I am Top Pro also. That used to mean that our quotes would get put at the top of the list. Now Top Pro doesn't mean much. I turned off instant match. I have to pass on a lot of jobs that are outside of the normal driving distance for LA traffic. I manually "based on my templates. I then go back and click "View Competition" to see if any other pro sent a quote or was contacted. And I send a follow-up message to their potential customer. It's more work now, but sometimes they bite. It's still a crapshoot to get a customer, I'm still in the game. ... View more

Dear @Meckell, how can you say that "there is not a way to set a price upfront when we don't know how a customer is going to contact you"? Thumbtack has been doing that for years and it seemed to be working. All of us Pros would go out on a limb and make bids, or quotes, like fishing in a pond, and some of the fish would bite. We knew how many fish we would try to catch based on knowing the cost of the bait. Now the cost of the bait sometimes exceeds the value of the fish! ... View more

You can personalize your quotes again! Just get yourself off of Instant Match. So far I have gotten one lead instead of many but at least the lady is talking to me and she may show up on Friday. I'll let you know if she does ... View more