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I have purchased leads from the internet before and every single time I've done it I swore I'd never do it again. But business has been slow and I needed a little shot in the arm, when I just happen to come across Netquote.
Now I've heard of them and know that they are one of the biggest (or most marketed) players in the game. I was checking out their site when I saw a banner ad that said that they would give you the first 20 leads for free. I jumped on it. I mean, hey, why not?
I called the 800# and the guy said to give him my credit card number, he'd charge $100 on it, and I'd start getting my leads. Nothing would be deducted from my balance until after the 20th lead. If I decided to cancel before my 21st lead I'd get all my money back. Sounded like a good deal to me.
I started getting my leads.
Here I am 2 weeks later and I'm on my 18th lead. The leads are.... crap. I'm not an amateur when it comes to working leads, I know how to do it. But these leads are just crap. Most of the phone numbers do not work. When they do work no one answers. I've tried calling in the morning, afternoon, evening, from my cell phone, office phone, home phone.
Finally in the last 2 days I've hit a hot streak and caught three people on the phone.
First guy, said he went on the internet to shop for insurance 2 months ago, which is when he decided to go with SF. He's 2 months into a 6 month term, he has no reason to shop until the term is up. He said that he's gotten calls from 3 or 4 agents that day, he didn't understand why people were calling him.
Next person. She said the same thing. She went online last month when she bought her car and was looking at quotes. She found someone to go with and she hasn't shopped since.
Third guy. I got the email/text message at 10:02am. I called him at 10:05am. He said I was the 4th agent to call him today. He also stated that he went online over a month ago and shopped around and decided to go with AAA. He went ahead and let me get his x-date, so I'll follow up with him in May.
Also... Netquote guaranteed me that they wouldn't be sharing the leads I get with any other agents that are captive with the same carrier I am. However, they were open that the leads would be given to 4 other agents. Turns out the other agent in town, who is captive with the same company as me, is getting the same leads.
I'm really done this time. I'm convinced that all lead companies lie. But I wanted to post my experience for some of the new guys or people who are always asking about Netquote.
Now I've heard of them and know that they are one of the biggest (or most marketed) players in the game. I was checking out their site when I saw a banner ad that said that they would give you the first 20 leads for free. I jumped on it. I mean, hey, why not?
I called the 800# and the guy said to give him my credit card number, he'd charge $100 on it, and I'd start getting my leads. Nothing would be deducted from my balance until after the 20th lead. If I decided to cancel before my 21st lead I'd get all my money back. Sounded like a good deal to me.
I started getting my leads.
Here I am 2 weeks later and I'm on my 18th lead. The leads are.... crap. I'm not an amateur when it comes to working leads, I know how to do it. But these leads are just crap. Most of the phone numbers do not work. When they do work no one answers. I've tried calling in the morning, afternoon, evening, from my cell phone, office phone, home phone.
Finally in the last 2 days I've hit a hot streak and caught three people on the phone.
First guy, said he went on the internet to shop for insurance 2 months ago, which is when he decided to go with SF. He's 2 months into a 6 month term, he has no reason to shop until the term is up. He said that he's gotten calls from 3 or 4 agents that day, he didn't understand why people were calling him.
Next person. She said the same thing. She went online last month when she bought her car and was looking at quotes. She found someone to go with and she hasn't shopped since.
Third guy. I got the email/text message at 10:02am. I called him at 10:05am. He said I was the 4th agent to call him today. He also stated that he went online over a month ago and shopped around and decided to go with AAA. He went ahead and let me get his x-date, so I'll follow up with him in May.
Also... Netquote guaranteed me that they wouldn't be sharing the leads I get with any other agents that are captive with the same carrier I am. However, they were open that the leads would be given to 4 other agents. Turns out the other agent in town, who is captive with the same company as me, is getting the same leads.
I'm really done this time. I'm convinced that all lead companies lie. But I wanted to post my experience for some of the new guys or people who are always asking about Netquote.
