Bark
Questions & Answers

Your reviews are high on Trustpilot because they remove all the negative reviews from their profile. Bark.com removed my review twice.

Trustpilot is the only review website that allows businesses to remove reviews for a price.

Trustpilot got criticized in several news articles for being easily manipulated of their 'Reviews' for $600 any business profile can push up or down review they want.

Look up 'Trustpilot news articles'; they say 'Trustpilot reviews are just paid advertising'

Because they just trawl the internet for email addresses and them spam those addresses. They've been barraging the address for my not-for-profit studio (which my website specifies cannot take cold pitches and can only respond to general inquiries) with messages in which their "clients" are looking for birthday party performers and event planners. I mean, can you imagine being a Bark.com client and paying them to do this kind of "work?" Knowing what I know about email marketing, specifically the global clampdown on unsolicited marketing brought about by GDPR, I don't even think Bark.com's processes are ethical.

Because they're a scam. Just imagine it: I'm not even a business and I'm getting email quote requests for my photography business (which again, I'm not a photographer and not a business of any kind) so yeah they're pulling at straws sending out phishing type scam emails hoping for some bites. I'm not a business, never signed up for anything to do with them or anything related to any business. That in and of itself PROVES Bark.com is a complete and total scam.

Because the leads who request a quote are not serious to book. They just answer a few questions and some don't provide correct contact info. Thus, wastes business owners time and money.

Because it is a 6 year old scam. They take money of hard working people and provide fake leads. And they offer a get hired guarantee that is not a guarantee

Bark has no way of eliminating time wasters. Most of the leads I followed up fell into that category, They were genuine leads, just rude and selfish people,

They are clearly not vetting the businesses, hence you have no idea of the quality of work of the business they recommend to you. Any business Bark suggest that is legitimate appears to be pure luck.

Because they are essentially a charlatan service matching company. They swindle their sellers into paying WAY too much for leads, give you a BS get hired guarantee (which can only be redeemed once because you won't get hired--unless you're willing to offer your professional services for pennies to randos on the internet), and you will spend valuable time contacting clients from their database that never gets updated so you have no idea if they are actually looking to book services or not. Don't be fooled by them!

My review is purely based on my personal experience. They charged my bank account without me being aware of it; I emailed to 30+ "potential clients" - no one has responded.

Leads are fake and they use phishing to seek out businesses. They contacted me via my email address about my daughter's business that is not connected to the website they quoted they got the details off. Complete scam. Don't lose your money.