A Lead You Never
Call Back Is Waste.
The most expensive lead is the one you paid for and never answered. Before spending another dollar on acquisition, it is worth fixing what happens in the five minutes after the form submits — and making sure the resulting customer list belongs to you, not to a platform.
Packages from $500/mo. The website we build is yours to keep.
Contractor CRM and automation handle what happens after a lead arrives: fast response, consistent follow-up, booking, and a customer record you own. Response speed is the single largest controllable factor in conversion, and the resulting list is an owned asset you can market to repeatedly.
Own It or Rent It
What You Keep
When You Stop Paying.
This is the only question that matters when comparing marketing channels. Everything on the left is an asset that stays with your business. Everything on the right disappears with your next invoice.
✓ You Own This
- ✓ A customer list you can export and keep
- ✓ Call and form tracking tied to your number
- ✓ Repeat and reactivation revenue from past jobs
✗ You Rent This
- ✗ Contact details held inside a marketplace account
- ✗ Messaging that only works within a platform
Build the channels you keep.
We build and run owned marketing for home-service contractors starting at $500/mo. From the Black tier up, the custom website is free — and it is yours, whether you stay with us or not.
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Questions
Frequently Asked
How fast should a contractor respond to a lead? +
Within five minutes if at all possible. Home-service buyers typically contact several contractors and often hire whoever responds first with a clear answer. Speed is usually a cheaper win than buying more leads.
Do I need a CRM as a small contractor? +
If you are losing track of follow-ups or cannot say where a job came from, yes. The core value is not the software — it is having a customer list and an attribution trail you own, so you can market to past customers and know which channels actually pay.
Can I see the leads Contractor Bear generates? +
Yes. Every tracked lead appears in your Growth Hub CRM dashboard in real time. Tier changes are driven by attributed lead volume, so you can always see the same numbers we do.
Stop renting your lead flow.
Contractor Bear builds the channels you own — a website on your domain, a Google Business Profile you control, and rankings that keep working between invoices. From $500/mo, and you keep the site either way.