Home Services Lead Marketplaces Charge for Fake and Bot Leads Without Recourse
Contractors on home services marketplaces pay per lead but report that 85%+ of leads are bots, duplicates, or uninterested contacts — with no credit or refund mechanism for provably junk leads. The marketplace's financial incentive is misaligned with lead quality, leaving contractors paying for traffic that never converts. This is a structural fraud and quality accountability gap in the pay-per-lead model.
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Paid lead gen platforms refuse refunds for zero-result leads
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