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Can I expand my service area outside of the 150 miles radius determined by Thumbtack?I'm a musician and travel all over the country for all sorts of events, however any opportunities that I have to travel outside of 150 miles come from other platforms. How can expand my service area outside of that range to include … -
Be a featured expert.At Thumbtack we are always looking for ways to amplify our pro voices and pro stories. If you are a Top Pro (a pro with Platinum rewards status), you are eligible to become a featured expert. We feature our pros in many ways, like: … -
How to do a background check with Server ErrorI get a server error on my laptop and my phone whenever I try to initiate the background check. Any help?
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What % of "direct leads" actually end up booking you?I've gotten ~30 "direct leads" on thumbtack, and every single one has just vanished after 1 or 2 messages. Curious to hear if other contractors are also getting a high % of ghost leads. I understand that you won't book a …
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Thumbtack Pro Minimum for LeadsI have been on Thumbtack for almost a month. They tell you the best ways to show up in searches is to have quick response rates (which I have worked on), 10 - 5 star reviews which I have 12, and spend more on leads, which isn't fair…
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Instant BookingsNevermind
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Leadsthe past 3 month has been nothing for us just holding the wrong side of the stick. Nothing just a waste of money every some of the refund request denied it’s getting very frustrating, client contact you no answer from phone call tex…
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Meet Thumbtack’s Pro Partnership CommitteeWe believe that collaborating with our pros will help to shape the future of Thumbtack. In fact, that’s why earlier this year, we partnered with some of our best pros to kickstart this Community - a space designed to facilitate col…
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IncentivesI’ve been a pro for over 3 years. Highly rated never any issues. Promote as much as I can for free. I do feel like there’s should be some type of incentives for constant growth and business I brought to thumbtack as well. Especially…
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¿Cuándo tiene derecho a un reembolso en Thumbtack? 🧐¿Alguna vez se ha preguntado cuándo tiene derecho a un reembolso en Thumbtack? Vamos a despejar todas sus dudas. ¿Cuándo se justifica un reembolso? En Thumbtack, entendemos que a veces las cosas no salen según lo planeado. Por eso, … -
How often do you get auto-leads outside your travel preferences?How often do you get auto-leads outside your travel preferences? It seems like I get at least one per week. My travel preferences are set to 30 miles to avoid trouble, and it still happens. Last week I had an auto-lead 1,132 miles a…
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I've heard buzz that there's a Zoom call on 25th of September.........I've heard buzz that there's a Zoom call on 25th of September. How do those of us Top Pro's get on that call?
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I was a Pro, since retired. Now I can’t request services for my home since my account is closedI no longer want to get requests for bids, so I had to close my account. However, being retired I am looking for services from Thumbtack pros, but when I try, it says my account is closed. How do I have an account as a customer, but…
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Photos will not uploadHello, I'm having a problem of uploading photos because I always get an error saying that it can not upload. I've uploaded other photos many times before but this time it wont even let me upload one photo. Please help me on this. …
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How the Heck do I Access and/or Change my Rate?Just spent over an hour trying to find the magic click to gain access to my rates. Someone please help! Thx!
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¡Domine el Arte de Responder a Clientes en Thumbtack! 💬¿Quiere aumentar sus posibilidades de éxito en Thumbtack? ¡La clave está en cómo responde a sus clientes! Siga estos consejos para destacarse: Velocidad es clave: Responda a los mensajes lo antes posible, idealmente dentro de las cu…
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Issues uploading a picture to my new profileHi - I'm creating a profile but my logo is not accepted. I can't click on next. I tried multiple images. they were all rejected. please help.
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Concerns regarding non-refundable leads, has anyone else had issues?Hi there, I am a very concerned pro. I havent had a lead in a months until I recently got two. The first one was no response in the app and outside the app. Which is frustrating and sketchy even if it does fall under your policy. …
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Does Instant Booking work for you?I am very disgruntled with instant booking. I had a text communication with Thumbtack today and here’s some of what it said. What a waste of my time them: We hope you will try Instant Booking and continue to advertise on our platfo…
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LeadsI would rather pay more for the job landed than to be duped by customers that play games. Time is money and paying for leads that don’t respond back is just robbery.
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Nonresponsive leads and vague refund policy (Venting)70% of what we spend on Thumbtack is a donation to Thumbtack. I can have regular cadence with follow ups but the client never responds. If who we consider to be a dead lead responds to us 30 days after we receive the inquiry and we …
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Help with a troubleshootingI am having a troubleshooting issue with my pro account rewards, I am actually 4.7 rate, but it shows I am 0.0, so I am not able to upgrade to silver account, can somebody help with that?
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¡Conecte, automatice y crezca! Integre sus herramientas favoritas con Thumbtack¿Sabía que puede conectar su cuenta de Thumbtack con otras plataformas empresariales para simplificar la gestión de su negocio? 🤯 Centralice su gestión: Vincule su cuenta con plataformas como Contractor Plus, GoSite, Hatch, Housecal… -
This week on ThumbtackHello everybody. I know I'm normally the one being inspirational and leading everyone on the Thumbtack path. I finally also had the dreaded Thumbtack week. Literally getting denied refunds on leads that are miscategorized which make… -
Refused Refund for non- LeadI was contacted by someone online (unrelated to work) who I gave my link to (to read my reviews). She was a landlord responding to an email inquiring about her space. After we spoke I asked her to cancel her request so I could get …
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People don't even KNOW Thumbtack has messagesI would estimate that 75% of my leads never see my reply on Thumbtack. It is only by calling and texting that I manage to get hold of them. If there is some specific reason to have them go back to the message thread (the old "o…
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From the worst week ever on Thumbtack to one of the best in less than 3 daysHey guys it's Brett from Central Florida. Last week was an absolute disaster for me and I lost about $500 on bids. Leads that certainly didn't work out for me and I felt some of it should have been refunded. Out of the whole mess I …
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Thumbtack Scheduling....what am I missing???Hi, first post here. I am new to Thumbtack this month. I decided I needed to pause any paid leads for a week to catch up and adjust my strategy when those come in. Today I received a lead as shown in the image below, even though I a…
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"Open to Other Dates"Hi all, I spend way too much time dealing with people who click that they are available for dates other than the one they specify when they are ONLY available for that one day and it's blocked out on my calendar. People so, so often…
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How do you turn off batch leads?I started using Thumbtack about a year ago, and it was working out well for me. But that was when I was getting only one direct lead at a time before having to pay for it. However, a few months ago, I started getting 2-3 direct lead…
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