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Bark is an online marketplace that connects customers with local and online professionals.
We take the hassle out of finding the right professional for any job. Whether you’re looking for a cleaner in Nottingham, a web design in Boston or a personal trainer in Auckland - with over 2000 professional services in 8 countries, you’re bound to find the perfect professional for your project on Bark. Simply tell us what you need and will send you a list of professionals - for free!
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Bark has a rating of 2.2 stars from 1,644 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Bark most frequently mention customer service, phone number and potential clients. Bark ranks 9th among Service Marketplace sites.
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Zach with Perfected Canine Obedience was professional and knowledgeable. We have just started our training, but I'm expecting great things after session 1!
Brilliant service. Quick and a great job done in such a short time. Would definitely recommend this company.
Hi there Salma,
Thanks for your review,
It's great to hear that we could help.
Kind regards,
The Bark Team
A few problems of chainsaws miss-behaving at the start of the job, was soon over come, and the beast of our hedge was tamed.
Considering the heat of the day and the former problems the lads were so good natured, very hard working and I'm thank full that they were doing the work and not me.
Many thanks.
Hi there Alan,,
Thanks for your review,
It's great to hear that we could help connect you with this professional.
Kind regards,
The Bark Team
A big thank you to Pat O Hara and his great team. What a great surprise they gave us, our big back garden was like a jungle, but Pat and team turned it into a fabulous garden to be enjoyed again. They arrived when they said they would, and worked sooo hard, they cleaned up before they left. Leaving the garden looking superb
We recommend Pat and certainly will call on him again
Breda O Farrell and family.
Hi there Breda,
Thanks for your review,
We're glad to hear that we could connect you with Pat O Hara.
Kind regards,
The Bark Team
Bark creates fake jobs for tradesmen, they make up jobs with dead numbers, no way to contact so that you waste your credits,
They also took £120 from my bank without my permission to add more credits.
Fraud basically...
Steer well clear if your in the trade, this is without doubt the worst of the sites, my builder is the best imo, don't think Iv ever had a fake job on there. Was getting 3 a week on here...
Hi there,
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 [email protected].
Kind regards,
The Bark Team
Billed on the front end, and not too sure it's monies well spent. I get no direct leads because I don't show up in searches. Recently learned that you have to be subscribed to the Elite Pro service for an extra $30/mo to show up as a provider. 'Opportunities' can still be purchased and contacted, but I wouldn't consider them classifiable as warm leads. There is no indicator of a read receipt, and I am measuring only 8.5% response rate from leads I have responded to: 40% of those just to say "no thank you". Prospects are technically 'warm' but the Bark traffic seems to be mostly 'looky-loos' that are completely unaware that there is a fee to providers, because they don't even bother to respond. Also, Bark advertises Elite Pro includes a 1-on-1 consult from their advisers to optimize ROI, but all the agent did was say, "yup, your profile is completely set up. You're good to go!". The first month for Elite Pro is free, so I highly recommend signing up for that at the onset to see if there is any potential benefit investing in Bark - instead of 2 months and $hundreds later.
Hi there Jaye,
We're sorry to hear that you feel this way.
We tried to reach out to you directly to explain how our system works however we received no response.
If you would like to understand more about our platform and receive support, please email us directly at [email protected].
Kind regards,
The Bark Team
Very helpful and will use them again
Will send another when job has been complete
With photo before and after
Hi there George,
Thanks for your review,
It's great to hear that we could help.
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The Bark Team
James and his team were very efficient and friendly. They arrived early in the morning and worked hard all day. They paved a path from my back garden to front garden and it looks really great. I am very happy with the standard of the work and the team were very professional
Hi there Eve,
Thanks for your review,
It's great to hear that we could help connect you with James and his team.
Kind regards,
The Bark Team
The concept of Bark is fantastic, but the experience is poorly executed to say the least.
As a business trying to gain leads you're paying a seemingly random credit value (8-14 from what I've seen) to respond to a customer that's only looking for a quote. These are cold leads, there's no two ways about it. It costs just under 100 for 4 replies, 5 if you're lucky with the randomly assigned credit vale on each response. This credit value is based on the average spend of each customer and the level of work they're looking for. Prices fluctuate far too much for this to be a viable system.
Elite Pro is a monthly subscription that's only function is to put your profile and contact details in front of the lead, so they can contact you, however the Bark website is actually setup to direct the lead to use Barks own internal messaging system which Bark have said allows them to track messages and issue credit refunds easier. This means you will have to pay a premium of 12-14 credits to reply to these leads yourself, as the lead isn't directed to your contact details at all unless they click through to your profile and then click to view your details. In summary, you're paying a monthly fee to make your lead responses more expensive.
I was happy with Bark and I think the concept is fantastic. But after arranging for their Elite Pro team to call me, which they never did, I had to then contact customer support to ask why I didn't receive my call. When they rang me I explained the credit system and Elite Pro cons for my industry and the tone of the customer service agent changed entirely. I was trying to give healthy feedback and constructive advice, but I was quickly spoken over and informed Bark deal with over 2000 industries and the system is setup to do that. I'd advise keeping this "2000 industries" stance from Bark in mind. The customer service agent, instead of accepting I was giving feedback to try and help Bark instantly offered to cancel my Elite Pro membership and then reverted to one word responses to end the phone call. What I was hoping would be a positive experience about my Elite Pro membership turned into a really embarrassing experience at the hands of one of the customer service representatives.
Their Elite Pro offering is shown to customers as "professionals that have shown their commitment to Bark" but the actually professionals paying for this service are told they're no more important to Bark than any of their other 2000 industries are.
