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Bark

Overview

Bark has a rating of 3.1 stars from 1,642 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Bark most frequently mention great job, quick response and next day. Bark ranks 1st among Service Marketplace sites.

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value
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96
returns
144
quality
256
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Washington
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Don't waste your money
June 21, 2021

I started their subscription in hope that it will work but this is insane, There are lot of fake leads and I escalated many times but they didn't do anything but you will waste lot of money due to this while their customer service is really bad they have rude behaviour. I will recommend all don't waste your money and due to lot of fake leads I have gut feelings that they are maybe part of this, because they are not even resolving this issue.

Bark attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: May 22, 2021
Bark T. Bark Rep
over a year old

Hi there Muhammad,

We're sorry to hear that you feel this way, but we strongly refute the claims that you have made against our business.

We tried to reach out to you directly via Sitejabber, however we received no response.

If you would like to understand more about our platform and receive support, please email us directly at team@bark.com.

Kind regards,

The Bark Team

Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Best caterer
August 6, 2022

Booked Lili from Elite Kitchen to cater two very important events, my daughter's engagement and my husband's birthday. We, along with all our guests were so impressed with the food, (great quality)from the passed hors d'oeuvres to the mains and desserts everything was top notch. The food was beautifully displayed and organized. The bartending staff were professional and on point. They didn't miss a beat considering we had very large crowds to be served. Lili and her staff are simply terrific. If you are looking to impress your guests... Book Elite you won't be disappointed.

Date of experience: August 4, 2022
Bark T. Bark Rep
over a year old

Hi Sabrina,

Thanks for your review.

It's great to hear that we could help connect you with a professional through Bark.com.

Kind regards,

The Bark Team

Illinois
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Full of bs
December 27, 2022

I purchased Barks get hired guaranteed package and I got one customer and I also got what I thought was a legit customer and it turned out to be a scammer that sent me a fake check n tried to have me deposit it in my bank account n made up this fake story about needing me to get furniture for their new home, I got this same generated messages from 2 different ppl to do the same exact thing n when I called bark to tell them what happened, they didn't seem surprised or concerned. Bark is one big scam and the ppl behind this will eventually reap what they sow. It's a matter of time!

Bark attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: November 27, 2022
Bark T. Bark Rep
over a year old

Hi there,

We tried to reach out to you directly regarding your review, however we received no response.

If you would like to understand more about our platform and receive support, please email us directly at team@bark.com.

Kind regards,

The Bark Team

New Jersey
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Thieves
October 1, 2020

For months I added more credits, contacted leads that were, "ready to move forward". Not one of the 50 - 75 leads I purchased turned into an actual client. Bark then "accidentally" charged my credit card and would not reverse the charges. I had To contact my credit card company to dispute the charges and then they shut down my account and did not allow me to use the unused credits I'd already purchased. Please save your money and Do Not Use this Service!

Bark attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: September 1, 2020
Bark T. Bark Rep
over a year old

Hi there Lisa,

We're sorry to hear that you feel this way, but we refute the claims that you have made against our business.

We tried to reach out to you directly however we received no response.

If you would like to receive support, please email us directly at team@bark.com.

Kind regards,

The Bark Team

South Africa
1 review
32 helpful votes
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I have tried to make money on Bark but it seems impossible. Many leads are people looking for quotes, testing the water and basically not ready to hire. Even when they "request you to get hold of them" they are non committal and vague. I don't know if there's a formula for getting work from Bark, but I haven't found it despite being REALLY selective about the leads I respond to.

Date of experience: January 12, 2020
Bark T. Bark Rep
over a year old

Hi Lisa,

We are sorry to hear you’ve not yet been hired using the leads you found on Bark.

All leads are screened and verified before being released to our professionals. We do also have a credit return policy which protects you in situations where the contact details of the customers are incorrect or in some cases when the customers are testing the waters.

It also sounds like you may be eligible for our "Get Hired Guarantee". Could you please email us at team@bark.com so that we can look into your account and try our best to rectify your issues?

We do also have some great tips to help you get hired so please do reach out!

Kind regards,

The Bark Team

Michigan
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Although my investment has been relatively low ($600), I have been hired through Bark nearly 8 times, and have made a substantial amount of profit doing wedding photography. I am going to however say that leads generated by Bark are questionable. I have learned which ones to respond to, and stay away from the ones that look repetitive and robotic. Some of the names of the people who are placed requesting Bark are also repetitive. The more leads they send you( usually when your low on credits) the more likely the leads have to be sifted through. I am also a monthly subscriber to their Elite pro membership, and that seems to also have helped generate some good leads.

Date of experience: May 20, 2019
Bark T. Bark Rep
over a year old

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the review.

We're are very happy to hear you've been hired 8 times and successfully growing your business.

