Save Funeral Costs™ aims to inform more people of cheaper funerals and rise as an online one-stop funeral cost saving specialist consumer help centre.
The world has witnessed the rise of several founders, CEOs and entrepreneurs across the fields doing exceedingly well in their careers with their visionary ideas; however, how often have people learned about those founders, who went behind the conventional? How often have people known about entrepreneurs that looked at the larger picture and ensured to add more value into the lives of others? Well, in the case of entrepreneur Steven Barratt, he made sure that his impact extended beyond the living by also honouring those who passed away by giving families and people access to dignified end-of-life care with his one-of-a-kind Save Funeral Costs™ (SFC), an online one-stop funeral cost saving specialist consumer help centre.
Steven Barratt as an entrepreneur, since the inception of SFC over four years ago has risen as an unconventional founder, who empowers the public to save on funeral costs. With his platform, he has been raising awareness for affordable funeral services and helping people reduce funeral expenses, while providing bereavement resources. He recalls, how the passing away of his half-brother, a personal experience of losing a loved one made him realise the consistent rise in costs of funerals. He saw this as a gap in the industry and decided to fill it by creating an accessible and affordable resource for those looking to save on funeral services.
Founded in 2020, Save Funeral Costs has since come a long way, the founder believes, who considers the platform a unique online one-stop funeral cost saving specialist consumer help centre. Through the platform, Steven Barratt finds motivation every day to provide people guidance to organise cheaper funerals, mainly via low-cost undertakers. SFC, also explains where to find possible free financial help from the government, benevolent funds and charities. Other funeral services provided by the platform are bereavement support, advice on home and natural burials, where to locate lower cost headstones, coffins, and the like, providing people the right funeral services as well as independent low-cost funeral and bereavement advice.
Steven Barratt explains how SFC can help them save on funeral costs, highlighting that his platform provides quality advice service, helping people understand funeral expenses, locate financial and emotional help services and also organise a low-cost funeral or natural/home burial to help them cut funeral costs and cope with bereavement. The SFC website also provides a free eBook and PDF download.
The experience of losing his half-brother, which helped him stumble upon a low-cost undertaker, an option that he felt wasn’t widely known or advertised, also inspired him to write the Save Funeral Costs book and establish his SFC website. His goal since then has remained steadfast of raising public awareness about the possibility of affordable funerals.
One of the factors, Steven Barratt thinks has helped SFC stand apart is how the platform operates independently without any sponsors or paid advertising. The website, instead, earns revenue through related affiliate products, maintaining the integrity of the recommendations and links it provides. This, he believes has allowed his website offer independent information, making it rise as a one-stop centre for funeral cost-saving tips and links for low-cost undertakers.
When asked what his inspiration in life is, Steven Barratt says that he wishes to further build SFC into a more successful business that can give back to the community in charitable donations. He is determined to raise awareness of lower cost funerals, all charitable help, including benevolent funds, and to help those who cannot afford or are struggling to pay for a funeral.
Steven Barratt envisions empowering people with a one-stop funeral center, for them to gain knowledge and see the links to low-cost undertakers and other lower cost funeral services.
