Comments on: Thumbtack’s Heady Goal: To Build ‘The Largest’ Service Marketplace http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2011/07/26/thumbtacks-heady-goal-to-build-the-largest-service-marketplace/ LOCAL MEDIA WATCH. The Nexus of All Things Local Mon, 01 Jun 2015 22:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.39 By: Skip Hempsey http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2011/07/26/thumbtacks-heady-goal-to-build-the-largest-service-marketplace/comment-page-1/#comment-1005601 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 14:28:12 +0000 http://blog.kelseygroup.com/?p=16694#comment-1005601 As a new user with Thumbtack we can say that they are a valuable resource for leads that turn into clients. You can pay as you go (our first job cost us $1.99) and you simply ignore leads that you don’t want.

We are an established business but if we can get a new client for a couple bucks…that’s a great deal.

I think you will see them rise in stature in the coming years.

]]> By: Builder http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2011/07/26/thumbtacks-heady-goal-to-build-the-largest-service-marketplace/comment-page-1/#comment-590662 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:13:08 +0000 http://blog.kelseygroup.com/?p=16694#comment-590662 Interested to learn how Thumbtack are putting together their business plan and financial modelling when they have such a flexible payment model.

Is it that the 26 year old founder isn’t very good at money management? Or is it that they have very very deep pockets?

A sane person would think that a 131 strong team would be burning up the cash. Add to that a revenue model where local businesses can effectively choose how (and if) they will pay for the service. The combination of the two would seem to lead to a very rapidly shrinking runway in a notoriously difficult market (namely SMB advertising).

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