I completely understand what you're saying with regards to the leads. The requests sometimes can appear to be similar just looking at the brief, the reason is that when we take a customers request, they typically select from drop-down answers, which helps us and professionals get a better understanding of the job requirements and then use open text boxes to allow them to provide additional information about job specifics. In the event, customers don't provide additional information, there is usually some similarities.

That said, location and the customer's name will always be different and since the release of our new site, professionals can now partially view the contact details provided, giving you more insight about each lead before making a decision to respond to it.

Don't forget our customer success team is always on hand to talk by phone or email if you have any questions.

Keep up the great work!

Kind regards

The Bark Team

Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Service Leads
February 22, 2021

I am an Accountant and provide my services to open public customer whoever needs my services.
It seems to Bark team need to improve their services. I feel there are a lot of Leads that are fakes they are, not real leads. I responded to Leads within the time frame and they don't reply at all. I will not recommend getting Bark marketing service it's not the right platform for your Services for your marketing. Also, there's customer service does not take any action on a customer complaint.

Bark attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: January 23, 2021
Bark T. Bark Rep
over a year old

Hi there Iqbal,

We're sorry to hear that you feel this way, but we strongly refute the claims you have made against our business.

We tried to address your concerns, but you did not respond to our message.

Please email us at team@bark.com should you like to discuss anything further.

Kind regards,

The Bark Team

GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Easy to use, quick result. Very pleased with the Tradesman that did the work for me. He worked to a high standard and fully discussed everything with me. This was very reassuring to me as I am elderly, disabled and have recently lost my husband. I will definitely always use Bark in the future, and same Tradesman whenever possible.

Date of experience: July 21, 2020
Bark T. Bark Rep
over a year old

Hi there Diana,

Thanks for your review,

We're so glad to hear that we could connect you with these trades people so quickly. We look forward to helping you again in future.

Kind regards,

The Bark Team

Texas
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Bark.com Terrible Site
December 28, 2023

Bark.com is terrible for customer service and sellers. They have a lot of fake leads and do credit you back hardly for anything. If you are hired then they just cancel on the site Bark.com doesn't give a $#*!. Ran by Brits and who only care about diplomacy. Waste of money and a lot of it. Would not waste my time if your a business. They are only a search engine with fake leads.

Bark attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: December 28, 2023
Bark T. Bark Rep
10 months ago

Hi Keith,

We're sorry to hear about your experience. It's important to us that our users have a positive experience with Bark.com. We strive to provide genuine leads and excellent customer service. We understand your concerns about unresponsive leads and refunds. Our team works diligently to verify leads and ensure quality, but we acknowledge that sometimes issues may occur.

We attempted to resolve your concerns through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but unfortunately, we didn't receive a response from you. Please feel free to reach out to us directly at team@bark.com so we can address your specific issues and work towards a resolution.

We value your feedback and want to ensure you have a better experience with Bark.com in the future.

Best regards,
The Bark.com Team

Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Outstanding
December 14, 2019

The response to my post was outstanding. Unfortunately, we were unable to go ahead with training as the puppy passed away suddenly before we could bring him home. We will definitely follow up when we are ready for another puppy.

Date of experience: December 13, 2019
Bark T. Bark Rep
over a year old

Hi Kathleen,

Thanks for your review.

We're so glad to hear that you received a quick response to your dog training request.

We are very sorry to hear that your puppy passed away before the service could be of use and send our condolences at this time.

Kind regards,

The Bark Team

California
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Bark. Com is fraudulent. The leads are fake and they will not refund monies paid. I am starting a class action lawsuit in the United States as well as The United Kingdom. Please reply to email
*******@gmail.com to become part of this lawsuit.
Thank you,
Ben

Bark attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: January 17, 2020
Bark T. Bark Rep
over a year old

Hi Maurice,

We're sorry to hear that you have not had a positive experience using our platform however we strongly refute the claims you have made against our business.

We did try to resolve your issue however you did not respond to our message.

To clarify our role, we offer professionals the opportunity to try and convert business and market themselves at the fraction of the cost it would normally be to get themselves to the top of Google (which is what we do). We do not guarantee work, but provide a platform that should garner professionals a 1 in 5 conversion rate - essentially we want to get you a return on investment. We do not charge commission and so do not take any earnings from you, nor do we take any earnings from repeat business you may win.

We cannot provide refunds for used credit packs as we cannot retrieve the online marketing we already provided for your business.

Should you like to speak with us about your account, please email us at team@bark.com.

Kind regards,

The Bark Team

GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Blue Tit Tree and Fencing have done a great job of cleaning our small garden in a very short time. They were very prompt with time and did the job very well with our tight budget as we are students. Very polite and friendly family business. We will be using them for all of our future maintenance. Thanks Fred and Tammy.

