Bark

This is a clear, clean, elegant and very direct tool for bringing talent of many kinds to the enterprises that need it -- and feel frustrated by the process of seeking that talent via generic employment sites. Bravo.

My brief experience with this lead provider has not been positive nor has it been in any way productive or successful. The leads provided seem to be fake half of the time as when you accept a lead and try to reach out to the potential client, you more often than not get no replies. They also cunningly setup your card details to automatically to payments when replying to leads and your credits have been used. On top of that the pricing of the credits to purchase the leads are quite expensive. On top of all that their customer service is poor and don't want to take ownership when things go wrong.

My advice would be to stay well clear from them and save your money. Attending business networking events may be productive and successful.

This website is totally not worth it. I spent almost $200 in hopes of getting new work. The leads that seemed to be legit did not respond back to phone calls text or email. I contacted customer service about receiving my credits back since no one responded. They gave me a long drawn out response as well as my credits back. The second time I went to contact leads the leads seemed like they were companies looking for cleaners but in return was African women and men looking for work. I reached out to customer service again, and they basically told me there was nothing they could do about it. I am very upset because there are other sites that I can use to get leads and I just wanted to try this one out since it seem like good leads were coming through but in the end is just a disappointment do not waste your money, especially if you do not have much in hopes of looking for new work.

A scam. Be very careful when you buy credits for the first time. Your card is going to be kept on record and there is no way to remove it. Also, the auto top-up will automatically activate to squeeze more money out of you without your consent.
As for the site, I joined three days ago, I spent 50 pounds, spent hours replying to potential customers requesting a quote, I had the site stealing another 57 pounds and I've got nothing and as for their claimed of hired guaranteed or your money back. That's nonsense. They automatically take money from you therefore you end up paying even if you don't want to. By the time you realise that the auto top-up activated when you bought your first packet of credits is too late. Even if they refund the first purchase for lack of customers they still pocket the 57 pounds they take from you the second time round.
To date, I can safely rate this site as a SCAM. Don't fall for it. Steer clear.

I use a lot of lead-based apps, and this one is by far the worst. It's hands down the most expensive, and I rarely have any interaction from leads I paid for. In fact, I have had certain contacts tell me not to contact them RIGHT after they supposedly posted the lead. I do not believe these leads are real, and the fact that they just upped their prices is outrageous. I'm done using them moving forward.

We went to bark.com to find a roof cleaner.

The people that arrived did an okay job, followed by fixing a cracked tiled and beam that holds the tiles, roof then tried to scare me into paying 10k to fix my roof... as apparently there were loads more issues.

So I got my uncle around, he's a builder of 40 years, he confirmed that they had put their foot though the roof, they had caused an additional error by shifting the tiles further up so we now have roof leaks.

Bark have pretty much responded with: its nothing to do with us, we don't vet out providers and get stuffed.

I'm disappointed with the service, disappointed with the response from Bark and also shocked that they allow these types of vendors to be on their site. They have not offered to investigate or remove them from their site.

Its lucky I'm in a position to afford the work that has been done so far and I'm not an older person who would have been scared into paying 10k for a small amount of work... work that they caused.

I would like to write a positive review, I don't necessarily like writing negative reviews about any particular company. However, what I've learned about lead companies is that their leads are never really qualified and you tend to waste a lot of time, effort, communication and most importantly money and resources.

This company does offer a first-time return on leads that are ultimately not qualified. However, that is the extent of their guarantee and with that being said, I've worked on and off with this company for over 3 years using two different accounts and have have had no success. I do better using Google analytics and Google ad services over this method of client lead cultivation. So if you're new, I would advise you to hire a marketing person or lead generation person to plan out your best approach. That way you can manage your return on your investment.

A shady business practice to say the least.
My business was bombarded by emails that I NEVER signed up or subscribed to an email list.
Then ask for money to give me leads.
Umm? Its called Google Ads for a reason.
Get a REAL job / business making legitimate money.
I am re-posting this since Bark keeps removing it from Trustpilot.com saying its not legitimate. Lets just say all the 5 star reviews are fake and false reviews by the business itself.
Their business strategy is get other businesses signed up to their website to give these businesses leads that don't exist.