Bark: Great pros, found fast

My experience using Bark to find professionals for my project has been incredibly frustrating. Within hours of submitting my request, I was bombarded with more than 20 calls, emails, and text messages from people claiming to be architects, engineers, or design professionals. Many had little to no verifiable credentials, no professional websites, no license information, and no clear way to validate who they actually were. Instead of connecting me with qualified professionals, it felt like my contact information was simply distributed to anyone willing to pay for leads. I spent more time screening questionable contacts than actually moving my project forward. For anyone looking to hire an architect, engineer, or other licensed professional, I strongly recommend independently verifying licenses, checking references, reviewing previous work, and confirming insurance before sending money to anyone. Based on my experience, Bark generated a flood of unsolicited contacts but very little confidence that the people reaching out were legitimate, qualified professionals. I would not use this service again for a project requiring licensed expertise.

Nothing but top notch service here! They have been so accommodating and friendly! If there were 10 stars I’d give them out! Diamond style service!

Your phone will be bombarded with telemarketing calls. You will be contacted with irrelevant services. The same numbers call multiple time. I got over 20 calls within two hours after the request posted. Professionals should only contact via the app. Your information will be sold to third parties. This is a lead generating platform. One professional scammed me. Besides no action being taken for nearly three weeks the prices and services were not the same when we started as what was discussed. We discussed a monthly fee and it switched to an al a cart per service fee that was significantly higher. Time is of the essence and she wasted a month of my time. She could not perform what was agreed. She blamed me for her incompetency. I have documented pages that I did in fact communicate with her. She as too busy telling me what I wanted instead of listening to what I need. She just said what I wanted to hear to get money. You can’t trust the reviews on bark, bark will remove any negative reviews.