When we have alot of bookings, most are not TT generated, we just raise our pricing to a point that only serious clints would contact us. With our company being impacted with a lot more business, we will again raise prices to slow the contacts. Works better than shutting down instant quote. We have considered leaving TT, but when business takes a dip, we lower pricing and get more work. We only use TT for about 3-10% of our total business. Only good for filler work to keep employees busy. Would love to use this platform for more work, but who wants to be buried in a barrage of 16-20 other bidders. 5-6 is more than enough as clients can look to find a pro on the profiles. ... View more

Thumbtack had stated in the past that some pros have tried to circumvent the hired process by moving the client away from Thumbtack to avoid charges. If TT was to charge per hire and pros circumvent the process with direct contact without being marked as "Hired". TT could spot check and ban any pros for that practice. That is more why instant quote was created in my oppinion. ... View more

I wonder if they are just pumping up the numbers for a nice lucrative sale to another conglomerate on our backs. ... View more

Well since you asked for my thoughts!!! I believe your pricing structure is way out of line!! Our average charge for any contact with a potential client is $20 per lead. When you have 16 people bidding on one job and the client asks about availability we are charged the fee. We have raised our prices to help cut down the quantity of price shopping inquiries. 10 leads given means the 1 job we get, we do for a net loss. I do not mind paying a small fee per client viewed bid of a few dollars. But any kind of communication results in an a large fee. So we will lower our prices from time to time to fill in any slots not already taken. From conversations with other entertainment vendors, there is a lot of disatifaction and many have cut back services also while some have left altogether, or raised their prices to a very high level. We have always tried to be a great value for customers, as indicated in our reviews, but the current pricing method prevents that from happening. We are currently pursuing other options more aggressively than just using Thumbtack. You have a good idea and platform but corporate greed is killing it for us. ... View more