Thumbtack Reviews

WORST APP EVER !!! THIEVES!!! I was in the app as a contractor for about a month. They charged a ridiculous amount of money for leads. The leads lead to 0 jobs !!! Do not give these people your credit card information!!!

Welcoming, to say the least. However, there are indications that this company was founded on fraudulent activity. Firstly, they advertise and market themselves as a great way to get into the services market and establish yourself in your local market. However, there are a few roadblocks that you'll come across after the joys and grandiosities of such an opportunity bear the fruits and ambitions to succeed. Example, you'll need three customer reviews before using their lead referrals, and they Ponzi your entry such that you'll have to get leads yourself first, a deal breaker if you're new in the market and establishing yourself online with a budget, as most fraudulent online marketing and lead referral companies work.

You pricing on leads is overpriced. Your "CLIENTS/PROS" are the reason you are in business because we use your services to find our own clients. However, I do not believe we should be charged unless we are hired by the clients on Thumbtack. It isn't fair that a client can ask multiple PROS for quotes and we are all charged but only one is hired. Charge the PRO who is actually hired not everyone involved. It isn't fair and a BIG reason other Pros have told me they leave and go to your competitors sites. Also, Please change your charging strategy for lawn care. Most lawns are 25-35 dollars per mow. It isn't fair to charge a PRO 3-7 dollars. That leaves us no money for profit after we cover overhead especially if we don't get the job but you still charged us.

I wanted to request a specific “pro.” I spent time setting up my profile, then sent detailed info to the “pro” about who we are and what we’re looking for, only to receive a short message saying “pro unavailable.” It is not clear if there was a scheduling conflict, which we could have worked out. Basically zero communication from the “pro.”

Thumbtack is great for those who are looking for a contractor. Unfortunately a contractor and I had a misunderstanding and I posted a negative review for the company. I edited my review (which you can only do once apparently) before talking to the business owner. I found out he was in the hospital and therefore missed our appointment. They rescheduled and came out to cut down some trees and did amazing work. I called/emailed Thumbtack asking them to let me re-edit my review and they keep denying my request. This is absolutely unnecessary. I am trying to make things right for a business that provided excellent service. Fix your policy!!

Was impressed with the speediness of the original contact, keeping the original appointment, even starting the job as contracted and finishing the same. At a glance, the job is beautiful. Then the flaws started to show. My ceramic floor was peeling due to something that was put on the floor that began peeling when wet. There is a gaping hole underneath the bathroom vanity that, unless you get on your knees and look, you would not see. Had to paint one end of the bathroom door because only the front and back of the door and the other end where the hardware goes was painted.

This has been the worst experience we have ever dealt with being a pro. They absolutely do not care at all about the pros. They make it extremely easy for customers to scam pros, take advantage of pros, and they do nothing to help or protect the pros whatsoever. They just keep finding ways to take your money. When you call they pacify you and do nothing to help. If a customer makes a complaint they don't try to contact you at all to get both sides. They just completely deactivate your account???

Thumbtack is a marketing service, not a provider of tax preparation, window installation, or anything else. So, if someone reviews the services they received, one must understand that is a review of a company using Thumbtack. You have good companies, bad companies, and some in-between. Thumbtack is happy to take the money of any pro who wants to use its site. You should evaluate the pro by looking at their website, qualifications and reviews, outside of Thumbtack.

I once responded to a lead that Thumbtack provided. The lead was ok. He paid a non-refundable deposit and he was calling me names via emails and leaving degrading remarks (even after I issued a full-refund). Thumbtack allowed his condescending remarks on my profile for all to view instead banning this customer. I found Thumbtack unprofessional to say the least.

I was a pro on Thumbtack for a few months and I was already pretty skeptical of their practices from previous reviews, but I thought I’d give it a shot since I’d pay a few dollars for a potential lead. I had several suggested leads coming in a few times per day, but rarely did I bite the bait. Eventually I think they got tired of me passing up leads I didn’t feel fit my target client criteria, so I believe they sent a fake lead (bot) to me who seemed interested but too politically correct to sound real. It was just different than all the many clients I talk to on a day to day basis. We exchanged messages and he eventually told me he’d get back to me later in the day. Out of nowhere he says he changes his mind, once I had already been charged $13.00. I immediately closed my account. My suggestion is to find leads through previous customers and find leads in person. There is just no trace of fraudulent activity online.

I used a tax consultant, a sprinkler guy & an appliance repair guy from Thumbtack & finally learned my lesson. Do not use this site! There are more con artists than legit service providers. They over charge and under deliver every time. I was in a pinch & needed several things done quickly. My reward was inflated prices & poor quality service. Avoid this site at all costs!

Only 1 pro answered me directly and said he wanted to set up a time for a call. I answered him with my number and a time to call and followed up with a text message, but never heard back from him. 3 pros answered that they were not available and no one else responded. I had to hire someone from Home Advisor, reluctantly.

I signed up as a "pro" meaning I am the one who would be doing the jobs. They charge you up to 35-40% of the price of the quote. But they do this to every pro that sends that quote. And it you have notifications on and have an exact match they automatically charge you some outrageous fee! You must pay this amount regardless of getting the jobs. I clean home so accepting jobs of all kinds is necessary and every pro on there does the same. Who knows how many pros are gouged by hitting an exact match! And there is no outside investigation of Thumbtack to check and see if their company uses bots to answer your quote. Which if they answer you're charged a fee.

I contacted Thumbtack in early Sept' 2019 to get quotes from Pros to do a small inside remodeling project in our home. I offered quote opportunities to 4 pros and got zip, nothing, no responses at all. I will NEVER use this site again as it is a bogus site. Dave in Surprise, AZ

I tried to hire someone to do my lawn and maintenance, every email that I get states that the professional is unavailable. They show they have 10 to 15 Professionals in my area but not one of them has called me or sent a quote. I started requesting a quote over a week ago. After reading the reviews looks like the professionals don't want to answer because they get charged.

For context, I'm a professional who owns a commercial video production company. I was contacted via phone by a sales representative for Thumbtack asking me if I wanted to try out their "new" lead generation process (before, professionals would have to send proposals to a prospect when a notification would pop up about a potential job). With the new way, the consumers would now contact the professional if their search for service matched the professional's profile.

We're pro. We've been with Thumbtack for years now. They have app but it doesn't have all basic functions. They don't have live chat to help with tech support. We've emailed to Thumbtack Customer Care several times but have never heard back. We brought up lots of tech issues and haven't seen much improvements. It'll be time for us to move on.

This company is notorious for sending contractors fake leads in order to generate revenue. Even leads who accept your price quote, and only choose you to hire, you will pay $10+ to answer that lead who will never reply. This company needs to be shut down.

So I have been a customer of Thumbtack for almost three years with my home appliance repair business. Today I received an email stating my account has been suspended. That is after almost 3 years of paying $300 - $500 a month with them. The drama started when I received a 1 star review on my profile. Mind you, I had 100 reviews of which 95% were 5 star, 4% were 4 star, and 1% were 1 star. When I received the one star review the Thumbtack market place trust and safety team contacted me by email about the review asking for any and all documentation I had about the job in question. I ignored the request as Thumbtack is a lead generation service I PAY for and not a partner in my business. They do not have the right to ask for nor expect to see my private business records and it would be negligent of me to release them to Thumbtack in violation of my customer's expectation of privacy.

They charge you for everything without even contact the customer. They offer you what they call "PROMOTE your business", and, if somebody just send you a text (that cannot included phone or address) they charge you. You have the option when the customer contact to "ignore", but, even then they charge you. It is a complete fraud, PRO DO NOT USE THEY SERVICE. THEY ARE THIEVES AND WILL TAKE YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY FOR NOTHING.

Used Thumbtack 3 times over the last 4-5 years and every job has been subpar. I wanted to give a small business/contractor a chance but the truth is if they were good and profitable they would not need thumbtack to display their services. Recently hired a contractor for junk removal. Not only does he put holes in my walls but he leaves the couch blocking the front door so it can't be closed and leaves the other part of the couch on the stairs - blocking me in the home above the stair and unable to get past the couch. He drives off after putting holes in the wall and completely abandons the project after his mistake.

My experience with Thumbtack is nothing but bad. #1 they send me leads 100 miles from my area and they told me if I wanted jobs closer I would have to do what they call PROMOTE. When you do this when they send you the lead they take the money before you can even bid the job. They maxed out my credit card cause they were taking so much money I could keep up. If anyone is interested in joining me in a lawsuit against Thumbtack you can reach me at **.

This site is a huge waste of money. You pay for “leads”, you write an estimate and never hear back from the “lead”. Never get hired. I’ve heard terrible things about this site. They don’t refund your money! Huge waste.

Paid for bogus leads then these scam artists wanted to give me a background check. Should have been the other way around. I'm more trustworthy than anybody who works there because they also ripped me off by not paying me for credits I didn't use.

Thumbtack is a whole is a great idea. Great for their clienteles and great for their pocket. Charges to the business on the other side though are solely based on the clients' input, no matter how much, or how wrong their information is. I recently got a lead on a quick recurring maintenance gig. It cost me 46$ for the lead, the job is only $20 a month. Dear Thumbtack, let us businesses have some say, we're the one funding your 16 billion dollar business. P.S. I'm extraordinarily curious what your profit margins are.

I would submit bids for Gourmet Wine Pairing Dinners, the bid was free and I was billed when follow up questions were asked. I was billed each time a person would contact me with follow up questions. The questions meant I was billed and then I would never here from the person again? Thumb Tack is very good at taking your hard earned money with very little results! Chef Wayne **.

… Because my experience was that none of their recommended agents who were listed as having the requisite skills ever bothered to contact me, only to send a form response that they were "unavailable" (the task was to repair a small (8"x6") ceiling hole in the drywall left by a plumber whose employer didn't employ drywall repair folk, but instead gave me a phone number of an agency that contracted out small jobs like this … turns out that agency doesn't answer messages left on their answering machine.

