Using Wordpress to Sell Leads

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I generate leads on my Wordpress site. Here's how it works:

1) A member of the public fills out a Gravity form on my website, requesting information about a service

2) The Gravity form creates a custom post type (called 'Leads')

3) The professionals, who are members of my site, can then purchase access to that Lead (i.e., pay to see it)

4) The Lead is limited to only one sale, so the professionals can purchase each lead on a first-come-first-serve basis

I know how to do steps 1 and 2. I am looking for advice on how to do steps 3 and 4. I have found both membership and paywall plugins that allow me to sell access to individual posts. The trick seems to be limiting each post to only one sale (after all, each lead should be sold exclusively to the first buyer).

I don't need to go through a third party lead buyers network, as all the buyers are already members of my site.

I am trying to enable these buyers to buy leads without a lot of manual work for each lead on my part.

Does anybody have any suggestions for how they handle lead sales through a Wordpress website?

Thank you.
#leads #sell #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author Skipper
    That sounds actually pretty easy to solve:

    1/ add a custom field 'sold' to the Leads post type.
    2/ select and display only unsold Leads
    3/ set sold when the Lead has been bought

    But then, if coding Wordpress is not your strength, you'll need to find someone who knows how to find the spots to change and implement them "the Wordpress way" : Ideally, all is done via "hocks" from within your functions.php file. That way, template or theme updates go without having to change the code again and again.

    Hope this helps a little!
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    • Profile picture of the author IMHound
      I'm glad I stubble upon this. Skipper - I like your idea, and I'm gonna use it on a lead site I was planning.
      btw: You do mean HOOKs right?

      TrippWest - You get someone from fiver to knock this out for you, shouldn't take long to do nor much $$
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      • Profile picture of the author Skipper
        Originally Posted by IMHound View Post

        btw: You do mean HOOKs right?
        Lol. Yes, certainly! I could write a book about my errors. I make tons of them! I am an error-factory.
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  • Profile picture of the author TrippWest
    Thanks, this makes sense. I guess I could also register a new post status called 'Sold,' and not let anything that appear if it is sold.

    The trick is, as you said, hooking that into one of these Paywall plugins to change the status afterwards. I'll see if I can find somebody on Codeable to do it.

    Thanks for the help!
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    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
      Originally Posted by TrippWest View Post

      Thanks, this makes sense. I guess I could also register a new post status called 'Sold,' and not let anything that appear if it is sold.

      The trick is, as you said, hooking that into one of these Paywall plugins to change the status afterwards. I'll see if I can find somebody on Codeable to do it.

      Thanks for the help!
      When you go to get this done.. ensure you have the rights to the code... what you are going to get coded is very sellable.
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    • Profile picture of the author Skipper
      Originally Posted by TrippWest View Post

      Thanks, this makes sense. I guess I could also register a new post status called 'Sold,' and not let anything that appear if it is sold.
      That is probably not enough. The lead buyer should be able to see the leads they bought, no? Not doable with a post status alone.
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      • Profile picture of the author TrippWest
        Maybe. I'm using the Post Status Notification plugin, so presumably I would email the lead info to the client as opposed to having it appear on screen, but I'd have to give the process some thought.
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