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Why home service pros are quietly leaving the big lead platforms

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Talk to any plumber, electrician, painter, or landscaper in the Lower Mainland and you will hear a version of the same story. They sign up for a lead platform, pay a credit card on file, and the leads start coming in. The first few feel promising. Then the math sets in.

Most of these platforms charge per lead. The pro pays whether or not the homeowner replies, whether or not the job exists, and whether or not five other pros got the same lead at the same time. The big platforms call this competition. Pros call it paying to race three minutes faster than the next person.

Tackl was built because that model is the wrong shape. Homeowners do not need eight quotes. They need a small number of pros who are clearly a fit, and the chance to talk before anyone is locked in. Pros do not need to gamble on every lead. They need work, and a fair way to earn it.

That is why posting on Tackl is free for homeowners and free for pros. The only money that changes hands is the small fee a pro pays when they actually win a job. No job, no fee. The opposite of pay-per-lead.

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