Thumbtack does not care about the Safety of its Pros. On Saturday 08/24/2019, I contacted Thumbtack in regards to a review that was posted that was not legitimate, and also had come from a customer on their platform. That threatened my staff, harrassed my staff outside of the platform and on the platform. I ended up having to file 2 separate police reports. After calling in on the 24th and being lied to that they were going to resolve the issues, and take action against the customer. Which never happened. I then was repeatedly lied to through email by 4 different people. To then be told that they apologize and are glad that I reached out to my local authorities but there was absolutely nothing they could. So in other words as long as they can take your money for leads, your safety means absolutely nothing to them at all.

Vic the Magician, who operates in Balto/DC area indicated he would be happy to perform at my grandson's birthday. He indicated his show was "appropriate for all ages" and would include stuff from Harry Potter. Sounded good and all looked forward to this. Then, once Vick was informed that most of the adults at the party were immigrants from Central America, all however, bi-lingual and all US Citizens Vick indicated he was not able to perform because his show was aimed at adults. I have emails documenting all this. Pretty apparent this magician Vick did a complete turnaround because the adults were Latinos. Needless to say my wife was hurt but also angry....ergo...why I am filing this complaint. It was short notice but Vick had stated he would be happy to perform. Thumbtack offers little option to file a complaint except by telephone where everything they say is undocumented.

Thumbtack doesn't care about the small business owner. All it cares about is making money by any means necessary. It's just like HomeAdvisor or Angie's List. As a small business owner, you get charged a fee regardless if you get the job or not. Fees range from $30+ just for communicating with a client. Doesn't matter if you are hired, every contractor that comes into contact with a client gets charged a fee. THAT'S STEALING!!! If I get the job, then fine, charge me. But to charge me $30 to speak with a client and then not get the job because the services requested aren't provided by my business, is STEALING!!

I had over 50 5 star reviews. I wrote them to say that a man who had never worked with me posted nasty comments and gave me a 1 star review, dropping my overall rating. I asked customer support if they would please remove his participation from my profile. I referred them to the exchanges between this man and me to verify what I told them, information that they accessed. They then refused my request to delete this man's lies, I argued, they threw me off their site. Good riddance.

This is the worst Pro Services I’ve ever dealt with. They price accordingly to the amount of your bid. They don’t give any customers info that you paid for like address to do the job or a phone number to call the customers. How are you supposed to win a job that way. Beware Pro Consumers, I would really look into this business before putting yours on their site.

I was with Thumbtack for 6 months. I’ve paid them over $15,000 in leads! They are a scam! They overcharged for leads. Refused to refund for leads. There was no way I could help the person because of location or services I offered!

This company may be good for customers, but if you're using this company as a pro, as in you're offering a service, it's absolutely nonsense. You will spend $90 to make $100. EVERY single time you receive a message from a potential client, your debit card is immediately charged, and the potential client can choose someone else. You're still out that $10-$20 PER message. Most clients send messages to several pros to know their options, so there a LOT of money being generated for Thumbtack at the pros expense by the client's actions.

I have worked with Thumbtack for about 5 years. When I first came aboard they were wonderful. I cherry pick my leads. It was wonderful some 5 years ago. I had to shut down the business and decided to get back to it. I put my card on file however, when I went to check my account I was -$40. I was stunned because I have never had my account go negative. When I went to the back I found that just like my email there were sheets of thumbtack withdrawals and I signed up 7/29 and this occurred on 7/30. I had to go under advisement as to how to handle it. Moreover, I never saw any leads come in. Just suggestions that I should look into certain leads. This is not the same company that they were and it is outrageous. Do Not Do business with this company!!!

This site is a rip-off. Really expensive leads whether you get hired or not, NO screening of leads so if someone is just looking for "ideas" you still pay for the lead, no phone number to customer service, they bury the fees so you have to go hunting to find them, zero responsiveness to providers. Don't waste your money.

I hired a contractor from Thumbtack to do an extension to my driveway. The contractor took more than $1,000 from me and went AWOL. I contacted Thumbtack and they told me that they do not do any verification of the contractor's license, business registration or their criminal or fraud background. Thumbtack is just an advertising platform and anyone (even a criminal) can register with false documentation and rip off customers. Thumbtack also said they will not be able to share any details about the contractor that will enable me to file a lawsuit. I would stay away from Thumbtack and go to Angie's List or HomeAdvisor.

Do not use Thumbtack if you're a professional. They charge you between $10 and $50 for a lead that may never even respond to you, then refuse to give a refund if the 'lead' never responds because it's not 'in their policy'. As a professional, STAY AWAY. Do not give your hard earned money to Thumbtack, they'll just take and take with nothing in return.

Mike ** did an amazing job on our free standing shower. He apparently takes pride in his work and it showed! It is hard to find someone with integrity and having their work speak for itself! Thank you Mike! License # **

Wow, utter disappointment doesn't come close to my experience on thumbtack. Why is this company still around? Why are there people working on this dumb product?

If a so called customer responds even "no thank you" you're charged as a lead! They will never refused you anything. Been Thumbtack for 6 months and results are really bad. You get cheap customers that don't want to pay for quality work (if any customers at all). I keep getting charged for dead leads and in a month I may get 2 real customers after sending out about 50 quotes and as I said, I keep getting charged for dead leads. Stay away from these crooks by all means!!

This website does not check background or if these company people advertising has proper license to work on home. I contacting Eaj Welding to do some railing on my home. Look up this company and called Maryland Home Commission. This business is not license and bonded and nothing. This not a a legit business. They emailed me and told me they check and take the proper steps who they allow to post. This definitely nowhere near close to Angie's List who definitely take the proper steps. Stay away from Thumbtack and Eaj Welding. They use felony workers.

I recently purchased a house and contacted a painter through Thumbtack to paint the exterior of my house. This was my first experience with Thumbtack and most likely my last. Unfortunately, the person who painted the house did not complete the job and has refused to communicate with me about the problem. I reached out to Thumbtack, especially the Marketplace Support and Safety Team - to try and resolve this dispute. They basically wasted my time for a few weeks and then ended it by basically saying, "We weren’t there so we can’t resolve it." Disappointed with the lack of support and protection they provide for the client and I’m assuming the contractors as well. Very disappointed with Thumbtack and will go back to using word of mouth for any future contractors.

I started using Thumbtack about 3 months ago and within 2 days had a very good lead that led to a good job. Since then, no customers except very small jobs have contacted me directly. All have been under the "jobs" tab, and supposedly all have contacted other pros! In 3 months I've only been hired 4 times but have paid over 550.00 for leads, they charge anywhere between 35.00 and 75.00 per lead, and to them, even if a customer tells you, "Thanks but no thanks," that's a lead! Any customer that even says thank you for submitting a quote, you get charged for!!!

I have listed my profession as a dog trainer. It keeps changing it to a dog walker. Can't seem to hold/save the changes. Also can't get my service area put in correctly. It keeps widening it out. No Tech support.

This service used to be amazing. It helped me to initially build my business providing many leads per week. They would present a limited number of professionals so as to not overwhelm the customer and provide more of an opportunity for service providers to bid on a lead if it looked good. If you had a "deadbeat" lead that never communicated with you they were great about refunding the fee. Now they changed everything. Not only have fees increased by almost 150%, you now have all of these additional hoops you have to jump through to market yourself; turning on "boosting". Worst of all, they arbitrarily show EVERY provider at the same time not ranked in any particular order which, anyone who knows anything about SEO will tell you is ridiculous.

I’m a small business owner, and have been with Thumbtack since December 2018. Their charges are ridiculous. They charge far too much per lead. They do not provide you leads within your criteria. I’m always getting leads 100 plus miles away. They are very scandalous as I’ve had several messages in my inbox from leads I paid for. I went from seven messages to three messages. And they cannot explain why!!!! They have given me a lead for free stating I was a good customer of theirs and then charge me $26. After that when I contacted them they would not refund me the money. They have very very very poor business ethics. They are very sneaky and you have to watch every dollar if you decide to work with Thumbtack! Keep in mind every customer that contacts a pro each and everyone of those pros are charge from Thumbtack. Thumbtack is making billions. I’m very very shocked this company is still in business.

This company doesn't even have a phone line for a simple support. Registered with them several years ago to find out that the service is designed for idiots that would pay for something that will most likely never work. You have to buy their leads regardless you will be hired or not!!! My card was charged 4 times for leads that I never accepted. Did not even use their services for a long time! Be aware!!!

I am a general contractor and set up an account years ago. I was content with the service then. I would get emails and reply to the person that needed work done, I was charged a fair price. Then things changed. The customers started contacting me through Thumbtack and I was getting charged 60.00 every time without my knowledge. After 2 charges I had to call and spend a lot of time on the phone and the only resolution was that they would only give me a credit back on my credit card for one of the charges, and they did.

I was at one point one of their highest rated. But started figuring out they're sending unlicensed people to jobs they claim are licensed. They RIP off contractors and lie to homeowners while making millions.

Very bad company. Priority is get your credit card and tatatatatatat. They say too many things but the truth is get your money. Excuses every time. They supposed to collect my money if the customer reply but they collect the money anyway.

I have been e-mailing back and forth with Maribel's House Maid service for a couple of weeks now. Our appointment was for 3:00, it is 4:40 and no one has shown up. It is a big disappointment as I was trying to help my daughter and son-in-law in the midst of some health crisis and she is there now trying to clean. I would NOT recommend Maribel's. Thumbtack site was easy to use and I would use this site again, maybe.

I was so fortunate to be referred to Sosa’s Landscaping in San Mateo, CA. They are beyond fabulous — responsive, professional, knowledgeable and of the highest quality of work. I highly recommend Sosa’s and Thumbtack for implementing the original connection.

I signed up as a small business, and was automatically set up to be charged for leads. Thumbtack chose the leads and automatically matched them, according to their criteria. Then, they charged me, as much as $30PER LEAD! The icing on the cake is that all the leads were 30 miles or more outside of our service area. Plus, the budget I set up for weekly payments was completely ignored. I have been a business owner for 10 plus years, and highly discourage any other businesses to use this service. The company is not accredited for a reason. It is dishonest and unfair, and small businesses will do better advertising on their own.

