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Shared and Fake Paid Leads

Businesses waste money on purchased leads that are shared, fake, stale, or unresponsive, with no refunds or recourse.

In their words

It is not a lead. It is an auction where they charge all of us to enter.

r/hvacadvice on Reddit

By the end of one week, they charged me an additional $235 for these so-called leads.

r/Contractor on Reddit

Getting garbage non-exclusive leads is a worthless time suck.

r/LawFirm on Reddit

Every time I think I've found a decent provider, the lists are full of bad numbers, stale records, or duplicates.

r/WholesaleRealestate on Reddit

roughly 95% of the numbers we're calling don't even pick up

r/WholesaleRealestate on Reddit

I probably wouldn't pay for leads but I would happily pay a % on closed jobs.

r/landscaping on Reddit

I spent more or less $80 in one week on leads, and none of them got me a job

r/Thumbtack on Reddit

This is not a bad lead, not a low-quality lead; this is straight-up spam sitting inside their paid lead system.

r/Contractor on Reddit

Most of the lead vendors I've looked at seem to be selling the same lists to everyone, and the results have been pretty hit or miss.

r/InsuranceAgent on Reddit

the lead costs have gotten pretty ridiculous lately

r/PPC on Reddit

I would spend about $42 on a "fresh" exclusive lead just to finally get a hold of them after 10+ tries for them to tell me they already signed up with another agent a while ago

r/InsuranceAgent on Reddit

Most people on Thumbtack are just shopping for the lowest price. A lot of the leads (especially one-offs) were low quality.

r/cleaningbusiness on Reddit

Contractors, agents, service pros

Where they talk

  • r/Thumbtack
  • r/InsuranceAgent
  • r/RoofingSales
  • r/WholesaleRealestate
  • r/smallbusiness
  • r/GeneralContractor
  • r/Contractor
  • r/LocalServicesAds

Tools they use today

  • Thumbtack
  • Google Local Services Ads
  • Angi
  • Bark
  • Facebook
  • Google Ads
  • Google Business Profile
  • Meta Ads

Why those fall short

  • Same lead sold to multiple contractors; leads ghost, disconnected, or are tire kickers
  • lead companies don't reimburse unless number disconnected
  • garbage non-exclusive leads, worthless time suck, no positive ROI
  • Leads resold to 4-5 contractors; homeowners only price-shopping with no intent
  • refunds hard to track, leads sold to many pros, no transparency on charges