TL; DR: Credits are overpriced, credit values are randomly assigned based on 1 of 2000 industries making them overpriced for may industries, Elite Pro is a farce that increases the credits required to respond to leads and you do not matter to Bark as their customer service team made abundantly clear on the phone.
Hi there Ronan,
We're sorry to hear that you feel this way.
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 [email protected].
Kind regards,
The Bark Team
The service was so quick it was almost unbelievable; Almost immediately I had posted the j job I had many many replies and those to whom I spoke could do the job immediately. There are currently people up on our roof doing the work; Covid19 has obviously caused many problems as there were so many replies, some from long distances.
Hi there Elizabeth,
Thanks for your review,
It's great to hear that we could help connect you with roofers so quickly!
Kind regards,
The Bark Team
I had a very quick response from the companies I contacted. Got the cleaner that I needed. I'm a very happy customer. Thank you Bark.
Hi there Kerry,
Thanks for your review,
It's great to hear that we could help connect you with a cleaner.
Kind regards,
The Bark Team
John Heath who did the work was prompt professional polite and efficient. Would and will recommend to neighbors friends and family
Hi there Paul,
Thanks for your review,
It's great to hear that we could help connect you with John.
Kind regards,
The Bark Team
Thank you for promptly sending caring professionals to choose from. They emailed, called and hen came to tour our facility.
Hi there Scott,
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It's great to hear that we could help.
Kind regards,
The Bark Team
Very friendly on the phone until I requested a refund as the lead's came to nothing, every time I rang or txt a potential customer I'd get no answer or reply? I'd even text a few customers asking them to please reply as I think I'm being scammed and still got no response. Oh as for the refund I got it just call apple and they'll refund you if you think your being scammed too
Hi there Ben,
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 [email protected].
Kind regards,
The Bark Team
Cab was in advance and texted me politely and waited for me. Arrived fresh at the airport and quickly despite early in the morning. Perfect service. Will use again.
Hi there Philippe,
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The Bark Team
The process was user friendly and fast.
Gilberto did an amazing job. My sectional sofa looks refreshed and very clean.
I will use this service again.
Hi there Christine,
Thanks for your review,
We're glad to hear that we could help.
Kind regards,
The Bark Team
We had our 10 year old patio cleaned & regrouted by David of Magic Cleaning services. He did a fantastic job, was quick & reasonably priced and we are delighted with the end result, which far exceeded our expectations.
We also had some carpets cleaned, which have come up like new.
Would not hesitate to recommend David for any cleaning jobs.
Hi there Peter,
Thanks for your review,
It's great to hear that we could help connect you with David of Magic Cleaning Services!
Kind regards,
The Bark Team
Very happy with the way they listened and conducted themselves.
They assessed our roof problems and provided costed options for our consideration and delivered successfully and on time with a 30 year guarantee
Hi there Brian,
Thanks for your review,
It's great to hear that we could help connect you with professionals who could help.
Kind regards,
The Bark Team
I had 3 sessions of subscriptions and had about 4 jobs most people do not reply they seem fake. I get dozens per day yet the industry is dead this seems wrong also.
Hi there,
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 [email protected].
Kind regards,
The Bark Team
Great job done, excellent job, clean worker, can not find anything wrong to say 10out 10 would use him again and again
Hi there Derek,
Thanks for your review,
It's great to hear that we could help connect you with this professional.
Kind regards,
The Bark Team
Answer: Bark may or may not be legit, but their barks are very often bogus tire kickers or scammers. They've got a lot of work to do to clean up their act. They need to go straight membership and those needing the work done need to PAY to speak to a professional instead of the professional paying to speak to the bogus tire kicker.
Answer: No it is not, total scam. They take your money and send you fake leads.
Answer: Your reviews are high on Trustpilot because they remove all the negative reviews from their profile. Bark.com removed my review twice. Trustpilot is the only review website that allows businesses to remove reviews for a price. Trustpilot got criticized in several news articles for being easily manipulated of their 'Reviews' for $600 any business profile can push up or down review they want. Look up 'Trustpilot news articles'; they say 'Trustpilot reviews are just paid advertising'
Answer: Agree with above, In my experience, this has been a COMPLETE SCAM. Spend all that money to place an ad, or renew your website, DO NOT INVEST IN BARK
Answer: Bark don't verify whether any of the customer tel numbers actually work and most of the leads are poor quality so they won't answer anyway. Save your money, honestly.
Answer: Very true. Misleading leads. No lead vetting. Just Bark saying leads have been verified. But how do we know when no lead responds. They seem fake to me. Bad experience and worst leading platform.
Answer: Bad lead quality, stay away. Zero customer service. On the phone they will tell you that you are wasting their time.
Answer: The 1 star reviews are real. All the other 5 stars are not. This website preys on desperate businesses that require work and signs them up with a cost. First, they searched deep on the internet as my business has NEVER heard of them before their Spam-my email. They send an email stating that I have a lead on their website that I NEVER signed up on. Then ask for money to see who this lead is. To keep their site running, they say to people who are looking for particular businesses that they have them when they don't.
Answer: £1.20 per credit for a starter pack, then £1.50 after that and unqualified leads with next to no information cost between 10 and 18 credits. 10 leads will cost over £200 and doubtful will generate any work
Answer: It's because the positive customer reviews are almost certainly fake. Look at the dates. Look at the volume of reviews. Approximately 100 positive customer reviews of Bark have appeared on Sitejabber between early December 2019 and today (late January 2020). Compared to the number of reviews they received prior to December 2019, that is just an astounding number of reviews. This is not normal.


Hi there Linda,
Thank you for your review,
It's great to hear that we could help connect you with this dog trainer.
Kind regards,
The Bark Team