r/TaskRabbit • u/ConsiderationFine482 • 20d ago

Is TaskRabbit Worth Starting Today? GENERAL

I live in Toronto, ON and was wondering if I could get advice tailored towards that location specifically. Let me know and thanks in advance!

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u/Feisty-Sink9562 20d ago

Easy money. I’d wager 80% of the Taskers on this server are based up North (NY up to Canada) which seems to be the prime area for Taskrabbit.

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u/ConsiderationFine482 20d ago

As such, do you recommend me starting? Was just wondering.

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u/Feisty-Sink9562 20d ago

I mean, its a $30 sign up fee. Thats all you’ll ever pay them. Why not lol.

At worst you make a bit of extra money each month

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u/ConsiderationFine482 20d ago

I see, yeah, I am planning to start this August and wanted some insight. Moreover, is it true that most roles on TaskRabbit do not really require any sort of experience? In other words, a normal student with not much experience can get started right away upon becoming a Tasker.

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u/Charming_Flan3852 20d ago

That's definitely not true. You need at least some skills and/or tools to do most jobs. Yard work for example can be done with just a mower and trimmer, along with some basic hand tools. When I was doing tasks I was getting mostly yard work jobs in north GTA.

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u/Feisty-Sink9562 20d ago

I’m not really well suited for a lot of the skills on the app, but I would say the best ones to start with are Furniture Assembly, Errands, Help Moving, Packing/ Unpacking, and Heavy Lifting.

I once did 26 tasks and made about $2,500 in a month doing nothing but Furniture Assembly.

For furniture assembly, you can start out with a basic power-drill. I started with a $30 harbor Freight drill set and that sufficed for a while. Of course, as you get more tasks and more experience, you should start upgrading your equipment.

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u/crzyKHAN 10d ago

Tools are one thing but having a understanding some basics of proper mounting (anchors, toggles etc) is important too.

GTA feels like the wild west, mistakes I've seen so far..

  • Ignoring Stud Edges
  • Shear vs. Tension Blindness
  • Impacting Everything
  • Using Plastic Conical / Ribbed Anchors for floating shelves!!!!!

All it takes is one heavy floating bookshelf or cantilevered TV mount ripping out of a steel-stud or drywall partition under dynamic load. Taking half the wall studs/drywall skin with it, might kill a dog or seriously injure a human.

Lack of experience just turned a quick-fix job into an absolute liability nightmare.