My experience with Thumbtack has for the most part been negative. Save the individual I hired to repair my split-rail fence, every other "pro" I hired has either been incompetent or a rip-off. I contracted an individual to restain and reseal the exterior of my home. In order to get the job, he lowballed the project by using an inferior product as well as putting only one thin coat of stain on the home. Within three years, I was having to do the project again as well as repairing some of the wood that apparently the painter had missed and had rotted. When I began experiencing problems with the work he had "not" done, I tried calling him only to find that his number was no longer in service. I also hired another individual to hang some window shades for me. He advertised that he charged just $50 an hour. He was here for an hour and a half and then had the nerve to hand me a bill for $123 claiming he had been here for two and a quarter hours.

I have work with Thumbtack for several years and they have gotten worse with prices. You get charge 7-30 a quote and if a customer pick 5 people at 25 dollars 1 cleaner only get pick and Thumbtack get 125 and 4 of us are out of 25 dollars. I have been doing g quote and would spend 70 dollars and not get one job. They are getting rich off of us. And the last problem I have is I said let me try them again after not being on for a month or two. I paid yet another bill for 68.00 with no job from that either when I get an email that they deactivated my account saying I am Affiliated with another account which was my ex boyfriend and I telling them I have nothing to do with that account and they want activate my account back until he paid his balance. I just so done with this company. They are bad news.

Thumbtack actually allows fake reviews for pros and allows reviews by fake reviewers to be posted. Avoid using this app. You will be scammed. Unprofessional. Rude, unethical some of the words to this describe this service.

I am a highly trained videographer/editor and have worked on many professional projects including jobs for Sony. I downloaded Thumbtack to try to make some extra money on the side for a couple weeks before a big work trip, and did about four jobs that ranged from sketchy to semi-professional. I'm talking kids who used their parent's account wanting to make a music video. The last straw for me on this app was someone contacting me to film a video in my city, then telling me that they in fact were in a completely different state, netting me a loss of 20 dollars from just talking to him - Thumbtack's brilliant system to make themselves lots of money off the backs of their pros.

I’ve tried to use Thumbtack twice now, however both times I’ve been charged for receiving leads yet as soon they charge my credit card the lead goes dead and I’m out $20-$80 with nothing to show for it.

Left a deposit of $300 to set up account. Scheduled the intro phone call for the following week. That weekend I found thousands of 1 star reviews. Called Monday to cancel the set up call. Asked for refund. Over the next month requested a refund 4 more times. They won’t refund the money or return calls or emails. They just keep sending me surveys asking if I’m satisfied.

I defy anyone who does business with Thumbtack to explain their billing process. What is the method they use to charge a “pro” for referring a prospective customer to that pro? It seems to change from day to day. I have done business with Thumbtack for approximately four years and have found that they are always reluctant to answer direct questions. Yet, they want access to your bank account so that they may deduct their commissions. I have had all 5 star reviews, yet my account was just deactivated for the second time and I have yet to get a definitive answer about the reason why. They claim that I have been “linked to another account” which is absolutely untrue. My advice to anyone who is seeking a partnership with an online company.... go elsewhere. There must be more reputable companies that one can deal with. I intend to find out. Good luck to all entrepreneurs!

Had a difficult time getting a Landscaper to do a SOD installation on my lawn. All of them are either too busy or lack a professional attitude to respond. Some of them do respond saying they are busy but most of them do not. The most frustrating thing is that those who respond initially take a very long time to actually do the work or come down to site to actually evaluate the condition of your lawn in order to give you a professional opinion on how to fix your lawn. Go look elsewhere or do the work yourself which I did. It was hard but I did the work myself.

As a contractor, using this site is an exercise in being fleeced as it is a gamble as to if the person contacting you for service is someone who is highly motivated to hire or just a person who has a passing desire for understanding the price of something like picking up a lamp at a yard sale. 1 in ten leads come to a satisfactory resolution. The remaining 9 of 10 leads result in hundreds of dollars spent dealing with people who are fishing for some kind of super bargain from a licensed contractor. I don't know if the people looking to hire understand that when we the prospective hiree answer the lead we are charged money for the privilege. It seems that the entire site is designed to make Thumbtack money off the backs and willingness of optimistic workers. This site may work for people who have one simple product they sell but not for a contractor whose final product is as variable as a new home to the fixing of a sprinkler head.

Thumbtack used my credit card for charges that were unauthorized on, at least, several occasions. When calling them to complain as well as request refund for charges I did not solicit and/or authorize, their representatives only 'stone wall" me by stating they do not give refunds and that I and/or my former office employee, set up the account to have the 'automatic" use my credit card if they refer a potential client. I never have solicited the referral, I have never even looked at/screen the referral. They send me "you paid for this referral' and contact the customer.

I have for over 4 yrs used Thumbtack on and off and was as careful as can be. Yes I was scammed by 1 contractor (no state license/no reg business/no insurance) but Thumbtack claims they check, every contractor is legit, which is bs. What can go wrong re housekeeping? For starters all are high-priced as I will explain further. For starters 90% aren't available in your area even though they clearly ask you what zip code are you in, but sending you people from an hr away, that's 1 turn off. Since when is a housekeeper that will be doing light housekeeping deserve 30 plus an hr? Do you get paid that on your reg job and want to get paid in cash. Once they are by you and you watch them in your home and you possibly want them back bi monthly the tune changes once they leave. They will NOT return a call or come back. You will need to start your search again.

Don’t hire Eric **, landscaper with Thumbtack. Eric comes across as a nice, genuine guy. He doesn’t follow the contract and takes short cuts. I hired him to sod my lawn. The contract stated he would rototill and spread loam. Instead he just laid the sod over grass. Also he way over orders sod driving up the price and leaving with sod I have no use for that is just going to die. As will the sod Eric laid over existing grass. DO NOT HIRE!

My mom hired someone through Thumbtack to help me write a resume. The pro recycled the one we sent her, had horrible communication and then demanded payment. She threatened and then acted on reporting us to Thumbtack after we informed her that her work was not satisfactory and that she was to-date not contacting the right email. Thumbtack informed me because I wasn't a verified account holder (my mom hired her from her account) that not only could I not leave a review but that there wasn't anything I could do.

Thumbtack has gone down the drain. It used to be a great company where I offered my services to the public. I believe it was sold, because there were so many negative changes all of a sudden a few months ago. Their pricing went crazy and customer service went down the tubes. So, after years of using Thumbtack, I sadly cut way back. Yesterday I got a message saying I had an interested customer, which was surprising because as I said, I hadn't participated on the site. I called Thumbtack and ended up in the Philippines, where they managed, I later discovered, to mess up the email address on my account. When giving info, Filipinos have a bad habit of going 'uh huh' every couple seconds, so despite several tries he apparently still didn't hear it right.

This woman was going through my drawers and stealing all sorts of things. Do not use Thumbtack. They don't check out their companies. I saw she had an arrest record by Googling her name. I regret ever using Thumbtack.

I’m a general contractor looking to get a business off the ground so I decided to give Thumbtack a try. My experience has been the same as all the others. Total RIP-OFF!!!! I was charged $120.00 for two leads and I never even spoke to anybody!! If you're reading this save your money. Total scam!!! Something has to be done to get this scam off the net!

I signed up for Thumbtack about 8 months ago before I was truly ready for the work. Initially had a steady flow of leads that I had to turn down, so I put my account on hold and came back 2 months ago. Went through my entire profile to optimize and increase chances of showing up in searches. Not a single lead has come through and I have the same settings as before (just different profile and a bigger variety of offerings). Thumbtack support says nothing is wrong and all the settings are right. So basically, it's not worth signing up for. No returns.

I signed up for Thumbtack to promote my massage therapy business. The only "leads" I've received are from people asking me things that are listed on my profile, such as: rates, hours, location. It's infuriating and frustrating to have to pay Thumbtack for this. They take your money if anyone simply asks a question. SCAM!!!

The company does not disclose fees they charge for leads. I was using this site to get some work on the side which I didn't get hired for and I was charged $75 fee for one lead, then $60 for another. Keep in mind, I wasn't hired for either of these gigs. these are just examples. Beware that you will not know what fees you will have to pay because they do not disclose them!!! This company does things in an unethical manner and should not be in business. I contacted them for a refund and was dismissed because according to them, the service they provide is leads. Whether you get hired or not, that is basically your problem but you still have to pay Thumbtack. What a load of crock!!!! I have never heard of such a thing and a civil action suit against this company is called for.

Thumbtack will take your money for fake leads and customer service will never give your money back, disgusting way of doing business. And now they overcharging for leads like homeadvisor but they send it to 15 different contractors!?!? They will keep bugging you with leads out of the state or 5 hours away from your location its ** leads also. Make no sense who will travel to another state to paint a small bathroom its **. Save your money and time and stay away.

They have become greed driven and non productive on helping the very people that pay them. We have worked are self to the ground to get business and they take our money and do not produce. It's shameful.

My Moving Company has had a Thumbtack since 2009; way before it was ‘a thing’. The price points kept rising to the equivalent of Google AdWords, and the customer support for a Pro is completely non-existent. Of the over 130 4 & 5 Star reviews we’ve amassed over the years, it only took one negative review for Thumbtack to drop us as a customer! There goes the 167 positive reviews we worked so hard to achieve and the thousands of dollars we’ve spent on ‘bidding’ on their jobs in the Moving industry. If you're even thinking of doing business with this company, do company & yourself a favor and go to Google AdWords directly. Award for the WORST return on investment goes to Thumbtack.

Thumbtack will get money from you one way or the other. They remind me of street scammers that would tell you the job is already yours, they will send you a message saying the customer has already chosen you, all you need to do is to contact that customer. As soon as you do you pay for the lead. The lead information is really limited. Only after you pay you get to talk to the customer and realize that your services are not exactly what he is looking for or not in the right location. I'd give 0 stars if I could!

I hired Maid in the Carolinas and at first everything was OK but then there was a problem with showing up on time and their being on "vacation" and then showing up with various "other" people who were supposed to be experience cleaners. Then they started leaving as soon as they could get out of here to get to other "appointments". They "cleaned" my house in 1/3 of the time of ALL past cleaners. Then they just did not show up. Then they did not call to tell me why they did not show up. Then they did not answer their phone. This is not someone I would ever use again or come close to recommending.

