Oh Snap!!!!!!
Thumbtack isn't a 100% independent dj search engine referral. I think and I could be wrong but I doubt it, they are using worm software that
visits Craigslist and other FREE ad sites, picks up the clients info there and transfers to their database. I mean how can they come up so many
job leads? Thumbtack was a start up a couple years ago, its not like FaceBook or Instagram that exploded on the scene. It was developed by 2
Silicon Valley computer nerds who probably saw the FaceBook movie and like Zuckerberg developed the software to cash in.
How do I know?
I sometimes see the SAME requests being posted on the same week by the same people.
So you bid on it, never get a response, you figure they went with someone else and forget about it.
Then after a few days the same request comes up. Job search engines do the same thing. You can see the same job posted again and again.
Only bad thing is, most job search engine leads are free, like Monster.
Defending Thumbtack:
Sure you can get an official request from TT, for a professional on there, but it may be 50% of the time.
But the reason it has nothing but low ballers or bottom feeders asking for gigs for $200 is because they probably scooped them up from online ads or free sites. Nothing wrong with that. Many job search engines do that. And some like TT ask for a fee but most don't, like Indeed.com and Beyond.com they get the revenue from banner ads or people advertising job serach how-to's, etc.
Buyer Beware
Its like anything else, like gambling. Its not against the law, its just the way they do things. Sometimes you can get a $1,000 gig. But very very rarely.
Even Wedding Wire spreads its paid DJ professionals to other sites that they are in cahoots with. But those are high end sites.
Like another DJ said, if you're going to spend $1,000 on a wedding dj are your REALLY going to ask for one on Thumbtack or a look for one on a wedding regisrty website.
Why Don't They just be Subscription Based?
Lots of people ask that. They should have a flat yearly or monthly fee for leads. Reason>>you can make more money selling 'credits'
...remember? Zuckerberg. Mucho money, mucho mucho dinero. Fast money. But yeah, if they thought long term, a subscription based account
would be a lot better and give them a better curb appeal to all professionals that use it. Zuckerberg's team thought long term thats why they are so successful.
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