I've seen mixed reviews about approvedindex.com but when i spoke to them, they said that they have improved there services since 2008 and i noticed that there arent any bad reviews about them in recent times. So any news about them would be very much appreciated.
I would also like to know if there are any other web design leads generation services out there that provide qualified leads on a pay per lead basis?
I've also found the following:
theukwebdesigncompany.com (sells each lead to a maximum of 4 buyers)
theseed.com (reffering all customers to approvedindex because they have too many clients. Are they the same company or friends with benifits??)
getbiz.com (i havnt contacted them yet so dont know how much they charge)
AVOID APPROVEDINDEX LIKE THE PLAGUE...... THEY ARE A GREAT BIG CON. I own a web design company and made that very mistake...... for the 1st month they only sent 4 leads per week,
1 lead was only interested in a local designer yet they were the other side of the country so wouldnt speak to us YET THE STILL SENT US THEM.....
1 lead was after a website that was above our price and difficulty criteria YET THEY STILL SENT US THEM...............
1 lead didnt have any funding whatsoever for a Website (in fact some where on benefits ????) and
ONLY 1 LEAD OUT OF THE 4 PER WEEK EVERY WEEK PASSED AS A LEAD
YET THEY STILL TRY TO BULLY US INTO PAYING FOR THE LEADS !!!!!!!!!!
MONTH 2 we put the Account on hold - YET THEY STILL SENT LEADS THAT WE DIDNT OPEN, AND THEY STILL ARE TRYING TO CHARGE US EVEN THOUGH THEY AGREED TO PUT THE ACCOUNT ON HOLD - DO NOT USED APPROVED INDEX
DO NOT USE A COMPANY CALLED COMPANEO, THEY CHARGE A SET UP FEE BECAUSE THEIR LEADS ARE THAT POOR AND THEY EXPECT TO LOSE YOUR BUSINESS AFTER MONTH 1, AFTER ONE MONTH AND A MASSIVE COST AND NOT ONE RESULT OUT OF THEM (
THEY SEND LEADS THAT ARE REALLY JUST CONTACT DETAILS OF SOMEONE THAT HAS THOUGHT ABOUT GETTING A WEBSITE BUT NOT REALLY THAT BOTHERED OR EVEN INTERESTED AND STILL EXPECT YOU TO PAY FOR THEM !!!!!!!! COMPLETE USELESS AND TOTAL LIARS
DO NOT USE QUOTE QUEEN, AFTER MUCH EXPENSE AND ODD ALMOST TRAINED RESPONSES COMING FROM EVERY SINGLE LEAD WE PAID FOR I DID SOME RESEARCH AND
DISCOVERED THAT THE OWNER ALSO OWNS A WEBSITE DESIGN COMPANY HIMSELF WHICH IS A TOTAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST CONSIDERING THEY ARE MEANT TO BE SELLING US UNIQUE UNTOUCHED WEB DESIGN LEADS !!!!!!!!
HE IS SELLING ON HIS DUFF LEADS OR LEADS OUT OF YOUR AREA WHEN HE KNOWS THAT THE CLIENT WONT SIGN WITH US !!!!!!!
I KNOW BECAUSE WE OFFERED NEXT TO NOTHING AND STARTED SIGNING DEALS AND THEN GOT AN EMAILS SAYING THE MD WAS DEAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE THEN RANG AND ASKED FOR HIM AT HIS WEBSITE COMPANY AND
THEY PASSED US THROUGH TO HIM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT A CON ARTIST - AVOID QUOTEQUEEN
Now I am unlike Most of the techy Web Designers out there and have been heavily involved in Sales most of my working life and in some impressive positions and have started companies from scratch.......... so if we dont sell it, it probably cant be sold and since these are generally new companies we are calling or small business
WHY WOULD THEY NEVER ANSWER THE PHONE !!!!!!
After being ripped off by Approved Index, Companeo and Quote Queen.....
We have gone back to the drawing board and learnt to find our Own leads, they are all selling naff leads that are either sold on to everyone, or they get first bite of the cherry or the customer isnt really interested anyway...... why pay £30 + for someones contact number and name......... because that is all you get
And if anyone attempts to say they are any different, I know loads of companies that have had exactly the same experiences with them all
Dave
Jist Website Design
