Bark.com Pros and Cons

NOTHING. This is a scam website. Wish I would have seen these reviews before I bought credits. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I signed up for Bark.com, hoping to connect with potential clients who were actively seeking my services. What I got instead was a complete waste of time and money. After purchasing 18 leads, here’s what happened:

One person booked a call—only to cancel almost immediately, claiming they “found someone else” within 24 hours. That’s suspiciously fast.

Two people texted me back, but again, same story: “already found someone.”

Fifteen leads? Absolutely dead. No responses, no engagement, nothing. One email even bounced as undeliverable—why is Bark charging for leads that haven’t even been email-verified?

Bark does not require businesses to provide legitimate information like a company email, name, or website, making it impossible to vet these so-called leads before purchasing. If I’m paying premium prices for these contacts, why is Bark making it so difficult to determine if they’re real?

At this point, I strongly suspect Bark is manufacturing fake leads to keep people spending money. The lack of transparency, high costs, and near-zero return make it feel like a blatant scam. I have a few more lead credits left, but after that, I’m done.

If you value your time and money, do not waste it on Bark.com. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's easy to use but that doesn't say much Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We've purchased 24 leads and only one of those leads turned into an actual job and even that job was a low revenue job.

We consistently need to request credit for bad leads and their answering system even has an option for reporting bad leads because it's so common. Lead quality ranges from no answer, to being told they didn't post on Bark and to stop contacting them, to the lead actually looking for a job. Overall it's been a poor enough experience for me to make the effort to find where I can provide a negative review of our experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing. I received zero business after 4 months of trying to book buisness off their leads. Only 2 of 20 something people even responsed to my email or calls. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Customer service would not honor their start pack of credits because I used the wrong payment method? No one answers the phone or email on the leads which tells me they do not exist, are rude, or not serious. I spent almost $400 with no bookings before I decided this was not a good use of my money or time. I would not recommend them based on my experience. Their solution to my complaint was to spend more money. No..... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

i got one huge lead in 2019 (this review is 11/2024) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

many leads are fraudulent either somoene not actually existing, or someone actually looking for a job employment instead of someone to do a job for them.

I managed to pull a list of who else is using the platform as a "pro" and many of the users were operating fraudulently without license and insurance as there is no vetting for EITHER side.

When i get ahold of someone and find out they are not a valid lead bark refuses to except a recorded phone call in any way while still demanding proof. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We did get 3 clients from Bark. The bulk of leads though are manufactured. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Most leads are manufactured. Interestingly, when credits for leads run out, the leads in Bark increase markedly, making you think you are missing out on opportunities. This is just a scam, though. The leads aren't real. They are manufactured to make you want to re-purchase credits. They are also unethical in regard to how they charge. I explicitly set my account up to not purchase credits without my explicit authorization. They ignored my setting and charged me for credits anyways when I went to purchase a lead that required more credits than I had. Instead of the purchase not going through, they allowed it by charging my account even though I had it set up to not do so. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

not a thing. not one thing. They give fake leads and then they refuse to do refunds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Eevrything sucks about Bark they have you buy these fake lead credits for their fake leads. then they talk you into sighning up for their fake program that is supposed to get you more traffic to your page wich it does not. Im so mad at myself for using them and paying them as much money as I did with out doing my resurch. It would be one thing If I was getting people on the phone and just not closing. However thats not the case I have a 87% close rate problem is, is the fact that no one answeres the phone because ITS NOT A REAL LEAD! The most resent one was a "lead" that specificly asked for me to call them so I purchased said lead and called them...it was a phone number to the Texas employent department....definetly a legit lead... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Absolutely NOTHING at all. If anything I will caution everyone against it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Their starter pack offer where a new business takes no risk with the credit return guarantee is not available if purchased from the app.

My experience was a purchase from the app of $63.99 gave me only 20 credits, whereas the starter pack offer offered 70 credits for just ₹2150 aprox. I was sent emails about which went into my spam.

Now my 20 credits resulted in 4 leads, none of which lead to a purchase. When I contacted the customer care about the un informed purchase I made they were completely unwilling to make any allowances. No return of credits or refund, but tried selling the starter pack to me yet again.

To put this in perspective, me as a customer already made my 1st purchase for almost ₹3400 and received only a little over 1/4th the product (70 credits vs 20 credits) and with no return credit guarantee.

I am completely appalled at the lack of integrity a company can show in robbing new customers off their hard earned money even though they had every opportunity to change the outcome for the client. A simple partial refund and extra credit could have resulted in actual business for me and them.

