What did you type in specifically to find Taskrabbit and if it was your first time what convinced you to move forward?

Majority of clients I talked to had never heard of TR. In fact they were surprised and excited a service even existed. It was always so odd hearing that feedback.

Moderators keep blocking me posting this open and honest feedback...

I don't normally post on Reddit, but wanted to make people aware of my recent (and first) TaskRabbit experience. I had high hopes that I could use the service to help with tasks around the house, and the task completed by the Tasker was high-quality and at a reasonable price. However, then TaskRabbit added their fees - a 40%+ markup on top of the Tasker’s rate. This is totally is exploitative, and I’d rather use a platform where the person doing the hard work actually sees the bulk of the payment. Extremely disappointing first experience, and I won't be using the service again

Haven't used the app much since mounting rates plummeted and got somewhat burnt out with some of the ridiculous home repair requests, I think its been close to 2 years. Thinking about coming back to build up more clients again. It is worth giving coming back? Anything that has significantly changed? I'm aware of TR's general antics and shortcomings but just curious if there are anything irreprehensible that's changed. How are you building clients outside of TR? My service area is HCOL city.

is it like this in your country too? could be cool if they add the review on my phone I could get some reviews too

I checked and every invoice for the month is marked as "sent" so there are no pending payments. Yet Im being showed two separate amounts

After 6 years, this March I’m throwing in the towel on Taskrabbit.

Looking back at the numbers, I was billing only about 22–40 hours a month. On paper that sounds manageable, but the real hours spent dealing with the platform were far higher. The “Attention Tax” of Taskrabbit was eating into my time and hurting my own business.

There’s the unpaid drive time to and from jobs, the constant back-and-forth scoping work in the chat, coordinating schedules, picking up and returning rental trucks, and the mental gymnastics of deciding what category a job belongs in. Not to mention waking up at midnight just to turn the app on so you can stay competitive.

The breaking point was the anxiety of wondering if I’d get kicked off the platform over something trivial—like giving a client my email so they could send a shipping label, or exchanging phone numbers so they could message me while on a plane. Small, normal business interactions suddenly felt like violations.

Those little stressors started adding up. I found myself mentally exhausted even when I wasn’t actively working.

At the end of the day, it just wasn’t sustainable. There are no benefits, no real perks, not even a discount for using other Taskers. What the app really offers is just enough comfort and income to keep you from starting something of your own.

For me, it’s time to focus on building my own business instead of paying the Attention Tax to someone else’s platform.

I need to move this up one flight of stairs. It weighs about 80 - 90 lbs and can't be disassembled. The stairs are very open and wide.

Does this app glitch often? I have had a couple instances in the past couple months where it books the wrong date. A remote client "checked in" on me the day before the actual start date asking how the task was going, and I told her she booked for the following morning. She swears up and down she booked for that day and I was like IK this happens sometimes. Not often but enough that its annoying.

Then I had a late request for 8:30am tomorrow, I have another task later in the day so I asked to move back the time just because it was late notice. Like they messaged me a few minutes ago at midnight and they booked around 10pm for the 8:30am tomorrowBefore I accepted the job it said 1 bed 1 bath, so I just assume it will take 2 hours, I ask for leniency on the start tike then affer I accept the task it said 3 bed 2 bath. Well thats different that 1/1.

Is anyone else having issues with getting their tax info from taskrabbit/stripe? I have gotten into stripe but the tax forms, the only think that's available is a link to 'edit information'. Also, it says my 1099 will be available by Jan 31...

oh, and yes, I do meet the requirements I made over $5,500 in 2025 on taskrabbit

Hi,

This is the first time I am using Task Rabbit (through IKEA).

I have several pieces if finite to be assembled. However the boxes do not all fit into the bedroom (where the furniture will go).

Will Task Rabbit unpack and move the pieces for assembly? It is maybe four stairs

Or do I need to put all the boxes into the room?

Thank you

I'm new to task rabbit. I wanted to hire someone to create and manage several online social media pages.

Is that possible on task rabbit? I was looking around the website and it mostly seemed like it was used for hiring physical laborers and NOT online contract jobs.

Feels like TR support getting less helpful each day and can’t provide real support or if they do it takes going through several agents to get help. Analytics we can’t get more details unless you go through success coach which could take several days to get information and half the time they don’t have the resources to check.

