Affordable Legal Service
Founded by Robert Niznik, the Shpoonkle model has become a successful and recognizable brand in less than a year. Focused on the Legal Services niche and making justice affordable, while helping legal professionals find work, Niznik has added many features to the model in the first year.
This has allowed the Shpoonkle model to provide a wide range of services to clients and legal professionals from launch that continues to benefit this demographic with its continued expansion and growth.
The Shpoonkle Model is built and managed to be significant and a sustainable model. Robert Niznik is harvesting the power of the legal services market for social benefits. Shpoonkle has grown significantly in the past year averaging 10,000 daily visitors to the site, and appearing in over 1000 domestic and international media outlets. Client retention has been a positive factor, as well as a reduction in client fees with 30% reduction in cost as compared to the national average on same services this year.
Lawyer Auction
Shpoonkle is an international legal reverse auction free site and is quickly becoming a global leader in centralizing a free legal marketplace. Our company offers a wide range of services designed to empower people through Shpoonkle - aiming at aiding attorneys and clients, any time, any place, and on any device.
Shpoonkle is not a referral service. The services on the site are currently free to both Attorneys and Clients.
"The Legal Donut Hole a phrase coined by Robert Niznik to describe the importance of Shpoonkle in the legal market. Many consumers in today’s economy cannot afford the average attorneys fee and many earn too much money to qualify for Legal Aid. Thus falling into the same situation as those stuck in the medical donut hole. The economy has also caused a tremendous need for consumers (client and attorney) to utilize varying methods to save money and also to pursue innovative marketing and business technologies." Robert Niznik
Attorneys are actively connecting and interacting with consumers. Clients are actively seeking help and legal representation on Shpoonkle. The site provides a user friendly interface that removes the intimidation factor that many clients feel when faced with the stress of seeking an attorney. Clients and attorneys register using anonymous usernames, and contact information is not exchanged until the auction is completed and a winning attorney is selected. All contact information is blocked during the auction process. The attorney and client can communicate confidentially during the auction with their posts on the case (similar to the eBay auction model), and are free to detail their experience and background as an attorney on the bid. Bidding attorneys see the competing bids and drive the cost of the service down. Clients are not typically picking the lowest bid, but the one they deem is fair. Client's considerations include the attorneys experience, how they represented themselves during the auction, and other factors individual to each client.
- Consumer Need - Attorney - Client –Affordability
Attorneys need affordable means to build their client base and innovative methods to consult with clients. Clients need affordable legal services. Many clients will delay or forgo legal services when needed, as they are not able to afford or attorneys are unwilling to negotiate fees. - Availability
24 x 7 availability to secure and speak with clients remotely if required. 24 x 7 availability to seek immediate legal assistance when required. - Accessibility Attorneys become accessible to clients that they might not normally have had access to. Clients are often intimidated by lawyers. This enables a more comfortable consultation process for clients.
- Shpoonkle Meeting and Exceeding Market Needs
Shpoonkle prides itself on being consumer centric and listening to the needs of the market.
