# Bark (slim)

> Bark is a services marketplace where customers describe a job and local professionals, from cleaners and gardeners to tutors and accountants, buy the lead with credits and send quotes. It runs on the web and in apps.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bark.md (~5,000 tokens) · this version ~1,230 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bark.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bark
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-14

**F · 16.5/100 · rank #1048 of 1076 · #4 in Home services & local trades · not agent-ready · confidence medium**


Assessment: Bark matches customers with local professionals across home, events, lessons and business services, free for customers, with professionals paying in credits to respond. There is no public API or MCP server that acts for a household. A Bark app on Zapier lets a professional's automations search requests, buy leads and send quotes.

## Facts

- Kind: Platform · vendor: Bark.com Global Limited · category: Home services & local trades · legal entity: Bark.com Global Limited · provenance 59/100
- Auth: OAuth or key · pricing: Freemium · x402: no · licence: Closed service under Bark's terms and conditions (Bark.com Global Limited)
- Probe metrics: not measured yet (probes haven't run)
- Surface listed: The Bark website and customer app, and the Bark app on Zapier, read from bark.com (home page, terms, privacy notice, pricing for professionals, app page), the Zapier app page and the App Store listing on 14 October 2026. No account was created.
- Outside agent access: None for a household. The Zapier app acts for a professional's account only.
- Zapier app: BarkCLIAPI 1.7.0. Triggers New Bark, New Purchased Bark, New Review. Actions Purchase Bark, Set Note on Bark, Set Quote on Bark, Skip Bark, Update Bark's Status. Searches Find a Bark, Find a Purchased Bark, Search Barks (by category, location and request age), Get Your Credit Balance
- How it works: A customer describes a job, matching professionals see it and pay credits to get the contact details and respond, and further messages are free (https://www.bark.com/en/gb/sellers/pricing/).
- Company: Bark.com Global Limited, company 10614196, 5th Floor, 167-169 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5PF. App Store provider eTender Inc.
- Coverage: Country sites include the UK, US, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, France, Germany and India, per bark.com's robots.txt paths

- Scores: Reliability 15, Performance pending, Schema & documentation 7, Agent ergonomics 5, Security & auth 0, Payments & pricing 20, Task success pending, Maintenance & community 54, Transparency & trust 49 · total over the 7 assessed categories
- Why: Reliability, Read with the hosted lines. · Schema & documentation, Graded on the interface an outside agent can use, which for Bark is only the Zapier app acting for a professional. · Agent ergonomics, Graded on the Zapier app. · Security & auth, Graded on the interface an outside agent can use. · Payments & pricing, Read with the hosted rule. · Maintenance & community, Read for a closed service. · Transparency & trust, Closed service under customer terms last updated 5 September 2025, naming Bark.com Global Limited with company number, office and VAT number…
- Sources: 7, open questions: 3, both in the full twin
- Capabilities: home.jobs, home.quotes, home.pros, home.reviews
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bark.json
- Verify (for the vendor): the badge `https://www.anchorterminal.com/badges/bark.svg` or a link to https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bark from a page on bark.com or one of its subdomains, then `POST https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/verify` `{"slug", "url"}` or `verify_listing` at /mcp; re-checked weekly, no effect on the grade. Snippets in the full twin.

## Before you call it

1. Don't plan to call Bark for a household. Hand the request to the person on bark.com or the app
2. For a professional's own leads, use the Bark app on Zapier, and ask before any Purchase Bark step, which spends credits
3. Tell a professional that credits expire 3 months after purchase

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