Bad experience after 4 years. I'm upset with the Thumbtack because they just do not care about the contractors when the contractors pay the leads and their salary. Also blocked me when a client Mario ** called them to block my account when this person [AIR FORCE] threatened me telling me that I would shoot myself in the head. I made the report to the local police. They also sent leads that I was not looking for and in the period that blocked me they sent many. Is frustrating that they act so I leave this review to realize what this company does: only take money from contractors but does not have professionals to solve A problem. Now I work for another company that has excellent customer service.

So, I'm convinced that these leads are bogus leads from Thumbtack and they charge you a ridiculously amount of money to potentially have someone contact you. If the app is as reliable as it says it is, then there'd be way more success stories then people who are all saying the same thing. Do NOT USE Thumbtack Pro.

Asked highly rated, and supposedly background checked lady house cleaning for interview. After she left I realized my meds for back pain (surgery) were missing. Won’t let another “Thumbtack rated” person in my house again.

I had joined Thumbtack as a pro in 2017. First of all the leads never got back to us. Secondly, they charged us and said was a credit. Then started charging 100% more for bogus leads and never credited. This is a major scam. I have had thousands of dollars taken from my account and only had 8 jobs. RIP OFF.

I joined as a pro provider of a few different in demand services I excel at. I mean I'm really really undeniably good at to the point that I put my competition out of business simply because of my impeccable quality, honesty, and genuine natural abilities to perform almost any task or job I take on to the best of my or anyone else's ability to do whatever it is I put my mind and body to do such as every construction trade there ever thought of being and ten more you never heard of residential or commercial and my customer service skills and business ethics are unrivaled by a million degrees of any measure, the world over and as soon as I signed up with my pertinent poop I started getting interested customers even before posting any pictures of my work, my experience or even posting a selfie.

Seeking a mason to repair my chimney, I submitted a request to Thumbtack to put me in contact with contractors who would be interested in the job. I assumed anyone responding would be thoroughly qualified by thumbtack. I was mistaken. The mason I chose “New England masonry” requested a deposit of $1250 which I paid, and that's where the project ended. My repeated attempts to contact them were unanswered. My complaint is with “thumbtack“ who claimed no responsibility for incomplete work. I feel they are totally responsible for allowing this contractor to recruit customers through their website. And they should refund my deposit in full. Be sure to read the fine print with these referral companies or be prepared to be abandoned when problems arise.

I am convinced that most of the leads we pay for are from fake accounts so Thumbtack can earn money. 9 out of 10 requests I get from leads that are supposedly serious, don't even reply to a simple hello after they just requested my availability. AND most of them are well outside my travel radius. I was charged for 2 this week for jobs on the other side of the county. When I went back into my account, Thumbtack set my travel preference for the entire county! I have had to adjust that over five times in 6 months already. I am done with Thumbtack!!!

I use this app in order to grow up my business but they sent leads to high price that just for accept the job even if the customer doesn’t accept the estimate they charge you. In many cases you accept the lead and the customer never answer you and they charge you again. Really this is a very disappointed experience with Thumbtack. When you chat with a representative is like a machine every time the same answer. This week I spent more than 120$ and never get hired. I do not recommend this app to anyone, do not waste your very hard earned money in this scam app.

YOU CANNOT TRUST THE REVIEWS ON THUMBTACK... Hired a landscaping source from Thumbtack and - wanting to help a friendly young man expand his new business - I left a good review after our early and brief experience, when Daniel **/Harvest Garden filled our garden with instant impact. But by the next Spring, EVERYTHING was either a wildly overgrown mess or dead, and Daniel stopped returning my emails and calls. He also caused irreparable damage to our C/A compressor (which then needed to be replaced). The entire experience was a waste of time, money and goodwill. Thumbtack refused to remove my (good) review even after I described my miserable experience to administrators. I didn't ask to re-write a poor review; I asked only that they remove my ultimate inaccurate review. They refused. YOU CANNOT TRUST THE REVIEWS ON THUMBTACK.

I stopped using the site because it no longer helps me get legitimate leads for my business. Thumbtack was once legit, but thanks to the awful greed-driven changes implemented in 2018 this site just doesn't work for me at all anymore. Basically, it has become a complete waste of my money.

I was made aware to day that your budget for the system is set to weekly, i was under the impression the budget was for monthly. Sadly to say I discovered this 6 months after the wondering where my money was going. The leads are poor at best, people looking for a general contractor were asking for drywall repair, fixing railings and every other odd job other than GC type work. The company refuses to credit us any money back and we are no longer advertising with them. Out of the Proposed 62 leads at $60 each we did not find one client the needed our services. We are a 5 star company that is trying to be apart of these new streams of business. Beware of what you are signing up for with Thumbtack. Bad leads for an online form.

Technician said he could download files off a hard drive. I gave him my old laptop and a new high-capacity flashdrive in a totebag. The project dragged on for weeks, with him continually either ignoring my polite texts or coming up with excuses about how he had run into "some problems" or was consulting with some other IT guys or had to purchase something to finish the project. Four months later, I finally told him to keep the advance I gave him (!) for his time and just send me back the tote bag. He agreed to but never did. I tried to get info from Thumbtack about whether they vet their so- "professionals" and they ignored the question. Even though I hired a computer technician through them once before and was satisfied, I won't use them again. 50/50 is not okay.

Thumbtack is an awful company. I never post reviews but this place has robbed me of $1500 in 3 months. They force you to have a credit card on file then all of a sudden you will get these "supposed" leads from random people that myself and many others think are fake. You have no choice but to get charged up to $85 even if you decline it. I've called and wrote them numerous times. There needs to be a class action suit brought against them.

When I joined Thumbtack it was a good useful service for contractors, I built a nice list of 5 star reviews and provided great service to the customers that used me. They have since changed their payment requirements from service providers and have taken quite a bit of money from me with NOT ONE secured job, they are charging crazy amounts of money for I believe fake leads. They charge when an email is sent, not when a contract is signed or job secured. Total rip off, I wasn't also told by customer service that they are giving 30 contractors names out on every lead that comes in from potential clients. WTF. I rarely search past the first page of Google when doing a search. Beware.

In searching for Contractors on THUMBTACK, I found a KNOWN CONTRACTOR who posted phoney reviews just to advertise his Company. The Contractors are not screened. They are allowed to use the site to list services in hopes that a prospective Customer will not check them out and simply believe the bogus reviews posted. This company is a Internet listing service for Contractors. Not in business to serve CUSTOMERS. The Contractor I have information on was once on HomeAdvisor, but had to shut down the listing on that site due to problems with breaching contracts. Please check out any Contractor listed on THUMBTACK with the BBB. You will quickly find out the real purpose of the site is to scam customers.

I have been scammed from Thumbtack. This is the worst company ever. They take money before you can respond and book the job. They have took over $100 in two days just to respond to the potential clients. Then when I don't have the gig, it's wasted money down the drained. This company is a joke and need to be shut down ASAP.

I have just read about every review on this site and I can say that I agree with each and every one of the reviews. Thumbtack companies practices is deplorable. If you see a request from a potential client, and you respond, good. When that potential client responds, not good. You the Pro are charged a great deal of money for that client respond. That's not good.

Based on published contractor information I hired James ** to replace a roof. His company not only did shoddy work, but failed to tarp an entire roof, causing extensive damage to ceilings, electrical, floors, walls, appliances. When called THUMBTACK at first pretended to work with all parties - in reality they coached the contractor. Stated I "had" to go to arbitration - with their paid arbitrator and that "mull and voided" the damage warranty they plaster all over their site.

So many changes have happened in Thumbtack the past year. First they raised the cost of using their site so much that I was suddenly paying hundreds of dollars per month. Then they changed it to 'pay when you send a quote- EVEN IF YOU DON'T BOOK THE GIG.' I had to raise my hourly rate to try to make up for the changes, but now I'm not getting customers! On top of that, I discovered multiple glitches on their phone app. I emailed customer service multiple times only to be told over and over again 'please send screenshots.' I sent them so many times I felt I wasn't interacting with a real person.

I used Jeremy ** for two years to do my taxes. My status changed because we moved out of an apartment and into a home. After paying this man I did a follow up on my address because it changed, I am to receive a refund. He got all of W2 and new home information. All our w2 have new address and he was aware we purchased a home. Well he sent tax return in with wrong address and blamed it on us. He Dumped problem in our laps. Because the IRS will send my refund to old address. He refitting fix the problem that he created by rushing through my tax return and not taking his time to be sure he made no mistakes. He does not stand by his work or his word.

I own a handyman service and have been with Thumbtack for 2 years. They recently changed their policy to charging you a few dollars per lead to now upwards of $75 for leads that never pan out. I have come to the conclusion that the leads are false just so they can charge you money. They will not give you any leads unless you agree to be charged a certain amount, $75 being the very least that you can agree to. Do not use this company. They drained my bank account and their customer service is horrible. The only reason I gave them one star is so I can move forward with leaving this review. They deserve zero stars and they also deserve a class action lawsuit.

We used to love working with Thumbtack. We were top pros. Then they started constantly changing things. Every time they changed things up all they did was screw things up. Now when they send us a request that they say the customer requested us personally. Us and 5 other pros they want like $38.71 for us to respond. We did it a couple of times but just lost our money. So now when a customer sends a request I decline them and tell them that it costs too much to respond.

Our company has been doing business with Thumbtack for about 1 1/2 years. Suddenly they told us that our account was deactivated because it was "linked" to another company and we don't meet their "high standards." What? After emailing, texting and calling several times, we have received nothing but canned answers and absolutely no explanation as to what they are talking about. After reading many of Thumbtack's 429 negative reviews online at the Better Business Bureau, we can see that they are doing this to many companies. Many of them have been greatly hurt by this action. Luckily we are not being hurt financially, but it is not right to impugn someone's character and tarnish their reputation without an explanation.

I am about to delete my account with them. Now they are charging you for consumers who choose you! Seriously this outfit is a joke, we have only ever paid money out for nothing in return. Do not use them, complete waste of time. They are the ones making money not you!

