Angies list is working great for lots of contractors BUT....
Have a back up plan in case they go the way of the Dodo.
They have run into growing losses with growing revenue and have never turned a profit, as a new IPO if this trend continues, there stock will plummet within two years and they will sell or close.
Here is an article from an investor I follow. You can find many more like it.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2011/11/23/angies-list-doomed/
Here are the actual numbers. 49 million lost last year after 90 million in revenue, so it cost them $139million to run it last year
http://seekingalpha.com/article/568911-angie-s-list-s-growth-is-not-being-translated-into-profits
Here are the losses per share for investors as the stock is a slow rising loss, it actually spiked today and trades on Nasdaq
http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/angies-list-earnings-loss-widens.html/
we use them, and have won the Super service award, they are great and bring in quality leads. But we may need to search for alternatives so we are not caught off guard if they dissolve.