What that really is telling me that they weren't really willing to spend too much money. With such a price listing a lot of those potential clients want to stay as close to $500.00 as possible. So now the question becomes is it really worth it to do the wedding considering the price of gas. I just filled up the tank on the van Wed., it had about a half a tank of gas and it cost me $52.00. And that was at the cheapest gas station i know for the gas i burn.

It would be nice to get the work but financially is it really worth it. That doesn't leave for a lot of profit to do the wedding. So now if i try to talk them into as close as i can to spending $750.00 a lot of them will tell you they really don't want to spend that much. If they do they will expect you to bring the horse with the wagon to the wedding. That meaning they will exp0ect so much from you but don't want to pay what it's really worth for you to provide those services. Some will think what's the big deal. We're willing to pay a DJ $500.00 for a few hours of work. They will compare what we do to their day job and figure they wish they could make $500.00 a day for a few hours of work.

Some just don't realize all the hard work and dedication it has taken to be the great entertainment that we are today. In other words some potential clients see what we do as something that can'[t be that hard to do. Especially with us now using a computer to DJ with. They just see what we do as being a easy fun job and why should we spend a heap of money on a DJ for their wedding. So some days it gets to be a challenge dealing with such potential clients.

To end my part for now i'll say this. I don't mind in some cases accepting such a wedding to be able to get to take some very nice pictures and video to add to our website. So some days i don't mind settling just so i can get some nice pictures and video which is what we need more of to show off to potential clients.

B-Sharp said:

I promised that for $600, I wouldn't bring you new business. I'm pretty sure I can make good on that promise.

As far as the Wedplan topic goes, I think you've posted about that before.

As for the price of gas, you can't change it. Don't tell us that's a reason you won't go out and make $500.

Once again, stop making yourself available to the people who don't want to spend money and start introducing yourself to people with money to spend. It's not a difficult concept to grasp.

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I never said i wouldn't go out for $500.00. It just has to make sense profit wise. I certainly wouldn't go to a place 2 hours away one way for $500.00. Locally somewhere near by would be ok.

DJCC said:

Mix, when you are ready to sell your gear, let me know. I"m always looking for a good deal.

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Don't hold your breath for when that will happen. You just might sell yours before i sell mines. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! I said when i get 60 i was going to retire from DJing. It doesn't look like it right now. Of course nobody knows when your number will get called but right now i'm working on my next DJ decision once i retire from my day job. I just got to get me a DJ chair to help with my back issue when i'm playing.

I just placed another craigslist ad again. I had one years ago when the business had another name. I like that it allowed you to post pictures. I did the best with what i got till i can get some more.