Cheap Electrical Leads Near Me: What They Really Cost
A shared electrical lead can cost more than it looks. How UK electricians work out the real cost per job, win rate, wasted visits and all.
- For electricians the trap is not the lead fee. It is the unpaid fault-finding on the ones you lose.
- Diagnosing before quoting means a shared lead you lose still cost you real time on the tools.
- Measured per job won, a cheap shared lead routinely beats a dearer exclusive one, at being expensive.
- Pay-per-job has no call fee and no free diagnostics for jobs that go elsewhere.
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The Cost Cheap Leads Hide From a Sparky
Most lead maths stops at the fee, but electrical work has a second, larger cost. Often you cannot quote a fault without finding it first, attending, testing, tracing, which means a shared lead you ultimately lose still consumed an hour on the tools. The headline £18 was never the real figure; the real figure is that fee plus the diagnostic time, divided across only the jobs you actually won.
Run the Numbers Honestly
Buy a shared electrical lead for £18 and remember four other electricians bought the same call. At a typical one-in-six win rate you spend over £100 in fees per job, and that ignores the unpaid diagnostics on the five you lost. An exclusive lead that costs more but converts at one in two is dramatically cheaper once both are measured where it counts: cost per completed job, with your time included.
Why Sharing Is the Hidden Multiplier
The reason cheap leads stay cheap is that they are sold many times over, and that is precisely what wrecks your economics. More electricians on the same call means a lower win rate, more diagnostic visits that bill nobody, and a higher true cost per job. The price tag goes down; the cost of running your business goes up.
Pay Once, On a Real Job
GetTheCall pay-per-job changes the comparison: there is no contact record to buy. Nearby eligible available electricians ring at once, the first to answer connects privately, and the single known fee applies only once the customer confirms the booking on the call.
Compare it on pay-per-job electrical leads, or read how exclusive electrician leads work and why exclusivity lifts win rate.
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