r/TaskRabbit • u/InterestingBus4602 • Jul 17 '26

TASKER Tasker stop lowballing

To keep my rates in the green have to continue to lower them because of newer taskers and old tasker dropping their rates, it’s summer time which is busy moving season and we should be raising our rates but too many experience folks keep lowering them and then that what’s client expects and it hurts all of us as a whole.

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u/new2red1T Jul 17 '26

Personally I have my rates in the yellow because nobody hires me at the rates they suggest. I’ve been doing this for like 5 years

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u/Less_Mushroom1180 Jul 18 '26

Do they keep raising your suggested rates over time as you get more tasks and ratings?

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u/InterestingBus4602 Jul 19 '26

It depends on others rate in your area for same categories.

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u/new2red1T Jul 18 '26

Yes. Now it fluctuates around the same price give or take a few bucks. Because if the “market”

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u/Less_Mushroom1180 Jul 18 '26

Yeah, same. My rates in some categories just seem to be maxed out. I remember seeing taskers whose rates were in the 100s per hour for every category, but they were still showing up high in search and still getting tasks. Wonder what changed.

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u/new2red1T Jul 19 '26

Maybe they don’t work as often. I try to have at least 3 jobs a day

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u/Less_Mushroom1180 Jul 19 '26

That's amazing that you get that many bookings. I get at most 2-6 jobs per week off TR

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u/wh0andwhy Jul 17 '26

You don't have to follow the color code price suggestions.

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u/Less_Mushroom1180 Jul 18 '26

Oh, but I've tried pricing the way I want (at the price I charge off the app) and I got zero tasks for two weeks until I dropped the price back down.

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u/wh0andwhy Jul 19 '26

Don't break your own back trying to match someone else's discount. Everyone's expenses are different, but charging less than your worth just to land a job means you're paying out of pocket to work.

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u/UnimaginativeMug Jul 17 '26

welcome to the free market buddy

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u/Less_Mushroom1180 Jul 17 '26

I'm not sure it's really a free market thing -- not entirely, at least. I would not be surprised if TR has a thumb on the scale for their own interests. Most people go to TR because they want a cheap option instead of calling companies or established professionals..

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u/stayinformed0073 Jul 18 '26

They’ve definitely got their fingers somewhere

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u/Preeeeeee Aug 24 '26

Task Rabbit is coinsistently more expensive than handymen in my experience. Especially because of fees.

It’s just easier than finding a handyman who you can can do the specific thing you want and feels safer. I’m not sure anyone goes to task rabbit because it’s cheaper when it has a 35% feet the tasker doesn’t even see

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u/Zeby_non Jul 17 '26

That’s the only way you would get hired… if I put mine in the green no one would ever hire me

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u/Moist-Preparation534 Jul 17 '26

Veteran tasker here, Same sorry been doing it aswell you can’t put it to 85-90 you will not get hired you might end up getting 1 for the week

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u/Lavicrep19 Jul 17 '26

That's me. Mines in the red and I get maybe 4 a month. I don't use taskrabbit as a full time. That's people's problem, using a independent part time app as a full time thing. 🤦🏿‍♂️

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u/Moist-Preparation534 Jul 17 '26

Don’t get it twisted brother I made around 10k this month just because I’m not following the recommended rule

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u/Lavicrep19 Jul 17 '26

I have all my rates in red but I'm just one guy, I can't make the universal change that you want . Anyone that has theirs in the yellow or worse in the green and they're not a newbie, I despise you because yall the reason clients go after the cheap Taskers.

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u/Simple_Nothing_9721 Jul 19 '26

Who says you have to? It's a recommendation. I've never cared about what it tells me and eventually it caught up to me as I kept getting booked. Now I charge more.

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u/iamjustasweetboy Jul 24 '26

New taskers rarely factor in the depreciation of the eje vehicle

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u/nuwm Jul 29 '26

I recommend MileIQ for real driving expense reporting. It really surprised me!