When starting any new business its normally prudent to look into the niche or business sector  first to see if there is a gap in the market for the service or product you are offering or selling or whether there is in deed a call for more of the same because when there are too many people or businesses all offering the same product or service the marketing becomes saturated and nobody can make any money.

It doesn't matter what industry it is although this saturation typically happens in the unregulated industries, the industries that anyone can legally set up regardless of their skill level, competence and training and it happened five to ten years ago in the web design industry when people realised that there was a huge demand for web designers and they weren't many around and so individuals and small start-ups set up and web designers or set up small web design agencies armed with drag and drop website builder or open source web design software.

From a customers point of view competition is generally a good thing as it keeps prices competitive, however in the web design industry the actual skilled developers kept their prices the same, taking on less work during this period whilst the amateurs cut their prices each and every month until website design price where at an all time low, seriously some people were charging £49 for so called professional web design.

But what happened is that 100's maybe 1000's of companies all over the UK ended up with poorly designed websites that simply weren't fit for purpose or didn't function at all and over the years these have a go amateurs started to shout down and move onto other unregulated niches as companies and individuals got wiser to what good web design actually was and what decent web design cost and they started to go back to the professionals.

This waiting game was good move by the professional web design industry as not lowering themselves to the standard of the amateurs flooding the market actually paid of for them in the end but not every niche is the same.

The Problem With The Emergency Locksmith Industry

Just like the web design industry the locksmith industry is completely unregulated meaning that anyone can set up as an emergency call out Locksmith Industry and start touting work, sometimes without any training at all.

Locksmith Training is very important because if you are locked out of your home of office it can mean the difference between a butchered lock and doorframe and a carefully picked lock and nobody want a butchered lock and doorframe.

Unfortunately, amateur locksmiths are harder to spot, they have no portfolio of work like web designers do and you can't identify an amateur because of what they charge, in fact amateur, have a go locksmiths typically charge more than the professionals as they'll bill you for the new locks they damaged, always claiming that "this brand of lock" couldn't be picked.

They operate a kind of bait and switch displayed low call out fees then bumping the price up of the final invoice with ridiculous extras such as admin fees, fuel, nigh rate etc etc

So when you are searching for a locksmith in your town or city no there are not too many locksmiths, there are too many amateurs and once you filter down and dismiss the amateur you tend to fin 2 or 3 genuine locksmith per town or city.

What To Look For When Choosing A Local Locksmith

Look for a local address and landline telephone number, amateurs tend not to display their address as they don't want the people they have ripped off knocking of their door. Not every professional locksmith will display a landline telephone number but if they do then this is a good sign

A genuine locksmith will tend to have Google reviews which are harder to fake than the ones you see on their own websites.

Also look on their website to see if they have any accreditation or details of their training, as professionals tend to be DBS checked, have Public Liability insurance and display who has trained them. The most recognised locksmith training collage in the UK is Train Locksmiths in Atherton, Manchester