soldi · internal research · for abdullah, abdul & zak to decide · numbers are targets, not commitments
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Monetizing the data

Fair Home Cash collects motivated-seller leads. Here's every proven way the leaders turn that data into revenue, the full menu of levers for us — and the calls only you three can make. Grounded in our June 4 competitive-intel.

What the leaders do

How the proven players monetize lead data

The models we studied — and what each one charges.
PlayerModelPricingNotable
PropertyLeadsPay-per-lead auction (the model we clone)$30 nat'l / $75 state / $125 county · $1,500 depositSEO-only, ~$5M ARR with 13 people. Launched live transfer (warm call to top bidder) Mar 2026.
iSpeedToLeadAI-scored multi-source marketplaceper-lead + appAI "DealPredictor" grade + call summaries, 750 leads/day, 40k members, mobile app.
MotivatedLeadsVetted leads, multi-channel$300+/lead or $2,500/mo retainer"We invest ourselves too" credibility angle.
CarrotDIY — sell the site, not the lead$69/mo SaaSSelf-reports 30%+ of top "motivated seller" rankings.
PropStream / DealMachineSell the data, not leads$99/moSkip-tracing, comps, 160M-property DB. Investors build their own pipeline.
Our menu

The Soldi monetization levers

Everything we could turn on. The first four are the buyer ladder (live in the Market preview); the rest are add-ons to decide.
Our wedge

Where the incumbents are weak

Our openings, straight from the competitive teardown.
Their weaknessSoldi's edge
$1,500 deposit barrier$500 deposit — half theirs, built-in advantage
Store-credit refunds onlyReal cash refunds
$125 county bids price out small investors$50–75 county tier
SEO-only — ~6 months to rank a marketPaid Meta/Google/TikTok — live in days
Blind bidding (rumored price inflation)Transparent live bids on the Floor
No tools beyond leadsMini-CRM + 3-second AI comp runner included
The why

Unit economics

Why any of this is worth doing.
Ad cost $20–30/lead Resale $100–250/lead Margin $70–220/lead
At scale: 1,000 buyers × 1 lead/day × $5 platform fee = $5K/day  ·  10,000 buyers = $50K/day — the Abdullah vision.
Your call

Decisions for Abdullah, Abdul & Zak

The few choices that set the whole model.
Exclusivity model — exclusive-only (cleaner, premium), or add a non-exclusive tier (3–5× the revenue per lead, lower price)?
The buyer ladder + numbers — confirm the three tiers (pay-per-lead / Standing Order / Territory), the $500 deposit, and the volume-discount steps (15% / 25%).
AI grade + call summary, and live transfer — ship them as premium products, or hold? Zak pulled the AI summary from the buyer UI; the question is whether it's a paid feature at all.
Platform fee / 3rd-party sellers — open Soldi to other lead-gen sites now, or after our own supply is proven?
Interim revenue — sell FHC's first leads to PropertyLeads (guaranteed buyer) while Soldi's buy-side fills, or route everything to Abdul at cost?