Thumbtack overcharged me for a some leads and they can't refund when the charges are over 30 days. It is their fault. They should not have limitations, they are ripping off service providers with many charges.

I have only been using Thumbtack for a few months but find myself in the same situation as most of the reviews I have read on here. I keep getting charged over and over for leads supposedly from people looking to have work done. When I respond to their request I never get a response from them. Be Careful if you decide to use this service.

I just deleted my account from their site. They were charging me for sending emails to which we never got replies. I was coming in half the budget amount, was local to the customers, gave our site with nothing but 5 star reviews and they would either not respond at all or I would have it showing the reviewed but never replied. Most of the high dollar cost were for graphic design where we are at $35.00 an hour, and my graphic artist has drawings in the local museum for Pete's sake, so talent is not the issue. Most places charge double that rate and take twice as long as she does. Then for the embroidery needs they were charging me half of what the order would normally cost someone. All I would ever get is request for 1 to 3 pieces with a name or something simple where we only charge $6.50 per item and we still did not get replies. Just constant charges to my credit card. This place is a scam in my opinion.

I was trying to get a massage. I did NOT want any weird massages or anything not on the up and up. I explained this to a Massage therapist and explained this to Thumbtack. And they blocked me. I spoke with customer service and showed them my emails and they still blocked me. I reached out to the owners and the board and they just blew me off and thought I was lying. UNBELIEVABLE IS ALL I CAN SAY!!

I was using Thumbtack for last 3 years until 2018 when they jacked up the prices on the leads, for example to bid on job lead that was before $4. Now they are charging $46 and that multiplies by 4 pro company's that do bid on the project. It ends up to be a good money maker (Scam) by Thumbtack, and plus on top of that with more than half of leads are fake. This needs to stop we are getting scammed by Thumbtack...

This business is completely unethical. I just had an issue resulting in $3K worth of property damage as a result of a thumbtack professional I hired in July 2018. After extensively reviewing their terms and conditions, exclusions and limitations I decided I met all the criteria and was good to proceed with my claim. Then I get an e-mail staying that the Thumbtack guarantee is null after 6-months from the date of completion. That is BS because nowhere on their exclusion and limitations did it mention.

I agree with all the other business owners. I was actively a client of Thumbtack for over 5 years. In the last 2 years they changes their format and started charging exorbitant amounts for extremely unqualified leads that never respond. Such a high amount of leads that don't interact that it triggers suspicion when you have laid out over $$$$$ during the time and not one client added. They also allow people who just message you to review your services which can lead to competition sabotage and some weird 1 star reviews from random strangers who don't even know you.

Thumbtack sends you fake clients that you end up paying for. You try to chat with this client with no reply. Money down the drain. Stay away. Once you get ahold of them they will not give you your money back.

Was trying to sign up and ask some questions - this is not easy to do. Forget about finding any information about the success of anyone on the site - I would say save your money. I could not access anything, who are these people, where are they out of? What are some compelling reasons to sign up? Is there any kind of warranted or implied agreement? Why do the developers at Thumbtack think that their clients are there to be robbed? Poorly executed, confusing, redundant, poor graphics, and no help desk.

I have been hiring lead generation companies for a decade. It’s frustrating and there is no guarantee of success. I have never paid a worse company with the worst customer service ever. First the leads are dubious at best. I would get an email that I was the only pro contacted; answer in one minute that I could be there ANY TIME AND FOR FREE and time and time again got no response - ok. 3 -5 responses out of 100 opportunities offering free immediate service with no obligation. The support is a joke where they throw one full after another at you to start over with no reference as to why has transpired in previous calls. They accuse you of being the problem “well you know we can’t control if customers call back”, “so you’re mad because you don’t get more calls?”.

I've been using Thumbtack for many years. We're a top pro. The highest listed in our area and have many many reviews which earned us a 5 star rating. When we first began Thumbtack was making us some really good money. Each lead cost around $8 and we were hired about 20% of the time. Very nice ROI. BUT RECENTLY, it has changed a lot. Let me break it down.

I have been Thumbtack for over 5 years. I have weathered they constant changes, been there thru their growing pains. The bigger they get, the less they care about their Pros. They are always changing the rules of the game without telling anyone. Latest installment is they changed it so that as a Pro you can no longer see if your quote has been seen by the customer. That ability has always been there, as a Pro, you want and need to know your quotes are being reviewed. I just finished a chat session with them were I was told this was requested by the Pros and Thumbtack supports it to further promote Pros being in contact with the customers. I call B.S. What Pro or customer wants to nag or be nagged. I always follow up with my quotes but only once unless it is in response to their questions. This process has worked out just fine for me, customers have appreciated it.

I’ve started a profile on Thumbtack. Right away I was charged $55. I called them. They said, "Anytime a client reaches out to you, you have to pay for the lead". I told them the person never responded. They said it happens sometimes. Well I quit having them promote my business. I started deciding the jobs I will want to do. I responded to 18 leads. Not one responded. I called them and they said that my profile isn’t in the promoted section anymore so clients won’t respond. I said, "So you're telling me the only way my profile is visible is if I let you dictate my leads so that you can charge me when someone sends me a message". She said, "We value contractors that let us promote their business". I told them to cancel my profile. Straight Scam. I’ve been charged over $275 and not one job I went and gave them an estimate. Someone needs to investigate this site. I guarantee that they are making fake leads to generate money. #Followthemoney.

I have spent years building my presence and profile with Thumbtack. I used to pay around $8.00 per lead then saw that I was charged $86.00 for my last lead. This is a very deceptive practice as they have made it so difficult to understand their new system. I would never pay 10x the original cost and didn't know I was going to be charged such an outrageous price! Customer service told me that I would receive better and "more qualified" leads. Simply not true. Absolute lie. The leads are no better than before. Please look into this fraud company and help all of us who have been scammed.

I am a “pro” for Upholstery on Thumbtack. A year ago my leads cost around $3.50 per lead. I could afford to bid on jobs at large hoping to land 1 or 2 every so often. In a year my lead cost went up to $15-$20 PER LEAD and I never got photos with the request. So if I responded asking for photos I would be spending $20 whether they respond or not. It has become a total rip-off and instead of growing my business it has hurt me financially instead. I’ve made several comments to them regarding the problem. They do respond but just with spinning wheels. I’m done. I deactivated and deleted. Get it together Thumbtack. You are not a good partnership for small business.

I am an editor and writer and have been a Thumbtack pro since 2014. For several years running I have been a "top pro" with a five-star rating and dozens of glowing reviews. In years past, I would typically spend $300 on Thumbtack leads to generate $5,000 in income. They have changed their system so that if you opt to be "promoted" they automatically match you with a client and charge you. In the past two months I've already spent $300 on Thumbtack and gotten almost no work. I'm coming to suspect that many of the leads are fake, because most of the clients don't respond back to me after I contact them.

It’s been my experience that 90% of the leads you pay for either cancel the project or the so called "customer" never responds AND YOU HAVE NO WAY TO REACH them, much less get an address to give them a bid. And then these joke customer service people have the audacity to tell me if my profile was better I’ll have more success, and refund me nothing. BOTTOM LINE FACTS - last 15 leads I paid $85 each for... 4 customers communicated and I gave them estimates, 1 signed. They are outright frauds. RUN AWAY! If you don’t believe me keep reading reviews. I’ll probably file a small claims case just so they have to waste money on an attorney. Licensed roofer/contractor in Florida.

I've been a wedding videographer for over 13 years. As some may know, the major wedding directories are theKnot and WeddingWire. So I mainly advertise with them, but I noticed Thumbtack would come up on the first page thru Google searches, so I decided to give Thumbtack a try. Thumbtack automatically charges vendors if the vendor has "Promoted" enabled AND the customer is a "match" to the vendor's preferences. From Thumbtack website: "You pay automatically for leads that match your preferences, whether you reply or not."

Don't plan on building your business reputation on this website. As soon as you get established with reviews they will delete your account and tell you they currently do not advertise for your business category anymore. It happened to me. I have had my business with them since 2011 (that is 8 years). I had 10 - 5 star reviews and they just threw them out and deleted my account. I even paid for a criminal background check to just have my account deleted. They are a horrible business.

Thumbtack is sucks as a service more look like a fraud. I had construction services on their platform, and they keep charged me for leads, and not all customers actually hired me. But Thumbtack charged me all the time and refuse refund my money when customers cancel project. I never get job from them and spend more than $100. I don't think so it's fair. They should refund money when Pro doesn't get work. Thumbtack service sucks. I better do business with Yelp. ** Thumbtack.

FAST FENCES INC. He did a contract to do the fence and paint and post caps. He build the fence but never came to paint and fence or bring the caps. We pay them in full. But was our fault to give all the money. Do not trust them.

They have stolen so much money from my company by providing fake leads and not validating them. They have deactivated my account and stolen my money and hard earned reviews. They are scammers and are racist.

We used Thumbtack to find a contractor to build a deck on the back of our home. They called and made an appointment with us. They looked professional with a professional name on the truck. They said they were local. They beat our lowest estimate by not much but enough to believe them. They ask for a little money down to get started then they disappeared. No one has ever heard of these contractors or their company. Checked 5 states to see if anyone heard of the band of thieves but with no success. Never ever use this company to help you find anyone! They don't screen their contractors at all. The contractors are suppose to be local my **. Thumbtack are in California and I'm in Indiana How ** dumb am I? I didn't give them much thank God but it still sucks. Use HomeAdvisor!

Used Thumbtack for the last MANY years. In the beginning it was great. I built a great list of clients using Thumbtack. The current changes that were made IN 2018 are not Pro-friendly. The price per lead has increased and when you don't bid enough or spend enough money with them your account is deactivated. If you are a new business owner trying to get established this service may be for you. However if you are established find other ways to promote your business. Thumbtack you dropped the ball. I'm willing to join all class action suits against this company for misleading its pros, not doing background checks, price gauging, unethical practices!

Contracted and confirmed date, time and price - "CHORE CATCHERS" NEVER SHOWED!! Called back next day. Apologized. Promised would be there next day, no show, no call and when I contacted Thumbtack they said "there must of been a reason???"

