Anyone heard of Thumbtack?

[saltlakephoto]

Has anyone heard of Thumbtack for getting photography jobs??
I had never heard of it until I started working for them, they are a company that helps professionals get work and customers looking to hire someone for their jobs.
I do site support on the back end, but I created my profile and have actually gotten quite a bit of work from local customers looking for photography.
Here is my profile if you wanna take a look. It does cost to use the site, but not a whole lot, on average I am paying like 3-5 bucks per quote but make 300 and up on the jobs I get. Take a look at my profile and give it a try!
Photography by Trevor - Photography by Trevor - Salt Lake City, UT

 

[astroNikon]

I think a few here use it.
One TPF member recently got stilted on her payment and quit the site.

 

[KmH]

Yep. Thumbtack is rapidly getting a reputation -not a good reputation.

 

[saltlakephoto]

Really?? Thats sad, it has been working for me.+ Reply to Thread

 

[Derrel]

I just heard about Thumbtack in a couple of posts here last week, both disparaging the company and its typical customer.

As far as people paying for photos of any quality--if they pay, that's okay. Photos are memories for the majority of people. People like photos of family members and friends based on their emotional connections with the people in the photos, and not nearly so much as the technical or artistic quality of the images. That is generally speaking; more-sophisticated buyers understand more and expect higher technical quality than less-sophisticated buyers.

 

[saltlakephoto]

well that was a little unnecessary

 

[e.rose]

I've heard nothing but horrible things about it. Besides, my target clientele doesn't use Thumbtack. I'm priced too high to ever pull any valuable leads from there. Sent from my iPhone using PhotoForum

 

[Tee]

You should stick around and learn some fundamentals. It'll improve your photography.

 

[jsecordphoto]

I mean not to be harsh but half of those photos were soft and out of focus, blown out highlights, just really poor exposure, etc.

 

[sscarmack]

I'm just confused.

You have 2, 2k lens but a $400 camera body?

I know all about not having the funds but why would you buy a 14-24 2.8 before upgrading your body to at least a $800 camera lol.

No gear isn't everything. But it sure helps.


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[e.rose]

This thread just reeks of some dude that works for Thumbtack trying to recruit more people.

I'm not buyin' into this.

He immediately launches into how great this site is (it's not) and then wants us to take a look at his work, but instead of linking to a portfolio or website, he links us to his Thumbtack profile.

Either OP is severely delusion about the credibility of Thumbtack as a valid source of clientele or income... or he's just trying to make a buck out of our pockets some how by driving us to the very website that he has already admitted working for.

Call me skeptical Sally.

This just don't feel right. I don't make no damn sense. :lmao:

 

[astroNikon]

This thread just reeks of some dude that works for Thumbtack trying to recruit more people.

I'm not buyin' into this.

He immediately launches into how great this site is (it's not) and then wants us to take a look at his work, but instead of linking to a portfolio or website, he links us to his Thumbtack profile.

Either OP is severely delusion about the credibility of Thumbtack as a valid source of clientele or income... or he's just trying to make a buck out of our pockets some how by driving us to the very website that he has already admitted working for.

Call me skeptical Sally.

This just don't feel right. I don't make no damn sense. :lmao:

I was thinking the same thing when I saw his post.

I just looked at his pics .. why is most everyone wearing a black t-shirt ...

 

[saltlakephoto]

This thread just reeks of some dude that works for Thumbtack trying to recruit more people.

I'm not buyin' into this.

He immediately launches into how great this site is (it's not) and then wants us to take a look at his work, but instead of linking to a portfolio or website, he links us to his Thumbtack profile.

Either OP is severely delusion about the credibility of Thumbtack as a valid source of clientele or income... or he's just trying to make a buck out of our pockets some how by driving us to the very website that he has already admitted working for.

Call me skeptical Sally.

This just don't feel right. I don't make no damn sense. :lmao:

Just to be clear I am not earning anything from 'recruiting' people to thumbtack, I had never heard of it until I started working for them and have been hired for a few jobs, thought I would share is all.
Trying to be nice is all

 

[saltlakephoto]

This thread just reeks of some dude that works for Thumbtack trying to recruit more people.

I'm not buyin' into this.

He immediately launches into how great this site is (it's not) and then wants us to take a look at his work, but instead of linking to a portfolio or website, he links us to his Thumbtack profile.

Either OP is severely delusion about the credibility of Thumbtack as a valid source of clientele or income... or he's just trying to make a buck out of our pockets some how by driving us to the very website that he has already admitted working for.

Call me skeptical Sally.

This just don't feel right. I don't make no damn sense. :lmao:

I was thinking the same thing when I saw his post.

I just looked at his pics .. why is most everyone wearing a black t-shirt ...

The black shirts is what everyone decided to wear for the shoot...

 

[e.rose]

This thread just reeks of some dude that works for Thumbtack trying to recruit more people.

I'm not buyin' into this.

He immediately launches into how great this site is (it's not) and then wants us to take a look at his work, but instead of linking to a portfolio or website, he links us to his Thumbtack profile.

Either OP is severely delusion about the credibility of Thumbtack as a valid source of clientele or income... or he's just trying to make a buck out of our pockets some how by driving us to the very website that he has already admitted working for.

Call me skeptical Sally.

This just don't feel right. I don't make no damn sense. :lmao:

Just to be clear I am not earning anything from 'recruiting' people to thumbtack, I had never heard of it until I started working for them and have been hired for a few jobs, thought I would share is all.
Trying to be nice is all

You should probably just post your images for C&C and not worry about telling people about Thumbtack. It's kind of terrible anyway. And posts like the one you have above just make you sound spammy, especially if you only have 5 posts on the forum and 0 credibility with the crowd here.