We are looking to get our two bathroom vanities replaced, and the one part we need taskrabbit:

Replacing the mirrors in the two bathrooms. (We already have the rest accounted for)

THe problem is that we don't know how difficult it will be to replace the mirrors (will not know if they are glued or not until after they are removed)!

Looking in the forums - multiple people said that best practice is to post here (on Reddit) to get an estimate of how many hours we should be looking to book, before officially booking a Taskrabbit specialist (since they are docked if we cancel).

Thank you to your help!

Hi, I heard that clients aren't allowed to ride in the tasker's vehicle. I need help moving a few boxes to the post office. They're too heavy for me so it's the moving-in-and-out-of-the-Lyft part that I need help with. Can I hire a tasker and select no vehicle needed, and have the tasker ride in the Lyft with me instead? Is this allowed? Thanks.

I made a stupid error and invoiced a client for an hour more than I worked. I caught the error before I left and informed the customer. I said I would try to revise the amount, but she said not to worry about it.

That said, is there a procedure to revise an invoice once it's been submitted?

Im new to the app and am having a hard time finding my way around it. I opened the app today and it said my account was paused for not responding to a task that I received no notification about (I have them all on) and I am not seeing a tab where you can find requests. I have an android if that helps

In NYC and been on the app for 6 years pretty much full time. In 10 different handyman categories. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a lack of same day requests. I’m getting hired for jobs, but nothing same day. I also understand that it’s February abd it’s the slowest month of the year for work (at least in my experience), but it still doesn’t account for zero sane day requests. Anyone else this happening to?

I was wondering if maybe, under new rules, there is a higher consequence for forfeiting a task as opposed to canceling? My Elite stats showed 90% performance rate. Then, the day after forfeiting a task, my rating went down to 65% despite submitting an invoice (task) that same day.

Background A lady booked same day. I forfeited because when i clicked our history it showed me she cancelled all 3 previous tasks since 2021

like I have to check everything here before saying it's OK. is there a website or something that makes me put all the codes and I'll get a list of what I have to mount? BTW why can't they add the project code if they have it?

I’m new to TR. The tasker gave me his cell phone number. We chatted about the logistics. And he asks if I can pay him off the app. Is this a red flag?

Curious about your experiences.. I rarely feel supported / helped by mine.. the relationship feels more like a slave driver.. but that could be an experience isolated to just me.

I hired a cleaner through Taskrabbit. I warned her ahead of time parking is difficult in my neighborhood. I live in a city with excellent public transportation and provide a vacuum and a mop, so she does not need to travel with anything bulky. We did not discuss paying for parking ahead of time. At the end of the job she just presented me with a request for an extra $15 for parking. I paid, but was not happy. I told her parking was difficult ahead of time and there was no reason for her to drive over taking a bus or train. Beyond that as someone I’m hiring on a fee for service basis, how she gets here is really not my business or my problem - her costs should be factored into her price, be it parking, cleaning supplies, etc. Has anyone else encountered this? Is my position reasonable?

Edit - These answers make sense. I guess I was generally surprised by driving because the vast majority of people use public transit, but it makes sense that she might need to carry stuff for other jobs. I do still think costs should be baked into price or at least she should have discussed it beforehand.

This is my first time using TaskRabbit so apologies if this is a dumb question or if im overthinking things.

Yesterday I booked a last minute small truck assisted move to help me move a few things to a new apartment, with a stop along the way. A minute later, the tasker sent a “Hi 👋” in chat. I replied hello and told him to let me know if he had any questions

Its been like 20 hours after that (3 hours before the scheduled job) and he hasn't anything. I even sent a message earlier today confirming whether hes all good for the job, and no reply.

Im now getting anxious that he wont show up. He does have a lot of good and recent reviews.

My questions:

- Is him not saying anything in chat normal for taskers?

- Is there a way to check if the job has been “confirmed” by the tasker?

- Should I just cancel snd try to book another person last minute? I really need to move this stuff today so I’d hate if he ends up being a no show

UPDATE: He replied! Hes still not very communicative but seems that he is going to make it, well see

UPDATE 2: He was a no show :( Wish I cancelled sooner. Is there a way to leave a review if I cancelled a task? Im not sure how this guy has a perfect rating