I used Thumbtack for the last 6 years. In the beginning it was great. I built a great list of clients using Thumbtack. The current changes that were made are not Pro-friendly. The price per lead has increased and when you don't bid enough or spend enough money with them your account is deactivated. If you are a new business owner trying to get established this service may be for you. However if you are established find other ways to promote your business. Thumbtack you dropped the ball.

Beware of their customers such as Perry with Carolinas Exteriors! I needed a new roof on a rental property I have. Being a single mother I did not know of who to go to so found a bidding site where professionals bid against each other fir the job. I landed with Carolinas Exteriors based out of Mill Spring, NC who bidder a total of $3500 cash ($500 less than the other 2 companies). In his quote he was to remove the old shingles and replace with new ones, also changing out all the boots to the exhaust outlets.

When hiring from Thumbtack.com Where is YOUR money being spent. If you intend to use this service (which sadly was my favorite place to turn to when I had a slow day to fill) then please know that Thumbtack is charging me over $22.00 for your name; a gigantic greedy jump from the 3 to 5 dollars that they used to charge me. I try my best to keep my pricing fair and justified. TT.COM USED To be a unique, fair minded, customer oriented (on both sides contractor and consumer), and by far The best solution to putting qualified professionals together with folks in need of a contractor.

Was a Thumbtack Pro since 11/17. Became a Top Pro only to have them deactivate my account after they charged me over $100 for fake leads. 95% of the time these supposed customers don’t even respond. If you are a small business do not get involved with Thumbtack. I can go on and on about different negative things they have done. Thumbtack is trash. They even keep 1 bad review out of 31 on the top of my reviews even though I had 20+ since then and it was from someone I never did business with. I repeat they feed you fake customers and charge you for nothing!

I used Thumbtack for a couple years until they deactivated my account due to no fault of mine. Their explanation was that I was linked to another Thumbtack business who had a unpaid balance. I work solo so this was not the facts and sadly I could no longer use my account and my reputation that I had built up. They said until the linked Person pays the account, I can't use my account or start a new one. No Thanks! Thumbtack has their wires crossed and it's affecting their own business! They need to get their crap straight!!! I will not return! I recommend not using them!

I am a hypnotherapist and a top pro. Up until mid-2018 I received 90% of my business on Thumbtack. I went from, at the highest, 17 leads per month to zero. 17 leads for me is excellent for my profession since I converted almost all of them to actual jobs. As of today January 28, 2019 I've received no viable leads since Oct 2018. I've talked to Thumbtack at least 15 times. I found one CS agent who made some suggestions but it didn't help. Let me say I would pay any amount of money for true leads since clients usually come see me more than 6 times and I get referrals from those clients. I use Thumbtack because Yelp is too expensive. I've signed up for other therapy generated leads but their sites aren't as popular as TT and the leads are very few.

Thumbtack sucks big time! Shout-out to all freelancers - DO NOT FALL FOR THUMBTACK PREDATORY PRACTICES! I have been Thumbtack Pro for a couple of years. After trying to compete with overseas talent - meaning not getting any jobs, I decided to change my email preferences with Thumbtack. I chose to not receive any notifications. The moment I did that they started to charge me for "automated promotion od my business" - never sending me any info about those charges. I never knew about the "auto promotion", never send any quotes and never got any jobs.

Do NOT and I repeat do NOT use this company. They are ripping vendors off. Now paying for leads only. I didn't mind when paying for an actual bid but it has changed. Please - it will end up costing you a fortune.

If the agreement states that you fund your account to get leads, therefore, no funding, no leads. I could not even send out a quote to a client because it bounce back to my payment page to add funds to my account. Then, a lead happens to slip through asking me a question "what's my next step" that is not even a service request question. Yet, Thumbtack charged my card which didn't go through because I had no funds on it, yet, I still owe them money. To make matters worse, the so-called customer requested all the services which took the estimate to a high cost. No one deep cleans their homes weekly even with pets!

I have been a pro on Thumbtack for 6 years now. They have been going through a lot of changes. I have spent a lot of time complaining to them about what is unfair. I have spent a lot of money with them. They match me with customers outside of my service area, charge me for it even if their customer had to no idea that I am not from their area and was looking for someone closer.

Thumbtack used to be great—now, not so much. The new trend is for them to charge pros for “leads” when a customer submits *any* response to a pro. We have paid HUNDREDS of dollars for “leads” to simply send a message to say “thanks for the quick response, but we hired elsewhere...” Yes, Thumbtack charges at times upwards of $25 just for a consumer to send a message to a pro stating that they have terminated the lead. Thumbtack has answered my complaint to this by basically stating that they charge for ANY contact from a “lead” to a pro, no matter what the content. Bottom line: They’ve gotten greedy and refuse to educate consumers that the service is *not* free as advertised, but instead they are charging someone, even if no real service is rendered. They should be investigated for fraud.

I used to love Thumbtack. I got very good at what the market would bear and got lots of business at a reasonable cost. Now after all the changes it cost about 500% more and no guarantee you will get the business anyway. To anyone thinking about staying on Thumbtack open your eyes. I turned off all instant match notifications after I was charged for a whats your availability contact the customer never responded to. When I see any and all appliance repair quotes having at a least minimum of 3 and sometimes up to 8 instant quotes I know that is a sham. I just got an email yesterday that I am again a top pro. Whee! Closing my account today!

As a pro I do not recommend them. Avoid at all cost. I called before signing up for this service to clarify a few things, and was told I only pay for leads I responded to. This was not case at all. 4 days into service I was charged 40 for a lead that I did not respond to, after 2 and half hours on hold I was told my advanced setting were wrong but they were not. They did not credit me the lead money back even though I was told they had good customer service and could correct these things easily.

They stoled 2 unauthorized payments from my credit card. Do not respond to a lead because they will charge you. The customer seeking services may not even select you and they do not know that the professional is being charged for the lead... Thumbtack steal your money just in case you're going to respond to lead. I reported them to the credit card holder PayPal and then I deactivated my account and I received an error message that there is an internet connection issue. #Scam

Thumbtack has confusing practices for the customer looking for work, which benefits them and makes the pros pay for it. If I get chosen as the pro the client wants to deal with and charged more for that and then you send the client more pros to quote the job. How is that fair to the pro? They have made so many changes that they don’t even know how to keep up with them. Any questions you have about their pricing or practices get the generic, "We appreciate all feedback and take your concerns seriously". They don’t.

I wrote up a long request and sent them to pros, just to find out that Thumbtack does not actually send them the message, but a crafted version of what they think you want. This was a HUGE waste of my time. I will never go to them again.

I am so sick of Thumbtack. I have several sites and I am trying to download pictures on both sites but the same picture keeps coming up. My customers can't understand what's going on. I keep receiving price quotes for services that I do not do. They tell me they will take care of the problem but it still goes on. I get 9 request for something that I have no interest in and 1 price quote for a service that I do have. They tell you one thing and do nothing to solve the problem. They need to be shut down.

Thumbtack will direct people to your page who have no interest in following up on the lead. They will then allow other pros to reach out with a quote after you have already been charged. They then prompt customers to ask those pros questions, which counts as a lead so they have to pay Thumbtack as well. I have tried Thumbtack for 3 weeks. So far my profile has gotten over 1000 views and about 10 leads which has cost me about $300 to date. This has resulted in $0 business. Terrible business model for pros. Great money making tactic for Thumbtack.

Thumbtack is a dishonest company. The way they calculate the lead price is based on the boxes the potential client selects. In one instance, a user selected in their request that they are interested in a projector, screen and sound system but in their comments they write explicitly that they are only interested in a sound system. The cost for this lead was quite expensive but I figured Thumbtack would adjust the fee once I made them aware of this. Thumbtack refused to adjust the price of the lead despite me pointing this out to them. The cost of the lead was over 25% of the potential profit and Thumbtack couldn't care less. Their employees are not empowered to do anything. Despite expressing my frustration and how I would no longer be using the platform the Thumbtack employee was powerless to adjust the fee or offer any type of compensation.

It used to be a good site to get leads at a reasonable price but since they changed their system prices are almost triple of what it used to be and still after paying as much as $32 I was still getting tire kickers. I'm done with them. It is not what it used to be. I hope that they realize that they will lose a lot of pros looking for leads before it is too late.

Since Thumbtack implemented their new system, they charge for leads in advance without even offering the business to review the prospective client's needs. In addition, their lead fee is not disclosed until it's too late. At a minimum, the fees are more than triple what they were with the old system. The premise upon which Thumbtack's system operates has absolutely nothing to do with providing qualified leads. I was a user of the old system, which provided some value. That was due to the fact that I was able to read about the prospective client's needs and gear my communication to them based on how I could help them. This is no longer possible. So, in a nutshell, Thumbtack offers no value for at least triple the price. If you have a business of any kind looking to increase your client list, go elsewhere.

I have been using Thumbtack Pro for years and it was an excellent service when I first started. Recent changes have made it untenable to use. They now require you to pay for lead before you can even read it to see if you want it and to top it off they don’t tell you how much it’s going to cost you. So to recap - they want you to pay for lead before you read it and they’re not gonna tell you how much it’s going to cost you.

As so many other ripped off contractors have already expressed do not use this service!!! I cannot emphasize enough how corrupt and disrespectful their practices have become. I had over 50 reviews and was one of their top window installers in my area. They use to provide a decent service that was affordable and useful for contractors. Then as we see in society so often they sold out to greed around January of 2018 and completely changed their program and raised their prices through the roof. They have no true customer service anymore and you cannot get a hold of a manager at all!!

I have used Thumbtack a few times. The first 2 times were fine. I found a great lawn service. Recently I have tried to find plumbers, carpenters, and electricians on Thumbtack. All easy jobs. I'm still waiting to hear back from all of them, although of course by now I have managed to find tradespeople on my own. It started out as such a good concept. Matching tradespeople with homeowners. What happened?

