Bark

Avoid this platform, worst platform ever used, 90% of customers dont answer calls, email or text, trying to call customers 5 times a day and no answer. Fake leads made by Bark team. I was the first to contact customer therefore how comes customer never respond. I asked bark to prove they are legit leads and all they said was "we assure you they are ot fake " but never prove that they were not fake. Don't waste your money, you'll be lucky to make what you spend. I answered 40 leads and only got 2 jobs, so 2 out of 40 which 35 never got to speak with them, so for me only 5 out of 40 where real leads. Try other platforms but never Bark. By the way, I run a cleaning company.

They use ppc to get leads and several of the leads are bs. I have had 1 lead actually be a real client. I've purchased 3 packages only one person who has been paying client. Contacted at least 60 leads spoken with about 10.1 signed up. If this was leads coming through my website it would be 80% success. If the prospect is real they get many emails from Bark and they avoid it. I don't recommend Bark.

We selected bark as an outsource leads service because of the free account and the free trial offer. Once our free account was set up we found that to reach out to leads, you had to buy credits, which was fair. However, the cost was astronomical! It will cost you over $200 to get only 180 credits. This platform is a gamble where the house always wins. The leads are not actual leads; many leads were not legit. Meaning we would call, text, and email these potential leads and get no reply. If you are a smaller company, this will not be the best fit for your business. This platform requires constant time and resources. I can grantee your money will be best spent else where.

So I've been using bark for a month and initially it was good where I was able to make some money out of it. But as things progressed I was only spending money on buying credits and the leads (oh really?) were turning out to be pretty useless. Even the support team bears no accountability for the misleading leads that are given in their platform. All they do is simply apologize and say that it doesn't fall under their policy.

After trying bark for the first time, it looked really promising and lots of leads. The first 4/5 the customers didn't really have any idea about how much things cost ie one budget was £8k for a 2 storey extension! Other leads after purchase were im sort of looking but not really, last 4 out of 5 leads got no answer or reply and when contacted customer service about this and queried the verification process I was told that it the number rings, and only rings NOT answered, then that number has been verified and no chance of a refund! Little bit frustrating and a waste of time really for me anyway!

Ok I'm speaking from a professional cleaning standpoint! The company is trash, it takes our money! Just google cleaners and call them. Whenever we go on there we have to pay for bark credits and there's no guarantee that these people are legit! They are terrible. They allow the same individuals to get on and repost for absolutely no reason, also professionals are clueless on how to use the app so they post as if they need the cleaning! Don't waste your time or money trust me!

I should have read the honest reviews before purchasing leads, which are VERY expensive and have almost 0% ROI. They really get you with their sleek interface and make purchasing leads and their "get hired guarantee" a seemingly no brainer situation, when in reality it is deception. These leads are recycled, there is no guarantee that they are real, and they are not serious buyers. These are people looking for very cheap services, not professionals. Use your money elsewhere and don't give this company any more of your time or funding!

Joining Skillpages was an awful experience. I did not give them permission to email all my contacts and they did -- anyone who had ever been in contact with me on Gmail. Many of these people did not appreciate the solicitation from Skillpages that I did not authorize. Over 600 contacts most of whom I did not even know, were automatically contacted with solicitations.

What's FAR worse, though as yet unconfirmed, was that I was informed that those whom I contacted, had their contacts contacted.

This experience in any event was very embarrassing for me and can only have harmed my business relationships. I will have nothing further to do with Skillpages as a company.

Retrofit Landscaping is a lovely team!
They are highly qualified, organized, hard-working, courteous, honest, responsible, attentive, and sweet!
They do a thorough job - are efficient and detailed... want to do what the customer needs/wants and communicates well... come with a trailer full of tools, lawn mower etc.
I highly recommend Retrofit Landscaping - so happy we found them! Their positive, kind, and calm energy adds another layer of specialness to our garden.

I joined skillpages in june and it's been quite good. It works a bit like Thumbtack does. I used it to hire a painter for my flat and also a cleaner who comes once a month to give my place a good cleaning. I haven't witnessed any email problems as noted below, but i do see an option to invite contacts. I presume if u press this, it will email them like linkedin do, but i dont know.

They are probably a 3 or 4 star as it's not great yet, but it is near enough as good as the others for finding local people to do work

As an air conditioning company I was inundated with leads all week! (Over 500 leads)
I purchased 100 credits to see if Bark lived up to its reputation. I connected with 10 leads and had 1 response that was interested in a site survey but then changed their mind 12 hours before it was due to take place.
All leads were responded to on the same day as
Leads were advertised but I received no response apart from one. I feel like the app is a scam and will not use again!

Very satisfied with the prompt site visit & fair quote given on Saturday, the job started Monday & finished by Tuesday. A total of 6 men on site each day, hence a day for clearance /groundwork/prep and a day for construction of sleeper steps and blocked paved area. Robert & the team were polite, consultative & considerate throughout all stages of the work and left the site area clean & tidy. Happy with the finished job and would have no hesitation in using Kensington again for similar work.