In 2025, plumbers face more competition than ever online. Between Google’s AI-powered search results and rising lead costs, it’s critical to invest in high-quality, exclusive leads. At Service Direct, we have been bringing high-quality leads to plumbers for over 15 years.
Not only have we been driving quality leads to local businesses, but we have also been working to develop features within our product that give our customers full access to key pieces of data.
This data not only allows our clients to evaluate their success but also helps us give you an idea of what you can expect when buying plumbing leads from Service Direct.
The 2 Primary Methods We Use to Collect Data:
Using these 2 types of data collection, we are able to gather information to paint a picture of what types of calls and the kind of results a plumbing company like yours might see if you partner with Service Direct.
We’ve made several major updates to improve how plumbers get and manage exclusive leads through Service Direct. Here’s what’s new this year:
Together, these updates make it easier than ever for plumbers to save time, improve lead quality, and focus on booking more jobs. It’s all part of our ongoing commitment to delivering the most transparent, efficient, and results-driven lead generation experience possible.
The first step to determining if Service Direct’s lead generation methods are a good fit for your plumbing company is ensuring that you understand exactly how our pay per call system works.
Essentially, when you work with us, we drive phone calls directly to your plumbing company in real time from potential customers in your area. These calls are live and exclusive, which means you won’t have to compete with other plumbing companies to book the job.
Additionally, when you work with us, you set the price that you are willing to pay for plumbing leads and the area that you want to service. With those parameters, we take it from there! You don’t have to do anything other than answer your phone and close the deal.
Other key features of our PPCall lead generation:
We have been working with hundreds of plumbing companies across the country for nearly 20 years. Whether you are a one-man operation or run one of the largest plumbing companies in your area, we have the skills and experience to bring you the leads you’re looking for.
This means putting a strong emphasis on quality over quantity. In other words, we are always working to reduce the number of spam calls, wrong numbers, solicitors, and any other calls that are not from new potential customers.
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51% Percentage of calls where the caller has a service need. |
53% Average first-call booking rate from calls with a service need. |
$1,201 Average job value based on client-reported data. |
Thanks to the features we have implemented over the years to improve the quality of calls we send to our plumbing clients, almost half of the calls we send are potential customers. While we are constantly working to improve that number, 1 out of every 2 calls on average being potential new plumbing jobs is a powerful metric.
Of those calls, our plumbing clients are able to book the job about 53% of the time. When you consider that the average ticket price for won plumbing jobs is reported to be just over $1,200, it’s very clear how much your plumbing company can gain from our lead generation services.
Of course, it’s crucial to remember that we can drive great calls to our plumbers all day long but it’s on them to answer the phone and book the job. Luckily, we work with some great clients—87% of calls we send to our plumbers get answered!
Essentially, if you feel confident in your team’s ability to answer calls and book jobs, you’ll see these types of results with Service Direct.
As anyone with a phone knows, the presence of spam callers is widespread. Unfortunately, this is also the case with pay per call lead generation services. However, at Service Direct, we are continuously striving to decrease the number of invalid calls, such as spam or wrong numbers, that are received by our plumbing clients.
In order to combat this issue, we have recently implemented a Quality Check feature that employs machine learning systems to automatically identify spam calls and wrong number calls with a high level of accuracy.
In addition to our Quality Check feature, our QA team conducts thorough reviews of all calls to determine their eligibility for billing. We also provide our plumbing clients with the option to request a review up to 7 days after the lead is delivered.
Our top priority is providing high-quality leads to our clients, and we are committed to ensuring that they only pay for leads that represent potential new customers.
At Service Direct, we understand the importance of providing our plumbers with complete control over their lead generation campaigns. We know how important it is to have control over your business and when you work with Service Direct you won’t lose the ability to make changes as needed.
To facilitate this, we offer a range of tools and features that enable you to personalize and manage your experience and results. Our user-friendly Campaigns Manager provides all the key information about your campaigns and allows you to make changes quickly and easily.
Additionally, our Lead Manager tool gives you an overview of your leads, including call details and recordings—with transcripts from our new Call Recap Feature, and allows you to submit leads for review.
Our Lead Volume Control feature lets you adjust your campaigns to match your current demand, whether you are able to take on many new jobs or your schedule is fully booked. This includes changing your cost per lead, pausing your campaigns, and adjusting ad schedules to manage the rate at which you receive new leads.
Moreover, we provide our marketplace clients with the ability to adjust their Service Area by adding or removing zip codes as needed. This enables you to better target specific parts of your service area and have greater control over where you are receiving calls from.
One great example of how Service Direct helps plumbing companies grow is Fusion Plumbing & Air. After partnering with us, Fusion saw measurable improvements in both lead quality and overall business performance.
More highlights from their success story:
Fusion’s results show how a well-structured lead generation strategy can make a real impact on day-to-day business operations and long-term growth.
All in all, the above information should give you a better idea of what to expect when buying plumbing leads from Service Direct. Our existing plumbing clients see great success with our lead generation services and you could too, especially if you answer your phone and have the skills to close the deal.
Furthermore, if you work with Service Direct, we’ll provide you with key metrics regularly so that you can optimize your campaigns as you go so as not to waste a single dollar of your budget. If you feel comfortable adjusting your approach to improve your ROI, your plumbing company will thrive at Service Direct.
Editor's note: This blog was originally published in February 2023 and has been updated to reflect market trends and data.