Thumbtack customer support has openly admitted to me that they send a Thumbtack message under a customer name like "John do wants to know when you are available". As an honest businessman I reply immediately and get charged for the "lead" and never hear another word from the customer. They say it's "their research that shows it's a way to entice the customer to communicate" when it's really just a way to charge my credit card. Contractor beware! You may get one real customer for every 10 fake leads generated by Thumbtack. What started my investigation is when a customer that I responded to wrote back saying, "I never asked you for availability, I hired another contractor 2 weeks ago!"

This company has absolutely terrible customer service and no loyalty to their contractors. I requested a quote from a specific professional contractor that I had used before and before he could respond Thumbtack gave my name and email out to other pros and had them inundate me with random offers. When I contacted Thumbtack and confronted them on releasing my email they lied about their actions. Not a company I will ever trust.

I have been with Thumbtack for almost a year and at first I was very happy with their service, they seemed to have a better way to treat professionals than HomeAdvisor or Angie's List. The new changes that they introduced during November 2018 were terrible. Now they charge you for every first message if you have your so-called "promote on", but keep in mind the "message" is not a real inquiry from a customer. The customer submits a request for a project and TT on his/her behalf is messaging every professional in the area that has "promote on"-this is a complete scam, I will join any class action lawsuit if there will be the case in the future.

I've been with TT for almost 2 yrs and their treatment towards pros had gone from great to horrible! When I first started, I would be charged anywhere from $6 to $14 for a bid which was very sustainable for a small business owner as myself. Within the last 5-6 months, they have totally got rid of that and now they're charging a percentage more or less for what they call leads and soon as the customer reaches out to you which is BS. The majority of customers are skilled in the searching process and they are now ready to even commit and they're still contacting other pros and outside of Thumbtack. So as a pro, you're going to incur needless charges and the job is not even guaranteed.

I was with Thumbtack for over 5 years and my DJ service was hired more than 200 times through Thumbtack. We were always listed as one of their Top Pros with a 5 Star rating (a rating I worked very hard to achieve and took great pride in). They went from being a very good source of fairly priced leads to being a terrible source of overpriced leads, almost overnight. They also put into practice a number of policies that made no sense whatsoever. Their business model is not one that any pro should get involved with. A year or two ago I would have had nothing but nice things to say about Thumbtack. Now their chief objective seems to be taking money from professionals.

When I started using Thumbtack three years ago I spent between $5-$15 per customer contact. Which was fine. I could bid on a lot and have plenty of opportunity. I bid one job this week and it’s not even a guarantee that I will get it and the cost was $45 which of course I didn’t know prior to them charging me. I got a job promote lead for 250 of wrought iron fence. The cost to respond to the customer is $75. This is way too much for a job I may or may not even get. I’m rated a top pro and have over 50 reviews and a solid 5 star rating. This company has gone from ok to terrible. They are crooks. The customers just don’t understand this as there is no fee for them but I’m seriously paying enough each month to keep their lights on. If you're thinking about using it now don’t. I would say back in the day it was great but they have gotten greedy. I’m contacting a lawyer. I see class action lawsuit coming.

With the new "Lead Job promo" they decided that there was a match and just charged me $51.00 out of nowhere, and they send a false message to the customer without my permission. This is their new approach to stealing money out of professionals and we do not have any chance to stop that. I contacted Customer support and their reply is, "It shows here you promoted your Software Development service - https://www.thumbtack.com/services. When you promote your service, you're automatically charged for contacts from customers whose project details match your preferences." But, I could not get them to see that there are hundreds of categories in Software and does not mean they can just promote me for what they feel like! This is a new internet scam and needs to be stopped!

To all Contractors thinking about TT...STAY AWAY. I have been with TT for 3 years. I have 54 REVIEWS, an overall rating of 4.7 as of today, Jan 02, 2019. TT has changed their model to a "Promote Your Business." The catch is a smoke screen - they are going to charge you UPFRONT - they claim you will get 20% each lead. Scam is this - 20% of what??? How do WE KNOW the price upfront??? We don't. ADVANTAGE TO TT??? Big time. Next, how do I know how many other pros are getting contacted??? Not sustainable... Before they had to make QUICK and FAST changes to keep the $$$ coming in, they stated to the pros that this was a way to only attract serious and truly interested customers.

DO NOT use Thumbtack. It's a scam, plain and simple. I do not mind paying for leads, but you cannot ethically charge $51 to basically say hello to a lead. They are stealing money from people and as a small business, you do not need to waste your money on these scam artists.

If you are a contractor don’t use the services of Thumbtack, because you pay for false leads, just a note from a consumer that will never contact you back again, you never get a good email, no phone number, no contact information. The only thing will be a note or basic information for the type of service and they will get a high amount of money for maybe an small job, normally about a 20% to 30% of the job, if you are lucky to get in touch with any consumer that may not exist. THUMBTACK IS A RIP OFF.

I would agree with most of these one star reviews on Thumbtack from this site. I have reported them to the Florida Attorney General. They changed their terms of service recently and are defrauding Pros who were successfully using their service in the past. They need to be investigated and am willing to join any class action suit against them.

We have been with TT for about 5 years. They have modified their system strategy multiple times to the worse. Before the leads were about 5-10$ with a pool of 5 pros competing with each other, now they cost 25-60$ and you are competing with around 15 pros. This obviously decreases the chance of you getting hired, plus every single pro who is not hired end up paying their ridiculous cost. This is not counting their fake leads that are not even screened to the public nor investigated by any agency for fraud. TT found a way to steal from people and nobody has done anything to regulate this non-transparent strategy they have.

Their system is terrible. You can only lose money here. One lead is $10. For just somebody replied you maybe for fun. I didn’t see this before. They’re saying you limit of week price that you need to choose. Somebody just ask me how much my service cost. That’s it and I paid $10.

I had Thumbtack attempt to withdraw 10K from my wife's credit card because it happened to be a card they had on file. They eventually got $1500, because I did not respond to a dispute that they attempted to notify my about through an email that I had used previously, but had discontinued after giving them a good email. With the help of my lawyer, I got my money back. These people are total sharks.

I've used Thumbtack for years. I have spent tens of thousands of dollars with them and have been hired hundreds of times and have hundreds of 5-star reviews. I am a "top-pro" in Atlanta. At one time, you paid when a potential customer requested your service and you reviewed their request and responded with all the information that you wanted the customer to have. If the customer did not view the quote, they refunded the cost after 2 days. The cost per lead at that time was about $5 for me. The cost varied, but you knew what you were paying before you responded, then they billed you at the end of the week.

I am one of the Top Pros on TT. I have used them for over a year now. Recently they changed their system to let customers find you. I have been charged several hundred dollars due to this change and every single customer that "found me" and I responded to conveniently "cancelled" their project after TT collected their fee. Most of these jobs charged me $75 each. I am in favor of entering a class action lawsuit to shut this company down along with any other companies like it. They have already been sued once before for the same practice and evidently didn't learn anything from it. They are common thieves and I will be in touch with the BBB.

My company has been a "PRO" for years with Thumbtack and consumers must know that they charge us for every request for an estimate. That is fine but please note that they auto generate responses and We have to pay for all of those...even if you do not reply to us, the contractor! It's a TOTAL sham and a windfall for Thumbtack! This just happened recently. They did have a great system before but we believe that the influx of competition they are desperate and have quit working with their deceptive practices! Do NOT use Thumbtack EVER!!

Please contact me on **. We need this investigated. This is money we lost. It's not just a matter of filing a complaint, but getting our money back. This is a scam. How can one continue to pay for leads, false leads and get no work? This is not possible. We need this investigated.

This is complete sham of a company. Literally ANYONE can submit a potential job, and if you as a professional would like to send a bid, you have TO PAY! If said customer even acknowledges your bid? That money you paid is JUST GONE. I tried asking if I could be refunded for the jobs that I never got, but MY MONEY WAS TAKEN for, and nope. They just send you a very scripted message with a bunch of ** links.

Thumbtack was providing good service at first, then failed. I was making money and satisfied with Thumbtack. My new customers were well filtered and presented to me so I could make a good decision about whether to pursue them. The first clue for me was that their direct telephone customer service was excellent, then it stopped. I mean, it ceased to be, it was a dead parrot. Starting this past October of 2018, the number of leads began to dwindle. This past three months I have only received three compared to 25 or so per month from last year. My income is way down, I am struggling to find other marketing ideas I can pursue.

I own a small engineering and land surveying business and am always looking for ways to generate more leads and revenue. I came across Thumbtack several years ago and during the first year or so everything was fine. I spent a minimal amount of money per lead and actually landed a several jobs that I might not have otherwise had the opportunity to bid on.

These ** are scammers. If you value your money then stay away. They have found a legal way of stealing money from you. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Run run run... It used to be a good service with decent rates. I don’t know who came up with the idea for the new system they have. They must be crucified. It’s basically the worse system ever. STAY AWAY!!!

Like so many other reviews, this former user of the service confirms that what WAS good is no more. Thumbtack's greed, which the company attempts to disguise as a marketing system in favor of its clients, has literally turned off so many people and the ultimate value provided no longer exists. The company no longer serves as a lead generator. It has simply become a fee collector that no longer promotes freedom of expression to prospective customers.

Horrible experience!! They just ripping off the pros without any sense. They charge huge amount of money for nothing. I have sent the quote to the customer and he replied that he is going to pick another vendor and Thumbtack still charged me $34 for this, his for his reply!!! It’s ridiculous!! We started using Thumbtack a year ago and it was ok in the beginning, because at least they charged a little and you could bid, and you could get the jobs, but right now they are charging a lot of money for nothing. So unfair. Stay away from this company!

I used Thumbtack for a plumbing project. They recommended a contractor which I gave the job to. The contractor said he fixed it but ultimately it was not fixed and did a terrible job. I tried to reach out to the contractor to have him come back to fix it and he was unresponsive. I then reached out to Thumbtack who was of no help and claims they can't do anything. Thumbtack doesn't screen any of their contractors or have any way to protect its customers. I have no idea why anyone would use Thumbtack as you're better off using Yelp or the Yellow Pages. Unfortunately, I had to learn this the hard way and I hope someone can benefit from reading my review.

