Coming through my job tabs.   ... View more

@Meckell Unfortunately, I can't because I already deleted them.   ... View more

@Meckell I don't get email notifications, I get notifications through the APP on my phone    ... View more

billie, I get your frustration.   I only activate Promote sporadically when I am not getting leads from other sources.   I've gotten hired 13 times on Thumbtack first quarter of 2019, which is way down from the 24 for the first quarter of 2018.  I can't imagine this is any better for the customers, as they get flooded with pros who aren't appropriate for the job, either.   ... View more

@LZDNVG   " I agree, if Thumbtack isn’t working for you why post here all the time and bash Thumbtack? Makes no sense." Because at one point, Thumbtack did work for us, just fine, until they started mucking with it and made it something that didn't work.  As I've said, I've been on thumbtack since 2010, have been hired 300+ times and got over 140 positive reviews, earning me Top Pro status a bunch of times.  And I give Thumbtack a lot of credit for the success I've had so far, but by contrast, Top Pros like myself contributed to Thumbtack's success.  Otherwise, it would be like a lot of those other sites like Fiver or Upwork that are out there and not particularly useful.   And I think by turning it into essentially "Yelp-plus", they've done themselves a disservice.  The full week of Promote, I got 160 views, and only 6 contacts, of which MAYBE 2 of them will turn into jobs this week.  I think part of the problem is that unlike before when I was only competing with local resume writers, I am now competing with every resume writing service in the country.  I did look at "View as a customer", and saw that there were a whole list of people who aren't in my region who are also promoted.  I'm sure this overwealms the viewer, and they don't follow through.       ... View more

I don't have a problem with Thumbtack being successful.   I have a problem with Thumbtack going to a system that was fairly beneficial to one that is practically unusable.   The one good thing I can say is that they finally got pricing in my category - resume writing- down to reasonable levels.  Almost back to the cost where it was before they started mucking things up with "Instant Match" and "Promot" last year.  Except now they've reduced it essentially Yelp on Roids, I've gotten 138 views on "promote" this week and all of one contact that didn't go anywhere.  I'm not sure if this is because they are bombarded by every resume writer in the country ... View more

@DJStevie I activated Promote again this week and really, didn't see much for it.  42 views for Saturday and Sunday- one contact, who was just kicking the tires.  This week, so far I've seen 92 views and only one contact, who contacted me, seemed interested and then changed his mind for whatever reason.  if I offer "on line" services, I'd probably get more contacts, but on line just means I'll get ripped off more often, so I'm not really inclined to do that.   So far this year, I've spent about $98.00,  had 17 contacts with six hires.   So I'm spending $1.00 to make $4.00.   ... View more

To be fair, pricing seems to have come down at least in my field.. so I am giving "Promote" another go.   I've gotten 5 leads, 2 of which have gone nowhere, two are still in limbo and one panned out.  So Thumbtack has moved from a "not really" option to a "Maybe" option for me... at least for now.   There is still the problem where i am competing against people from all over the country instead of just locally.   ... View more

@Mkat4464 are you using promote.  If you aren't, then "Pros" who are on promote will be listed above you, regardless of Top Pro status or any other criteria.   As for the "outside service area",  I have the same problem.  I am constantly getting quotes outside my service area.     ... View more