Chennai: Services marketplace, UrbanClap has announced that it aims to on-board more than 10,000 professionals for their AC repair business vertical.
The announcement came as the firm, having conducted a survey, found that 11 per cent of total respondents from the Chennai plan to buy at least one AC unit this summer.
UrbanClap’s survey highlights AC to be the most essential home appliance for the peak summer season with 36 per cent of respondents having at least two ACs at their residence.
The high demand for the AC bring to light the usage pattern with 46 per cent of respondents stated that they use ACs judiciously i.e., when they require. Additionally, 31 per cent of respondents paid electricity bills upto Rs 3,000 whereas, 28 per cent of people paid bills upto Rs 5,000, the survey said.
The survey also concentrated on servicing, as it stated irregular servicing impacts the cooling capability of the ACs. Fifty six per cent respondents belonging to the age group between 18-25 prefer to approach a company representative, while 35 per cent of the age group of 26-35 opted for online aggregators, with almost 60 per cent of respondents stating that they need repairs only during the summer season, the survey said.
The breakdowns were primarily because of cooling issues (67 per cent) and gas refilling (22 per cent). The survey highlights that 56 per cent respondents were willing to pay up to Rs 500 for AC repair work only.
Elaborating on this, co-founder of UrbanClap, Varun Khaitan, said, “Today in every 10 households three of them have at least one AC installed. In the upcoming summer season, we at Urbanclap expect the demand for AC repair and service vertical to increase. Last Summer, Urbanclap had onboarded almost 1,500 professionals. In order to meet this high demand for this years’ prolonged summer season, Urbanclap is on a mission to onboard 10,000 AC professionals on the platform, complete 1.5 million repair jobs in this vertical and thereby help consumers be summer ready.”