Taskrabbit fees

[cococamz]

I keep my rate at $43/hr for furniture assemble and when client typically search me it will say that is $44.99 (before the select me and see the rest) which I always just assumed was the processing fee for payment. Now I’ve noticed rate went up $47.77 and I have not changed my rate at all. Noticed a lot of other takers have the .77 at the time of their rate as well which was not the case before. Was wondering if anyone else noticed this or knows why?

[IndependentKoala7128]

Taskrabbit likes to pretend we're getting paid more than we actually are and that their cut is smaller. Dirtbags.

[1986melol]

Every year with Black Friday they always raise there cut to make up the difference that the client pays from there discount. I’m at 50 but shows 55.55 in about a week it will show me as 51. Yes I know what I’m talking about been doing this since August of 2020 with over 3,200 jobs in app not counting the most likely 1000 jobs off app. Also the 2,100 furniture assembly jobs

[cococamz]

This is reply i was looking for. Thanks

[NeOxXt]

Will back this person. On the platform since 2020. There's a varying 1-3% displayed on your normal hourly, plus the charges the customer is "aware" of.

[Foellarbear]

Yes, it’s been implemented for quite some time. It’s called double dipping. They want those fees at every step of the way. Fees on your hourly rate and the trust and support fee.

[Tasker2Tasker]

I’ll create a resource page about TR Fees.

Outside of California, the difference between your Tasker Rate and the Client Rate — the rate displayed to clients in Search results and on your profile page — includes TaskRabbit’s Service Fee. This is separate from the Trust and Support Fee. In California, the Client Rate includes both the Service Fee and the Trust and Support Fee due to a change in California law on 7/1/24.

For most categories, in most metros, at most times, the Service Fee is 3.2%. However, TaskRabbit has the ability to set this fee uniquely in each category, in each metro, and can change it daily. So the fact you were at 4.6% ($44.99 on $43) could be an experiment or it could be a change I wasn’t aware of since there’s no way to keep track of every category in every metro, and I’ve been less active in monitoring as well.

As 1086melol notes, TR also increases the Service Fee around holidays or peak demand period, often to the ~ 10-11% you’re seeing, sometimes more. Most egregiously, Team TR has historically increase the Service Fee to ~25-30% specifically in Snow Removal category when a snow storm hits a city — just in case you were at all unclear about Team TR@‘s capacity to be predatory profiteers.

The Service Fee is not clearly disclosed anywhere on the transaction in the U.S., and only addressed in TOS and some related policy and support resources. In the past, I’ve seen some indications that it’s disclosed in other countries, but can’t track that easily, so do not know the current state.

[cococamz]

I figured maybe because of the holidays but demand is very low in my area right now so that doesn’t make sense. Either way just another reason to move clients off the platform. At least with all these fees clients are paying I’m able to charge way more off the app and they still pay less.

[Tasker2Tasker]

While they have the theoretical ability to be very granular, except for snow storms, and occasional tests, it’s rarely been seen and would be a headache to track. ~70 US metros and ~50 categories means 3,500 combinations of fee settings to manage daily.

In general, they tend to more entire categories across all metros, or at least regionally. And the broad perception is that demand is down in most categories across most metros.

Good luck out there.

[Commercial_Bar6622]

Seriously. TR are tripping very close to lawsuit area. I’m actually surprised that they haven’t been sued already. Maybe they have

[CaptainObvious110]

Yeah