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Expensive leads for cheap jobs

McSwain_here_ay3
McSwain_here_ay3 Posts: 1
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Under my category of Pressure Washing , there are several prices they recommend you set. One of them is the price to pressure wash a generic driveway which has a competitive price of $126. This turns out to be too low to do most driveways by the way. I had my max lead price set to $40 which is a good bit for a lead in my opinion but when I matched with a customer, it auto paid the $40 for the lead. Then when reaching out, she was looking for $125 driveway job for a 3000 square-foot driveway. It’s not reasonable and I want to know how to avoid auto paying for jobs like this at that $126 price point.

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  • platypusrex256
    platypusrex256 Posts: 1

    I agree this is a huge shortcoming of this website. Thumbtack takes a huge 10-50% cut of jobs that you aren't even guaranteed to get. If you close 1 out of 10 leads you buy, you're basically turning your entire paycheck over to Thumbtack.

    And when you contact support they just give you some condescending drivel.

  • chilogm1
    chilogm1 Posts: 83

    Estimated cost

    $165


    If your estimated price changes, let your customer know before the job.

    Paid

    $85.43

    • Instant Book job

    You paid $18.17 less than your max lead price of $103.60. 

    1. Booking canceled
    2. Sat, Sep 16, 12:00 PM

    This where im sitting at after client didn't accept quote and cancel the booking request

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