All of the above reasons are why I can't use promote. Clients do not fill out the requests thoroughly, and I am very specific with what I can and cannot do. I can't afford to waste money, just to find out the lead is useless. If I get a decent request in the jobs tab, I will manually quote. ... View more

@bill1967 you have to respond to meckell like this @Meckell  If you don't use the @ she won't know you are responding. ... View more

This is why I don't use promote. I never saw the sense in being charged for a useless lead for some job I can't or won't do. I prefer to just check the jobs tab, and IF I see a good lead, I will respond. ... View more

"How serious the customer is" How does thumbtack know how serious a customer is? Telepathy? ... View more

@Meckell Well, I have tried to use thumbtack as a job poster. I am a pet sitter, but I needed to go out of town and needed a pet sitter for my own dogs. I filled out the request, specifying my zip code (pet sitters do not travel far), but still got sitters suggested hours away from me! I need 3 visits a day, normal for pet sitting, so obviously you need to live close. Why should I bother with thumbtack when I requested someone in my area, and they suggest people 100 miles and more away?? Come on, this is pet sitting!! Who is going to drive this distance, 3 times a day, for $20? I posted on Nextdoor, for free, and got a neighborhood sitter. For this instance, thumbtack did not work for me. cranichik 5-21-2019 ... View more

@DefiningImagery Perfect response! ... View more

@Meckell The answer is no, not for my profession, pet sitter/dog walker. It used to, until certain questions were taken away for the customer to answer. Now my requests are so vague that I can't possibly answer. Of course, I have mentioned this numerous times. Oh, and not to mention the 150 mile radius!!!!! HaHaHa ---  Not for me! My radius is 5 miles! Why waste my time and money, and a requestors time with something so ludacris? Again, this is for my profession, only. It needs to be customized for each, not a blanket area for everyone. I have mentioned MANY TIMES, IN MANY DIFFERENT FORUMS, that thumbtack needs to enlist the help of a Pro in each specific category, who actually has working knowledge of such profession, to help with the descriptions, pricing, questions to ask, etc.  ... View more

Just an addendum........Thumbtack seems to have forgotten that the Pros are the PAYING customers here. We should be treated as such....... ... View more

I, too, have seen a very useful question removed. Really only pertains to my profession, though. I am a pet sitter/dog walker. I set a 5 mile radius. There used to be "what are your cross streets?" This was very helpful in determining if I could do the job. Some of our zip code areas are so wide that it could take me 45 minutes to get to the job. For $15-$20 it is not worth it to me, especially when the customer wants 3 visits a day. Because I don't use promote, I get job requests 2, 3, 4 hours away, which I have to ignore. It must get as annoying to the customer to not get any response, due to being sent to the wrong Pros, as it it is to us  being sent the wrong customer. I used to love thumbtack, but I have not gotten a job in over a year.  ... View more