Thumbtack generates numerous accounts to send false leads (potential customers) to the "pros." With each generated account, they send one "lead" to five pros. Each pro is charged $30 or more for each "lead," which I have experienced and observed, multiple times, every day I was a member of the platform. Shameful, deceptive and unethical practices. Customer service is poor, nearly non-existent. And, don't expect any refunds...you won't get any.
Date of experience: July 14, 2023
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Thumbtack has a rating of 1.6 stars from 1,566 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Thumbtack most frequently mention customer service, credit card, and phone number problems. Thumbtack ranks 99th among Local Reviews sites.
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Cut the grass, pulled weeds, finished with mulch all in 30 min! Did a fantastic job! Thank you Roberto Lopez from Lopez Landscaping and tree Services. *******226
Don't bother working with them! They are useless and using bots and not qualified leads that request a job and want to pay 50 bucks while some projects are minimum $500-750. No customer service total bs and you will lose loads of money on "leads" as they call them but it's just fake accounts that show some sort of activity.
Gerald Morrison, comes highly recommended by me. Gerald has completed several jobs for me small & large. He is very dependable, detailed, knowledgeable and always complete the job in a timely & professional manner. He is who I will contacr on for any future plumbing jobs.
A. Jefferson
Date of experience: June 19, 2023
After 2 years I receive two "leads" or request to speak with me. I responded back and never heard back from the two "leads". I had 2 charges of $25.40 which I questioned with them and they were not budging on the charges. It is concerning to me that all of a sudden after 2 years and I believe they just had a large fee increase I get two questionable request to speak to me but they did not respond back to me. My card I had on file also expired almost 2 years ago and they still managed to charge me. No offer to give me a full or partial credit. I am now disputing the charges. NEVER AGAIN!
Date of experience: January 24, 2019
When I saw my son do his first professional show I was sweating like bullets, afraid for him and kept thinking myself, "Would if they don't laugh?" what I say to him if his performance bombed.
All of sudden the MC introduces my son Woodi Bruce on stage. He gets a well received reception. And then like magic, he makes his little friend Tony Francisco come alive. He was hilarious, he had impeccable timing, he made the audience believe that Tony was a real person. At that point, I was very proud of my son. I knew he was truly an artist at his craft.
Geraldine Woodford
Very very proud of Woodi Bruce
Date of experience: March 7, 2017
We had several estimates for carpet cleaning.
DAVID NIVEN was very impressive and had a very reasonable rate.
We made an appointment and he came out. Very pleasant and he actually did more than he had bid but kept price the same.
Would highly recommend.
Date of experience: November 23, 2016
I received three names of contractors for concrete repairs. I contacted all three contractors and they set dates and times to come out to give an estimate. None of them ever showed up. I will never us this service again or the contractors they provided.
Date of experience: September 14, 2017
As a pro getting leads from Thumbtack, they charge a ridiculous amount for certain leads even if you don't get the job and even worse, they won't issue you a refund when the customer decides to book with you and then cancels to shop prices upwards of a leads fee of $59!
Some customers will ask for certain services and Thumbtack will charge you a leads fee based off of what they filled out they were looking for but when you contact the customer the job is completely different and is much less than what they posted on Thumbtack which you should be issued some type of refund for.
So many inconsistencies with Thumbtack from the Pro side and really disappointed that they don't have adequate Chat features or help for the Pros. They unfourtunately only care about the money and increased lead prices they make as well as the customer.
Date of experience: September 14, 2022
I used Thumbtack for my business for about a year and a half. I have really liked using them UNTIL they doubled there pricing to quote my potential clients. They are way to expensive and I probably won't ever use them again. I get enough business from Facebook and word of mouth!
Date of experience: June 12, 2016
They sell you one thing and deliver another. Very low quality leads, majority of said potential customers were not serious at all! Customer service will not credit leads. They will bleed you out.
Not recommended, there are plenty of options out there, save your money.
Tip for consumers:
Watch your credit card charges closely.
Products used:
Leads.
Date of experience: July 26, 2021
Wael, we're sad to hear that you feel this way. We aim to help you see a great return on your investment on Thumbtack. If you ever feel a lead isn't up to par, we're happy to take a second look into it to see if we missed anything. We welcome you to reach out to us in a private message over one of our social media channels and we'll work to address your concerns and help you see success on Thumbtack. We hope to hear fro you soon as we work to better your experience.
