Pay-per-lead marketplace · Home services, events, wellness, lessons
Looking for a Thumbtack alternative?
Customers describe a job and Thumbtack surfaces matching pros. You are charged when a customer contacts you, and you can review job details before pursuing. Multiple pros can respond to the same request.
The difference that matters
Rented leads vs owned demand.
Thumbtack gives you more control over which leads you take than most marketplaces, but you are still one of several responding to a request that belongs to the platform. A built funnel routes demand to you alone, with the qualifying answers already attached.
| Thumbtack | Pavado | |
|---|---|---|
| Who the lead belongs to | The platform. You rent access to it. | You. It arrives in your inbox from your own page. |
| How many people get it | Commonly several contractors at once. | One. There is nobody to race. |
| What you learn about them | Whatever the platform's form asked. | Whatever your sales process needs to know. |
| What you keep if you stop | Nothing. Leads stop the day you stop paying. | The conversion page, the form and the tracking stay yours. |
| How you compete | Speed to call, then often on price. | On fit, because you are the only one calling. |
When to stay
When Thumbtack is the right call.
If you want to cherry-pick individual jobs rather than commit to a monthly programme, per-lead marketplace bidding suits that better than a retainer.
We would rather tell you that up front than sell you a build you did not need. If that describes you, stay where you are, and come back when the shared-lead maths stops working.
What we do instead
Create the demand, then capture it.
- A conversion page built for one job, turning a click into a completed quote request.
- A qualifying form, so leads arrive with their answers already attached.
- Tracking from lead through to sale, so budget follows what actually closes.
- Targeted outreach and Meta campaigns we build and run on your account.
Compare others
Other lead sources.
Book a demo
Grab a time with the founders.
Pick a slot that works for you, we'll walk through your goals and show you exactly what we'd build.