Thumbtack · painting contractors
Painting is among the most quoted categories on Thumbtack. Customers request several pros by habit, and the shortlist is usually settled before anyone has produced a price.
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By the time the third pro answers, the customer has walkthroughs booked with the first two. The lead was charged to you all the same — you simply were not in the conversation where the decision happened.
Thumbtack collects square footage and rooms. It does not collect peeling, chalking, stucco versus lap siding, or how many coats are already on there. Those decide the job, and asking about them first is what separates a quote from a guess.
Need the exterior of our house painted, two story, probably around 2,400 sq ft. Some of the trim is peeling. Listing it this summer.
Peeling trim on a pre-sale repaint is the part that decides the schedule — it needs proper scraping and priming or it shows through within a season, and buyers notice. On a two-story of that size I would want to see it before pricing. When are you hoping to list? That tells me whether we are working backwards from a date.
Demand patterns, seasonality and what wins a job are the same whichever platform the lead came from — we cover that on the page for painting contractors. This page is about what Thumbtack specifically adds to it.
One extra job pays for hundreds of leads. That is the whole argument.
No. It gathers size, stories and prep condition and points toward a walkthrough — a blind exterior number is the one that ends in an argument on site.
Yes, and on painting it usually should. One photo of the trim tells you more than three paragraphs of description.
They are the best leads in the category — a hard deadline and a motivated owner. It asks about the listing date, which is what identifies them.
Every Thumbtack lead already cost you money. Make sure each one gets a reply.
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