Facebook groups are where you go to vent. We are where you go to decide.
Trade and operator Facebook groups have real wisdom in them. They also have a lot of noise, a lot of grudges, and an algorithm that does not care about your problem.
Bottom line: Stay in the group for the community. Come to us for the answer.
Side by side
| Dimension | Ask a Shop Owner | Facebook groups |
|---|---|---|
| Signal-to-noise | Curated, vetted, ranked | Whoever posted loudest |
| Response time | Seconds | Hours to days |
| Privacy | Private by default | Visible to thousands of strangers |
| Search | Built for it | Search is famously broken |
| Cost | $97/month with 7-day free trial | Free |
Use Facebook groups when
- Building relationships with peers in your trade.
- Getting the human pulse of your industry.
- Venting after a bad day.
Use us when
- When you need an answer now, not in three hours.
- When you do not want competitors seeing your question.
- When the right answer is not the most upvoted one.
Common questions
Is the advice from Facebook groups in your library?
Not directly. We do not scrape Facebook. Our corpus is built from interviews, transcripts, and content where the operators consented to be part of the library.
Do you replace my trade group?
No. Groups are great for community. We are an answer engine. Different jobs.