Date of experience: August 30, 2020
Bark T. Bark Rep
over a year old

Hi there Mubashirah,

Thanks for your review,

It's great to hear that we could help connect you with Blue Tit Tree and Fencing.

Kind regards,

The Bark Team

Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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This is great
August 31, 2020

I have been searching for some time now for counseling for my daughter, have had no luck at all in my area. Finally after finding this site I was relieved. Very easy to navigate the website and they matched me with a great counselor and we had a session that evening. Highly recommend

Date of experience: August 30, 2020
Bark T. Bark Rep
over a year old

Hi there Julia,

Thanks for your review,

It's great to hear that we could help connect you with this local counsellor.

Kind regards,

The Bark Team

Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I got contacted about 2 days after I had posted my bark and I'm super happy to say I found my dog walker! Very impressed with how fast everything went and would definitely reccomend for anyone who doesn't have a lot of time to look but still need to get a trustworthy walker

Date of experience: August 31, 2020
Bark T. Bark Rep
over a year old

Hi there Emily,

Thanks for your review,

It's great to hear that we could help connect you with this dog walker so quickly!

Kind regards,

The Bark Team

South Africa
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Me, the service provider need to pay to obtain a future clients contact details. I have made 50 replies, in most cases via e mail and telephone follow up, in only 3 cases I ever got an answer to my telephone call, and in all 3 cases the supposed client provided me with a fake address when trying to set up a physical meeting. This website and service is a hoax.

Date of experience: May 26, 2020
Bark T. Bark Rep
over a year old

Hi there Christoff,

We're sorry to hear that you have not had more responses from customers.

We generally find that only responding to the most detailed leads quickly is the best way to convert on our platform. This is because this gives you the best chance to speak to the most interested customers when they are most likely to be available to speak and before they have already hired someone. Please email us at team@bark.com for more advice on making the most of the platform.

Kind regards,

The Bark Team

GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Scam Service
July 16, 2021

Your system is very low quality I am paying a lot of money to contact customers but customers opening a ad-free and they can send me message free so I paid more than 200£for contact people but this person not serious for develop mobile app. I try to contact more than 7 people anybody didn't reply me anything. If I know this system I can not pay money your system. It some kind of fraud.

It is a very bad thing because the customers can open ads free so very low-quality jobs inside your system. I reminded some people blocked my phone number because they open an ad for a try. They are not serious. So probably I lost more than 200£ for nothing.

Also, You are not deleting your payment card on the system.

PoyyeeMobile

Bark attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: June 16, 2021
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Complete scam
September 15, 2023

I have been using bark to try and find jobs for my cleaning company I spent 150 for 80 credits all of my credits went to waste because every lead I messaged posted a fake ad because they are the one looking for the job the site is fake I tried to get my money back they would not refund me. Don't waste your time!

Bark attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: August 16, 2023
Bark T. Bark Rep
over a year old

Hi Jessica,

We're sorry to hear that you feel this way, but we refute the claims that you have made against our business.

We tried to reach out to you directly however we received no response.

If you would like to understand more about our platform and receive support, please email us directly at team@bark.com.

Kind regards,

The Bark Team

GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Spam
August 8, 2022

This web site / business is being used to spam me using an email they've copied off the internet - it might be a company using this website rather than the website itself but it obviously doesn't have adequate control on who uses the site

Bark attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: July 9, 2022
Bark T. Bark Rep
over a year old

Hi Andy,

We tried to reach out to you directly regarding your review, however we received no response.

If you would like to understand more about our platform and receive support, please email us directly at team@bark.com.

Kind regards,

The Bark Team

GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Gutter clearance
May 21, 2023

Bark Acre roofing came to clear my, and my neighbours, front and back guttering. The job was done quickly and efficiently. The only reason I gave only 4 stars, was because, he turned up nearly 2 hours late! Otherwise, a very satisfactory job.

Date of experience: May 19, 2023
Bark T. Bark Rep
over a year old

Hi Elizabeth,

Thank you for your review.

We’re very glad to hear that we could help connect you with a professional through the platform.

If you would also like to leave this company a review, just login to your Bark.com account and click on their profile page.

Kind regards,

The Bark Team

GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Amazing Service
September 11, 2022

So I had been looking to appoint an architect for my self build and decided to give Bark a try.
I selected the architects in my area I was interested in and they did the rest.
Within the space of a few hours I had emails from all 3 architects I was interested in and they arranged call backs.
I got 3 quotes and within 3 days I had appointed an architect for my project and could not be happier with the result.

Date of experience: September 11, 2022
Bark T. Bark Rep
over a year old

Hi Richard,

Thanks for your review!

It's great to hear that we could help get you a great response and connect you with a professional through Bark.com!

Kind regards,

The Bark Team