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What each lead type costs on the open market

Quick answer

Exclusive verified leads run roughly $65 to $120, exclusive real-time more broadly $30 to $150, real-time shared $10 to $30, fresh applications $15 to $45, live transfers $50 to $300 with most between $75 and $150, aged data under $5, and business or UCC data cents per record. The bands do not overlap by accident — they price genuinely different products.

Alex MakowskiFounder, Infinite BookingsUpdated 2026-08-302 min read

Two quotes thirty dollars apart are usually not the same thing priced differently — they are different things. These are the market bands as of the last time we checked them against live vendor pricing.

TypeMarket rangeWhat you are paying for
Exclusive, fresh, verified$65–$120One buyer, phone proven live
Exclusive real-time (broad)$30–$150One buyer, verification varies
Real-time shared$10–$30Same record, three to five buyers
Fresh application (0–30 days)$15–$45Recent, not real-time, resale unclear
Live transfer$50–$300A connected call, screened by them
Aged / list$0.50–$5Old intent, unknown consent
Business / UCC data$0.02–$0.20A record, not a lead

What moves a price inside a band

  • Verification. A one-time-code step discards a large share of submissions and that cost lands in the price. It is most of the gap between a $60 lead and a $20 one.
  • Exclusivity duration. Permanent costs more than exclusivity that quietly expires after thirty days.
  • Qualification depth. A screened feed throws away traffic somebody paid for.
  • Volume. Orders in the hundreds move the per-lead price down.
  • Delivery. Real-time webhook infrastructure costs more to run than a CSV.

The comparison that matters remains cost per funded deal rather than cost per lead. These bands are the input to that calculation, not a substitute for it — a $15 lead is only cheap if its funded rate holds up, and that is a question the price cannot answer.

Questions brokers ask

Exclusive, fresh, verified leads run roughly $65 to $120 on the open market. Exclusive real-time more broadly spans $30 to $150, where the verification standard varies considerably.

Because the same record is sold three to five times, so the generator recovers their cost several times over. You are buying a share of a merchant’s attention rather than the merchant.

The one-time-code step discards a large share of submissions, and the cost of the traffic that was thrown away lands in the price of what survives. It is most of the gap between a $60 lead and a $20 one.

No — it is a record of a business that has taken financing before, with no expressed intent and no consent. Priced in cents for that reason, and it is an outbound list rather than a lead source.

No, on cost per funded deal. These bands are the input to that calculation; a cheap lead is only cheap if its funded rate holds up, which the price cannot tell you.

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