Like so many other pros who have used Thumbtack over the years, it was a decent lead generation company. Over the last month they have made several changes and now directly feed you bogus leads which you are instantly charged for. They now say they are a MARKETING tool and not lead generation! They promote the competition on your dime. For example, I made a customer account to see what it looks like from a customers perspective. I requested services directly from my company.

Stay far away as possible. Thumbtack use to be a good website to help match professionals with customers and then they changed everything. They are scamming pros with fake leads charging ridiculous amounts even for customers who are just curious about a quote and they have a strict no refund policy. That's right. Let me break it down. They get someone on the inside to post a job. Let's say example paint interior and exterior of home. Well that person picks out specific contractors they would like to work with for Thumbtack. The more the better.

Alright where do I start, TT is just flat out scandalous, ripoff, lying wanna be company just stealing like big banks, for doing nothing. So many fake jobs being sent out to pros. It is beyond something to just let it happen. I quit TT for good now. No point when you can’t make a living and I was the only pool guy around, so no one else put in for bids on my jobs. Oh well hope your fake company goes to hell soon. People dropping off left and right. Let’s get together and sue the pants off of TT, class action lawsuit, that will be heard. Then they have to decide to go bankrupt or burn it all before going to FEDERAL COURT in front of the world to be torn to pieces and us pros get our money back that TT stole. Come on people. Let’s unite as one.

So I fired my secretary that ran up a bunch of charges only after I fired her using her old email. My Thumbtack account was current but they shut me off and said that I owe them money? So the money I had in my account was taken for a basement finishing job??? I never even heard from anyone except them saying someone was interested. No contact was ever made by any homeowner. I wasted hundreds of dollars with this scam of a service. They are certainly a scam and take advantage of contractors.

Watch out pros!! Thumbtack will rip you off!!! They start out low but they raise prices for leads. And they got fake clients will send you message and they charge you $75 per message. You don’t even have no conversation with clients!!! I think those who send me messages was fake Clients!!! I been charged over $500!!! Watch out these scams!!!

This company promised me the world and delivered nothing!! As a vendor I am so very disappointed. They have some new system in place where you can no longer bid on a job or interact with the customer. The worst most cunning crafty company I have ever worked with.

Thumbtack had a mission to match people up with local pros. You could go to Thumbtack for almost anything from childcare to home repairs, to tango lessons. Pros paid for leads. Thumbtack limited the number of pros that could respond to any lead so if you set a decent price and offered a decent service you had a good shot at the job. First you had to pay for any lead you responded to but the prices were fair so even if you didn't get a job, you might come out ahead. Then you had to pay a higher price but only if you got a response, even if the response didn't lead to a job. Not so great, but I still could get by.

Thumbtack was a great service for contractors when they first started. It was a so refreshing after HomeAdvisor. Now, they are the worst and most expensive and the worst source of customers for professionals. When I first started and a few months later they raised their prices, they were swearing on the phone they would never raise the price again. Since then, the prices more than tripled and continue to go up. This company is most unpredictable I've ever dealt with in my entire life. You cannot rely on them at all because they bring new changes almost every day. Shame! Stay away from Thumbtack or you will be broke before long.

Attention Roofing Contractors among others. Please read as the information that you will see below is the problem that you will encounter when working with THUMBTACK now. Thumbtack used to be a VERY VALUABLE SITE for all of us contractors and I was a very LOYAL CONTRACTOR to them spending up to $500 per month. Every single time a lead for a roofing repair job or for a new installation was coming to me, I responded within 2-3 minutes almost all their leads as I wanted to keep very busy in the Houston, TX area. When I started in 2017 the price for a ROOFING REPAIR was $8 and change and the price for a NEW ROOF INSTALLATION was $16 dollars and change sharing this same lead with 5 other contractors.

I contracted with Jack Sims of Sims Wood Works to build me a table for my foyer. He contacted me promptly, gave me a design and price quickly. He built my table and has delivered it. I love it. It is just what I wanted. He did a great job. Would definitely use him again.

I took private hip-hop lesson with Darren since April 2018 until October 2018, I wanted to learn hip-hop so I could perform at my 60th birthday party, at first I was scared, but he helped me feel relaxed and comfortable to start from the beginning hip hop moves. As time went on, I got more confident and could learn new steps more easily and not get tired as I did when I first started, in the end of my classes. I was able to accomplish what I wanted and performed at my 60th birthday party, and everyone loved what we had choreographed together, I highly recommend him for anyone who wants to learn hip-hop.

I called Thumbtack customer service to tell them their cleaning service on their website had stolen over $500 from my home. Also $1500 jewelry. They did nothing! They just read a typical sympathy form letter telling me how sorry they were but did not attempt to help me with a reimbursement. Just told me to follow up with a police report. Apparently I was the 2nd victim with Jessica ** of TRIPLE J cleaning . The police promised to investigate her. But Thumbtack could not promise me to remove this THIEF from their company. They suggested I write a negative review about Triple J Cleaning, but she knows where I live and don't want to be stalked by this criminal.

In years past, Thumbtack was somewhat successful in generating clients for you if you put in the work but not anymore. Now Thumbtack has gone up on their prices 400% in the last 2 years and changed their model so that if a prospect emails you with an insignificant question, BAM, you're hit with $80 charge. Thumbtack is in control of how much they charge you per person so you never know how much is coming out of your bank account. You used to be able to but credits and now they require your payment information so, BAM they can suck the money out of your account. They have it where you can set a limit on how much is taken from your account but the minimum is $300 a month.

A pro responded to me with a high quote. I told him he was too high. He told me I should hire Guatemalans if I wanted cheap labor. I posted a review and wrote the racist comment. So they deactivated my account. What a joke. They protect their clients even though they are racist.

I notice that most of the reviews here are from service providers who are charged hefty amounts for leads on jobs that they often don't get. I never knew that the providers were charged such high rates for me just responding to the Thumbtack suggestion list of providers. It seems that many professionals have abandoned the site and justifiably so. The over-charging of qualified contractors has left those seeking assistance with home projects dismal short lists of providers as it seems many qualified providers have left Thumbtack.

Thumbtack take your money even if the person response in one word. They do not follow up and make sure customers pay, and their customer service could not be more rude. I called about someone contacting me for a job 85 miles away and I set my limit to 45. They would not refund the $25 I got charged for the person contacting me. This mistake was their fault. I would never have quoted a job that far away for $100. I would lose money. Customer service was rude, blamed me, and didn’t give me my money back. My only advice to people about to use Thumbtack is don’t.

Nick scheduled his start time at 8-8:30 am 11/15/2018. The job was to remove a tub & wall, then move washer/dryer, build new wall & install a water softener system & reverse osmosis system. He did not show up. I texted him at 9 am asking him if he was lost. (We are on a mountain outside of a small town.) He texted that his alarm didn't go off. He was running late. He'd be here around 12 noon. He got here around 12:15 pm. He still didn't have a written contract and never gave me one. He wrote a list of materials that he would need. He said he would need 600 for materials. I gave him the cash and he did give me a receipt. I did call the store, since my family does business there and was just told he spent $329.61 total for materials. Wow, Nick owes me money $270.39!!!

Thumbtack use to charge at most 12.00 per contact made. No big deal I thought. So I tried Thumbtack Pro, set my limit by 45.00 for 1-3 contacts. I received one contact and they took 45.00. The largest fraud to date. When I went inactive for a month all of the sudden I was getting notifications via email that miraculously people in my local area were needing my service. Mind you before when I was active for 3 months I had maybe 1 in my local area. Fraud and fake contacts I truly believe.

If you are just starting out and want to make minimum wage, then join Thumbtack. But if you are a real pro, a waste of money. It is set up for people to price shop you looking for the lowest price, and they have no responsibility whatsoever. So Thumbtack sends the Pro (15 Pros to be exact get the name which is way too much and just confuses the customers) to a customer that is most of the time just shopping around or in some cases not even real (the spelling sent of some names and times sent). 3 am in the morning is actually comical, (the algorithm must not follow time stamps and running out of names). And when sent to the Pro, automatically charged.

Using Thumbtack posted I posted my project, repair a portion of my concrete driveway. A company advertising as Affordable Concrete Repair responded to my post. I hired these two guys after an onsite visit and discussion of price. Terrible decision, total ripoff. They worked for like 3 days filling in a crack and resurfacing about a 15 foot section of the driveway. Within 2 days of when they left the crack started to re-appear and has only grown ever since. The top coat has started to crack and flake away. When I contacted the "leader" about the crack he stated they had seen it and would be back next week, of course that never happened. A written guarantee was worthless. Charlie ** is the name, company cannot be found. STAY AWAY, CROOKS.

I have been using Thumbtack for about a year with my current catering company and have deactivated my account today due to outrageous costs being charged to my credit card without a clear explanation. Thumbtack charges you when a potential client makes contact and sends a message. This message could only say hi & I am being charged over $40? Something doesn't add up here. Not to mention, how am I able to verify this is a real person contacting me and not a bot from Thumbtack making them money with fake job postings? Most quotes I send out go unanswered and there is no phone number or email for me to contact this alleged real person. The whole set up seems one-sided now that I take a step back and realize the cons outweigh the pros for this service.

It is a scam designed to make them money a few leads a lot of fake ones. I talked to customer service. They don't respond. Could care less. And would not refund any money. I did read the reviews before signing up and should have listened.

As a Home Improvement contractor of 53 years I agree with all the Pros complaints in the reviews posted. I have documented these issues for a long time and I believe most of these client calls are a scam for Thumbtack to financially benefit. I closed my account with them because they refused a refund and validate the client's identity. I was charged for clients who didn't provide proper information to submit a quote as is requested by Thumbtack and or did not respond to my request for information sufficient to submit a quote. I told this to Thumbtack numerous times but they never responded.

Wow, just wow. You can clearly see in the top blue line. "Congrats, no need to quote! Jenna ** has already selected you from a list of pros. Reply to seal the deal." You can clearly see a $2600 price point. The second screenshot shows in the line messages, "We are fun! Pick us!" When I reached out to this client it told me I was going to be charged almost $45. Fortunately, I had hit my weekly budget, but I did not know at the time. So, I reached out to the client. I wrote up a nice intro full of congratulations regarding her engagement and thanking her for her interest.