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Comprehensive Guide for Buyers and Sellers

Welcome to FindMyInteriors.com your go-to marketplace for connecting local buyers and sellers of interior design and home products. This guide will help you navigate and utilize our platform effectively. Whether you're a buyer looking for a specific product or quote to transform your home or a seller / tradesperson aiming to expand your reach, we've got you covered.

Linking Interiors Buyers with Trusted Local Sellers

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Features for Buyers and Sellers and How They Work

  • Buyer Features

    Interiors customers (Buyers) can post details of the products or services you need and your leading local experts will contact you. Only the 2 leading local sellers or tradespeople who think that they can help with your specific requirements will be in touch, ensuring relevance and helping you to find the best products, service and quotes quickly.

    1. Personalized Matches: Post the details of the products or services you need, and local experts and suppliers who meet your criteria can submit bids to gain access to your contact information and reach out to you.
    2. Bidding system: Our unique bidding system means that only relevant suppliers who can help with your requirement will bid to contact you through our platform and by email. A maximum of 2 sellers can contact you in turn. You can also rate their service and how relevant they were to your requirements, enhancing our system constantly. Try it today, it's Free!
    3. Local Expertise: Access a curated list of top-rated local professionals who understand your community and needs.
    4. Reviews and Ratings: We only showcase local companies with a score of 4 or 5 on google, we combine this with feedback from our own users to ensure only the best local suppliers contact you.
    5. Project Management: Use our platform to manage your projects, track progress, and communicate with suppliers and professionals.
    6. Secure Messaging: Communicate securely with sellers and professionals directly through our platform or also by email.

  • Seller Features

    Sellers can create detailed profiles showcasing their expertise and services.
    Receive leads from local buyers actively seeking your products.
    Upload past projects to attract more clients and build trust through user feedback.

    1. Profile Creation: Create a detailed profile showcasing your expertise, services, and products to attract potential buyers.
    2. Lead Generation: Receive leads of local buyers who are actively looking for your services and products in your area. You can search for posts in the categories you serve or set up notifications to receive an alert every time they are posted.
    3. Portfolio Display: Upload photos and descriptions of your past projects to demonstrate your capabilities and attract more clients. They can contact you directly to ask you to view their post.
    4. Rewarding quality: We work exclusively with top local companies in your area. To build trust and credibility, we collect feedback from each buyer regarding how well you met their needs. This feedback contributes to your trust and credibility score, which is displayed on your profile and impacts your bidding costs. Sellers with higher scores will pay less to win leads. For more information on our quality score and bidding process, click here. (Linki to Bidding and Quality Score)
    5. Marketing Tools: Your profile will be featured on our site, expanding your reach and effectively promoting your services and products. Prospective customers can message you to ask you to have a look at their posts directly..

Bidding and quality score

Our unique bidding system ensures only relevant suppliers contact buyers.
Sellers with higher feedback scores pay less to win leads, enhancing trust and credibility.
This system constantly improves based on user ratings.


In additional to Google ratings, our platform also asks the buyers to review their experience with the seller and if they were relevant and helpful to their requirements. The higher the FMI Quality score a seller has the more likely they are to win leads in future, as the auction takes their quality score into account.
For instance, If two sellers bid the same amount on the same auction, the seller with the higher quality score will win the auction. Sellers with 5 Star FMI quality scores may also not need to bid as highly to win the lead over a 3 star FMI seller. This helps us to ensure that we are providing quality supplier’s details to buyers and will help good business’s who provide quality goods and services.

Payment and credits system

  • Buyers: Our platform is completely free to use for buyers.
  • Sellers: The platform is free for sellers and services to sign up. You only pay for the leads which you win in the auction. We operate using a credit system. You can buy credits on your account and use these to bid.Credits can be redeemed at any time.

Seller

The auction is a ‘Second Price Auction’ similar to popular PPC auctions. This means that you only pay just enough to beat the bidder below you. This provides maximum value for sellers and ensures that you can bid higher maximum bids if you want to win the leads, without worrying that you are paying lots more than you needed to.
We operate using credits which can be loaded onto your system. 1 FMI Credit = £1 system. You can buy credits on your account and use these to bid. Credits can be redeemed at any time.

Seller Journey

  • Login / Sign up
  • Complete details an dset up your categories for notifications
  • Receive notifications of/ or search your selected categories in listed areas
  • Bid for the leads in you area using Second price auction. See details above
  • Win and receive contacts details for lead
  • Only pay when/ if you receive the lead

Frequently Asked Questions

1. How do I create an account?

To create an account, click on the 'Sign Up' button on our homepage. Follow the prompts to enter your details and verify your email address.

2. How do I find a local expert for my project?

Simply sign up free of charge and then post your requirements. You can post as much or as little detail as you have, including a description, a URL to a product/ webpage or upload a photo of what you are looking for. The more detail the better. Only the 2 leading local sellers or tradespeople will contact you.

3. How do I contact a seller or professional?

You can contact sellers and professionals directly through our website and invite them to bid on your post. Simply go to their profile and click on the 'invite' button. You can invite them to take a look at your post, but they will only receive your contact details if they bid on your post and win them in the auction. Your post will also be shown to all other local sellers in this category who may be able to offer a better option or quote for the product or service.

4. How do I leave a review for a service or product?

After receiving contact from the seller or tradesperson you will be asked to rate (out of 5) the seller's relevance to your requirement and their service. This feedback contributes to the seller's FMI quality score. To build trust and credibility, we collect feedback from each buyer regarding how well their needs were met.

5. What should I do if I encounter a problem with a bid or post?

If you encounter any issues, please contact our customer support team through the 'Help' section. We are here to assist you and resolve any problems promptly.

6. How do I bid on a post?

In order to bid on a post, once your seller account is created you can load credits onto your account and bid to win the contact details of the lead. A maximum of 2 sellers can win the contact details. The overall winner will get the details immediately when the auction is finished and then the 2nd places bidder will then receive them 24 hours later.

7. What happens if my bid doesn’t win?

If your bid is unsuccessful then you do not pay and the credits will not be removed from your account. In order to win the leads your bid must be in the top 2 bids. This ensures relevance for the buyer as only sellers or tradespeople who think they can be the most helpful will get in touch.

8. Can I edit my profile information?

Yes, you can edit your profile information at any time by going to your account settings and making the necessary changes.



By following this guide, you can make the most out of our marketplace, whether you're looking to enhance your living space or expand your business. If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to reach out to our support team. Happy buying and selling!