I asked about service from a pro. They were shady and obviously is the sex traffic area i said not interested and was going to report them. They must of beat me to the punch cause next thing i know thumbtack deleted my account. I emailed customer service and told them i have text message proof i would like to send them and they replied it didn't matter and that there was nothing i could do about my account and to have a good day. So they took the side of sex trafficker and wouldn't listen to me at all. I reported them and thumbtack to the state attorney's office for review. My opinion thumbtack is becoming the next hidden back page.
Date of experience: April 3, 2020
Thumbtack is a Rip Off. You can contact prospective customers for FREE, BUT when/if the customer replies back to your offer (either YES or NO) you are charged LARGE amounts.
A customer responded back to an offer I made, simply to tell me that she was already working with someone else. Thumbtack hit me with a $9.84 fee.
I contacted Thumbtack to dispute this charge, but they only agreed to give me a CREDIT. So guess what eventually they would have still get my $9.84.
They refused to refund my money to my card, unless I Deactivated my account.
Plus, the representative who assisted me was extremely rude, nonchalant, and careless.
Goodbye Thumbtack!
Date of experience: January 26, 2020
Thumbtack connects you with wrong customers and customers out of your area, charges your card then only refunds it to your house account making you continue to use the service when you just want off the crazy ride.the last bondoggle the customer they connected me with lived over 5 hours away in another state. Most users if the sight are penny pinchers, I have much better luck on Home Adviser. DO NOT recommend for professionals!
Date of experience: April 2, 2018
I am a contractor that was using Thumbtack on multiple occasions with good reviews. I was a victim of sexual harassment on a lead of theirs and when posting my review and contacting thumbtack about this, they immediately cut me from their panel. Instead of protecting the contractor, they decided they didn't like my review so they cut me instead.
Date of experience: September 13, 2023
This company has the dumbest business model ever! They charge you arbitrary amounts of money when a lead makes contact - even if the 'lead' says not interested. Nobody at Thumbtack customer service could explain the random charges on my account. They make money even if you make nothing. Stay far, far away from this bizarre scam.
Date of experience: July 3, 2018
I hired this clown who claimed to have 20 plus years of experience as a carpenter. He finally got here 3 hours late and I showed him my deck project. He said he was ready to start but didn't have any tools. He said his ex took them in three divorce. Long story short, I fired him in about 15 minutes after finding out he didn't know how to use a compound miter or table saw. If that wasn't bad enough, he stole my 6' ladder from the carport. I contacted thumbtack and they said there's nothing they can do.
Date of experience: May 11, 2020
Not so much - posted 3 projects on thumbtack...
1st post - didn't work out: fault of NO ONE, things happen (or don't) no problem.
2nd post - change of plans, cancelled TACK but continued to be contacted/harassed by potential companies. If I don't want to use your service "Mr. Floor person" please don't continue to contact me ask how much someone else is charging me... really?
3rd post - I hired movers based on their rating. Spent more money repairing what was broken than the cost of the movers.
Thumbtack "integrity" spent more time calling and telling me they were going to ask me questions than actually doing anything!
I have never heard back from thumbtack!
Date of experience: November 7, 2015
Prompt, respectable, took their time on my project and cleaned behind themselves, I strongly recommend this company for just about any project you are thinking about starting. They put together a flat screen tv rack, hung it just as I asked, I am completely pleased.
Mr. J. Hughes, Southampton
Subdiv, Hephzibah, GA
Date of experience: September 15, 2019
I wasted some money to try and get some extra work while I was slow I got "leads" everyday but never any work they saw my quote and thumbtack got the money and I never got anything. So I started reading reviews about thumbtack and I'm not the only one this has happened to so I will not be using them anymore. Waste of time and money.
If there was a 0 I would rate them lower but they make you give at least a 1.
Date of experience: August 21, 2016
This company not only has hackers among their company but they hire company insiders that investigate illegally people by skip tracing their information and then they will deactivate your account based on suspicion or by inside knowledge they might illegally obtain by hacking into your computer system if not armed with a firewall. This company is white collar criminals with Yale & Harvard degrees that will not only process information illegally but keep your information to use against you. I have a colleague that works at this company and they have told me about the way they practice business and it is not even Legal to say he least! Reporting to the FBI Do not waste your time with this company. They are hi-tech thugs!
