Thumbtack used to be great. Now it's garbage.
Thumbtack used to be great! As a professional who's been on it for over 10 years and Platinum status every year. I can assure you the platform is no longer any good. A few years back they switched up how things are being done giving out customers phone numbers to professionals leaving only the sharks and not the good companies to get the job. I still currently have the highest reviews and the most reviews in my entire state. The amount the leads have gone up in price and the poor policies on licensing background check and insurance are a joke! Something to add to lead pricing is you can no longer pick your price you have a little slider bar from min to Max not allowing you to decide the actual minimum. In many cases the minimum is the amount of profit I would typically make from the job not to mention you'd have to get 100% of the leads to what, work for free? From the customer side you're no longer getting the best professional, you're getting the most tactful salesperson, the most desperate contractor. Refund? Ha good luck. I've gotten dozens of junk leads not even close to being in the correct industry and not gotten a refund.