A shared lead is one homeowner's phone number sold to several contractors at once. Every one of you gets the same details at the same moment. From there it is a footrace.
Who wins the race
Not the best plumber. The one who was free to dial at 2:14pm. If you are under a house or on a roof — which is to say, if you are working — you are structurally disadvantaged at the exact moment you most deserve the work.
Shops that do well from shared leads almost always have someone whose only job is the phone. That is a real cost, usually thirty to fifty thousand a year, and it is the hidden entry fee for the whole model.
The second race, on price
Having called first, you now discover the homeowner has three other quotes coming. So the second competition begins, and it is on price, because from the customer's side you all look the same: a licence number and a van.
Both races reward things that have nothing to do with being good at plumbing.
What the alternative looks like
The alternative is that somebody else answers the phone, qualifies the job, agrees a time with the homeowner, and then sends that agreed appointment to one plumber. No race, because there is nobody to race.
That is what Pipe Well does. You get a text with the service type, the town and the distance from you. Reply YES and the customer's name, phone and address come straight back. Ignore it and it moves to the next plumber — declining costs nothing and does not count against you.
The catch, stated plainly
You give up half the job after your documented materials. On a $2,800 water heater with $800 in materials, the net is $2,000, our share is $1,000, and you keep $1,800 — your half plus the full material cost back.
Whether that is a good trade depends entirely on what the hour would otherwise have been worth. On a full diary it is a bad trade. On an empty Tuesday it is the difference between $1,800 and nothing.
Booked appointments, not leads
Free to join. No monthly fee, no charge per lead. Pipe Well is paid 50% of the job after your documented materials — and only once the customer has paid you.
See how it works →Or call (562) 800-5506 — one line, answered nationwide.