Why most landscaping leads never turn into work
The trouble with buying landscaping and garden leads isn't the price of a single lead — it's how many you pay for and never hear back from.
Most trade directories sell the same enquiry to several businesses at once. You pay to be one of three, four or five firms ringing the same homeowner about the same patio, driveway or garden redesign. Whoever calls first tends to win; everyone else has paid for nothing and done the chasing.
It's baked into how these sites work. On Bark, each lead is sold to up to five professionals, and since November 2025 unused credits expire after three months and aren't refunded (their Help Centre); tradespeople widely report on Trustpilot and MoneySavingExpert that the customer never responded after they'd paid (reported). MyBuilder's own tradesperson terms are blunt about it: the shortlist fee "becomes payable when the Customer's Contact Details are shared with you, and it is not necessary for you to be awarded the job for the Shortlist Fee to be payable." Checkatrade stacks a subscription on top of per-lead fees, and those leads are shared too.
EzDealz flips the model. You don't buy a lead and hope. You get a confirmed appointment — a sat meeting — exclusive to you, with a customer who's expecting your visit.
How it works
We do the finding and the filtering. You turn up to a booked visit.
We find the customer. We run the ads and the follow-up, so you're not paying to advertise and chase at the same time.
We qualify every enquiry by phone. A real conversation — what they want done, roughly what they're looking to spend, and when they're actually around — before anything reaches you.
We book it into your own diary. A confirmed date and time, straight into your calendar via the partner portal. Not a shared booking system you feed availability into — your diary. The appointment is exclusive to one business and never shared with another landscaper.
No sit, no fee. You pay only if the customer is there when you arrive. No contract, no monthly subscription, no credits to buy or watch expire. Your first two appointments are free. It's all part of the pay-per-appointment model, and you get the partner portal, a rep mobile app for visits, and an AI receptionist bundled in.
A shared lead vs an EzDealz appointment
A shared landscaping lead
- Sold to several firms at once — up to five on Bark
- You pay when contact details are shared; winning the work isn't required (MyBuilder's own terms)
- Credits can expire unused after three months (Bark's Help Centre)
- The homeowner may never pick up — you've still paid
- You do the ringing, the chasing and the advertising
An EzDealz appointment
- Exclusive to your business — never shared
- Phone-qualified before it ever reaches you
- Booked into your own diary, date and time set
- No sit, no fee — you pay only when they're there
- No contract, no subscription, first two free
For context: Google charges advertisers £22–£37 per click for trade-lead keywords — a click, not a customer, and one that might bounce straight off. We charge £135 for a booked, exclusive appointment.
The cost per won job, with the maths shown
Exclusive, phone-qualified appointments close far better than shared leads — because the customer booked the time and is expecting you. Across sources, close rates land somewhere between 30% and 50%; we'll model it conservatively at 40%.
Worked example: 10 landscaping appointments at £135 = £1,350. Close four of them (40%) and that works out at £337.50 per job won, on work typically worth £5,000–£15,000 — patios, driveways, full garden redesigns.
Compare that with the shared-lead route. Once you count every lead that never answered, the true cost of a won job on those sites routinely runs from £150 to over £1,000 — and you did all the chasing to get there (reported/modelled).
You're not buying clicks or credits or a place on a shortlist. You're paying, after the fact, for a customer who sat down with you. The full rate card and the reasoning behind it are on the pay-per-appointment page.
What each trade pays per booked appointment
Landscaping and garden appointments are £135 each — charged only when the customer sits. Here's how that sits alongside the other trades we book for.
| Trade | Per booked appointment | Typical job value |
|---|---|---|
| Loft boarding & insulation | £100 | £995–£2,000 |
| Plumbing & boilers | £110 | ~£2,400 |
| Electricians | £120 | £3,000–£8,000 |
| Windows & doors | £120 | £4,000–£9,000 |
| Bathroom fitting | £135 | £4,500–£8,000 |
| Landscaping & gardens | £135 | £5,000–£15,000 |
| Roofing | £150 | £5,000–£13,500 |
| Solar & renewables | £175 | £7,500–£14,000 |
Prices exclude VAT. You only pay when the customer is there for the visit — no sit, no fee — and your first two appointments are free.
Common questions
What exactly am I paying £135 for?
A confirmed, exclusive appointment — a sat meeting with a homeowner who's expecting you, booked into your diary. It isn't a shared lead and it isn't a guaranteed job. If the customer isn't there when you arrive, you don't pay.
Is the appointment really exclusive?
Yes. One appointment, one business. We never sell the same customer to another landscaper — unlike shared-lead directories, where the enquiry goes to several trades at once and you're all ringing the same person.
What does "no sit, no fee" mean?
You're charged only when the customer is there for the visit. No sit, no fee. There's no contract, no monthly subscription and no credits to buy — and your first two appointments are free, so you can see the quality before you spend anything.
How is this different from Checkatrade or Bark?
Those sell shared leads. On Bark each lead can go to up to five pros and credits expire after three months if unused (their Help Centre). MyBuilder's own terms say the shortlist fee is payable the moment your details are shared, whether or not you win the work. With EzDealz you pay for a booked, exclusive appointment — nothing before that point.
Do the appointments go into my own calendar?
Yes — straight into your own diary through the partner portal, with a rep mobile app for the visit itself. You're not feeding availability into someone else's shared booking system and hoping it lands.
What size of jobs are these?
The landscaping and garden appointments we book typically sit against work in the £5,000–£15,000 range — patios, driveways, full garden redesigns. We qualify the budget on the phone first, so you're not driving out to price up a £200 tidy-up.