Disgruntled, dissatisfied and disillusioned Bark customer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Unfortunately for Bark, there is nothing i like about it. Even customer support wasnt good, they seemed hesitant on refunding me credits with the 'Get Hired Guaranteed' policy they have. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I believe this is a scam company and by reading other reviews on this site, seems like other people feel the same way. Wish i read them before purchasing credits.

I would see multiple leads that have the exact same project details. It feels like they create their own leads and recycle these project details. I mean if youre running a scam company, at least dont make it obvious?

These leads NEVER respond to call, text or email, and if they respond its either a wrong number, they didnt even post an ad on Bark they were browsing, or they already had the job done months ago. This is frustrating because I am wasting time on doing this crap with Bark when I can go out myself generate more leads.

How are they actually veriying phone numbers when there is no voicemail attached to some of these? AND most of the voicemails are full too.

There was one instance where I went to call a client, they never responded and there was no voicemail. It was a weird area code as well (Not from anywhere where im from), so i decided to invesitage it and the number comes from ANOTHER DAMN COUNTRY.

This is honestly outrageous and I advise people to stay away from this company with a 100ft pole. They are not to be trusted, and not to be viewed as a legit company.

All these good reviews seem to be them creating it because its always short and brief and then their response to them is a Novel vs the response unsatisfied people get...hint, its not a novel and its the same recycled lines.

Unhappy, will never use this platform again, and will advise anyone to stay away from it!!!! Save your time, money and SANITY!!!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing at all. I thought this would be helpful in acquiring clients who were looking for life coaches, instead nothing happened. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Where do I begin? The leads I received, I don't believe are real. There are so many people desperate for life coaching that no one responds to your requests?

It does not make any sense at all.

I was on Bark for a few days when I got an email for a discounted rate of $90, so I decided okay, how much can that hurt me? Nothing but a loss of $90 plus about 10 credits left - clearly not enough for anyone requesting services.

Also, what is the deal with people asking to spend a higher credit amount when not one coach with common sense would respond if they knew the person was being absolutely serious? So are we made to believe the person asking you to spend 17 credits as opposed to the one asking for 10 credits is more serious about their journey?

It is clear this is where the run around begins when Bark keeps asking you to spend more money on credits towards leads that are fictitious and who knows where the emails are going.

Of course, they don't want to refund the $90 I spent, claiming they don't return funds. Funny because the offer is if you spend money and don't gain any clients, they return your money.

Every now and then, I will get away from having to spend money on BS sites or other retail businesses selling shady products, but it's also clear I didn't do enough research upon spending the $90 which I plan on refuting with my credit card company. Once the money is returned, I will ask them to delete my account, as I don't even see a choice to delete your account and no reason to continue to keep a profile on there, when there’s no one who’s really signed up looking for help. Reminds me of another site (initials AM), which no longer exist who did the same exact thing.

It saddens me when someone has a great idea but decides it's easier to rip people off then actually being a viable business to business in helping others succeed.

When it comes to any site, especially business to business, please do extensive research. It is clear Bark tries to hide these sites on a search engine with other fictitious sites offering, “valued reviews” when they are also just as fake as the leads they offer.

If you are a business owner and found this site, lucky you. Take it from everyone who has offered their own experience, DO NOT use Bark under any circumstances. Save your money and find other means through advertising. Yes, it’s expensive but probably well worth the money.

Best of luck to all! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing to like here. It is a platform full of lies and deceit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This is an outrageous scam on both the client and the proffessional side. They sent me a free "high-quality" lead, which after contacting told me they placed the advert over a year ago and they keep getting unsolicited quotes since then.

I have never signed up, Bark.com took my details from my Google Business profile and is pawning my business as a legit listed freelancer on their platform.

Since I replyed, I get inuandated with "lead" emails once every 2 minutes, and theyr representatives keep getting in touch with me about "satisfaction guaranteed" promotional packages. They charge £30/lead!!! only to then discover that the leads are never replying as they are as real as the sky is green!

I have no doubt that all theyr 5-star "reviews" are self-generated.

I am honestly shocked they got away with this scam for so long.

Do yourself a favour, and take the £300!!! they ask you for the introductory package alone, which will only give you 10 of their "high-quality" DEAD leads, and spend that on Google advertising.

Honestly, a trully disgusting practice.

And forget about the "satisfaction guarantee", after reading other people's experience, you will NEVER get your money back. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.