Date of experience: June 27, 2017
Worked my way up to the number one guy in Broward County Florida for pressure washing and carpet & tile cleaning. Then they implemented background checks. I made mistakes when I was a youth and served my time for it. Made a good example for people who think life is over when someone makes mistakes. Well they sure proved it that they would rather have someone go rot under a bridge than go to work and be a productive member of society like one should. Booo on thumbtack. I'm making it out here now without them and suggest against them if people ask.
Date of experience: February 14, 2020
I tried the first time to get gardening service and this vendor called and responded and promised to come onsite at, and guess what they didn't show up. What kind of service is this and there is no rating or review for the vendor on the site, waste of time and garbage. Will not use again. Horrible business model.
Date of experience: July 28, 2016
I was charged $75 for quoting a $150 bid on a project with a $200 budget. They don't pre-screen these requests very well and the charge for the quote is not published anywhere, so you don't know the cost until they charge you. I was also charged $36 for a "thank you for your quote" response. Pre-screening templates need to be fixed. Not allow bogus requests. Require requestor to put up a deposit. Refund pro's contact fee if project is cancelled altogether.
Date of experience: April 19, 2018
Michael Brown with The X-tra Yard was hired by me to clean up and haul off leaves in my very large yard. He did an excellent job. Came the day he was supposed to come and was on time. He did go the "extra yard" to ensure we were satisfied with his work. We also hired him to come back and haul off a lot of miscellaneous trash around our house. Once again he came on the day he was supposed to and did an excellent job cleaning up around the outside of our house.
Date of experience: January 4, 2017
This app ha long history of being scam and sending scam leads, further from that they make discrimination among pros who worked over there and remove bad reviews for some of them and not all of them.
And when you complain they easily remove your account even with 165 five stars reviews and only four one stars.
They behave too rude to you and sll the time threatening you to remove your business. At the end of the day, they see themselves as your boss and they can remove your ten years business in one blink.
Date of experience: March 22, 2021
I hired a plumber who ended up doing a horrible job, he wouldn't refund me my money, so I went to thumbtack, and they just ignored me and did nothing. They said they would be investigation and somebody would contact me, but nobody ever did. Seems to me like they just want to get the money from the contractor for the lead, and could care less if the customer was happy. Please use a different referral site, or better yet hopefully you can find your own contractor through your friends or family.
Date of experience: August 14, 2022
Jean, we're incredibly sorry to hear about your experience, both with the pro you hired and our support team. When projects don't go as planned, we have a Trust and Safety Team here to support you in receiving a resolution and being able to move forward from concerns. We ask users to fill out this form, please do so if you haven't already: https://help.thumbtack.com/report-a-concern. If you have filled out that form but haven't heard from our team within 2-3 business days, please let us know so that we can check on the status of your case and make your follow-up a priority to our team. You can email us at support@thumbtack.com, or send us a direct message via social media (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook).
I recently had Staff Flooring put in new laminate flooring in my house and both bathrooms and the rooms turned out beautiful. I would highly recommend him to anybody. He was efficient and didn't leave until he knew I was completely satisfied.
Date of experience: August 10, 2015
Thumbtack is a technology leader building the modern home management platform. Through the Thumbtack app, people can effortlessly care for their homes — confidently knowing what to do, when to do it, and who to hire. Bringing the $500 billion home services industry online, Thumbtack empowers millions of people to fix, maintain, and improve their most valuable asset. The company’s investors include Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management, Javelin Venture Partners, Baillie Gifford, and Capital G, among others.
Hi Paula, we're sorry to hear this feedback. Our goal is to provide quality leads to professionals, while they might not always result in a hire, we feel confident we have the tools for pros to become successful on the platform. We'd like to gather more details from you about the lead pricing feedback you've shared. So that we may improve, it's helpful for us to have examples of the lead pricing you're seeing, size of the job, and the industry you're in. You can reach our support team by texting 415-299-6398 Monday through Friday 6am to 6pm MST, or emailing us at support@thumtback.com.