The revenue sitting dormant in your own database.
Every business with a lead history has a pile of enquiries that never converted — not because the customer said no, but because the timing wasn't right. A progressive, no-pressure sweep reconnects with them and re-qualifies whoever's still interested. One database sweep recovered roughly $180,000 that had already been written off.
$950 per campaign — see full pricing below.
in one real sweep
a genuine sale
recovered
not a subscription
The problem
A "no" is rare. A "not right now" is normal — and gets treated like a no.
Most enquiries that don't convert immediately aren't lost because the customer decided against you. They're lost because a real decision — often a big-ticket one — got deferred. Finance, timing, a competing priority. The interest was genuine. It just didn't happen on the schedule your pipeline expected.
Without a system to periodically revisit them, those enquiries just accumulate in the CRM, quietly written off as dead weight nobody has time to work back through.
Manually working back through hundreds of old enquiries isn't a job anyone has time for.
A generic mass blast reads as spam and can burn the list instead of reactivating it.
Nobody tracks which dormant leads are actually worth revisiting first, so the easy wins get missed.
Source: Sydney solar & battery company case study — see the full results below.
Source: Sydney solar & battery company case study — see the full results below.
How it works
A progressive sweep, not a mass blast.
The database is worked through systematically, oldest and highest-value first — not everyone contacted the same way on the same day.
What it can actually do
Built to reconnect, not to spam.
The whole approach is designed around the fact that these people already said no to being blasted once — a heavy-handed campaign burns the list. This is built to earn a second look.
Segments by real signal
Dormancy, original enquiry value and any hint of continued interest — not a flat, everyone-gets-the-same-message approach.
One considered message, not a blast
A genuine, low-pressure check-in with a real reason to reconnect — updated pricing, a rebate change, a new offering.
Re-qualifies against today's numbers
A reply doesn't assume the original enquiry details still hold two years later — pricing, availability and fit get rechecked.
Runs progressively, not all at once
The database is worked through over weeks, oldest or highest-value first, so replies can be handled properly as they come in.
Honours every opt-out
Anyone who doesn't want further contact is removed from the list — permanently, and before any future cycle.
Works with a messy database
A CRM export, a spreadsheet, a partially organised list — it's built to work with what you actually have.
Logs the full history
Every contact, reply and outcome is recorded to your CRM, so a lead's full reactivation story is visible, not just the final result.
Repeatable, not one-and-done
The same database can be periodically re-swept as new dormant enquiries accumulate — most clients run it every six to twelve months.
The entire point of this solution is treating a stalled enquiry as deferred revenue rather than a lost cause. It only works because it's careful — one well-timed, genuinely useful message, re-qualification instead of assumption, and an opt-out that's actually honoured. Done carelessly, the same idea just burns a database instead of recovering value from it.
Who it's for
Anywhere a decision gets deferred, not declined.
Solar & home improvement
Quotes for big-ticket, considered purchases that stall on finance, timing or a competing priority.
Recover the decision, not just the lead.Trades
Quoted jobs that went quiet over budget, scheduling or a change of plans.
Reopen the door without sounding pushy.Professional services
Proposals and enquiries that lost momentum once the initial urgency passed.
Reconnect when circumstances change.Property & real estate
Past enquirers who weren't ready to act at the time they first reached out.
Stay front of mind for the right moment.Case study and results
Over $180,000 that had already been written off.
Shared with the client's permission — they're a happy, referenceable client who's simply asked to stay unnamed beyond "a Sydney solar and battery company," since exactly how they're recovering this much dormant revenue isn't something they want handing to competitors.
Two years of solar and battery enquiries had accumulated without a system to revisit them — over 1,000 people who'd asked for a quote and gone quiet. A progressive sweep worked back through the database, oldest first, sending a single no-pressure reconnect message to each and re-qualifying whoever replied against current pricing.
Before and after
The database didn't grow. What happened to it did.
Nothing about how new enquiries come in changes. What changes is what happens to the ones that go quiet.
What's sitting dormant in your database
A rough, honest number — not a sales line.
Drag the sliders to roughly match your own database. This gives a directional estimate, not a guarantee — but it's a more useful starting point than a generic industry average.
The default 3% reactivation rate matches the real, measured result from the Sydney solar & battery company case study — your own rate will depend on list quality, dormancy age and industry.
Database size × reactivation rate × average converted-lead value. Directional only — individual results vary by industry, list age and quality.
Pricing
One campaign fee. Not a subscription.
Indicative pricing while we finalise our published rate card. We'll confirm your exact number on the call once we understand your database size and situation.
Priced as a burst against your existing database, not an ongoing monthly service. Two or three recovered jobs typically covers this many times over — the solar case study alone recovered roughly $180,000 against a single campaign fee.
What's included
Frequently asked questions
Everything owners actually ask before saying yes.
Your dormant leads — enquiries that never converted — are segmented by how long they've been quiet, the original enquiry value and any signal of continued interest. Each is sent a short, no-pressure reconnect message giving a genuine reason to get back in touch. Anyone who replies is re-qualified against your current pricing and availability, then handed to your team as a real next step.
That's the main thing this is built to avoid — it's one considered, well-timed message per enquiry, not a blast. The tone is a genuine check-in with a real reason to reconnect (updated pricing, a rebate change, a new offering), not a hard sell, and anyone who says no or doesn't want contact is respected and removed from future cycles.
These are people who gave you their details by enquiring directly with your business, which is a meaningfully different starting point to cold outreach — but exact consent requirements depend on how the original enquiry was captured, how long ago, and what channel (SMS and email have different rules under Australia's Spam Act and the Do Not Call Register). We'll review your specific database and capture method before anything goes out, and every message includes a genuine, honoured opt-out.
It varies by industry, list quality and how long the leads have been dormant, so treat any number as a starting estimate, not a guarantee. One Sydney solar and battery company's two-year database reactivated at roughly 3% — modest on paper, but a meaningful amount of revenue on a database of over 1,000 enquiries. Smaller or fresher lists may see a higher rate; older, colder lists may see less.
A one-off campaign fee, not a subscription — it's priced as a burst against your existing dormant list, not an ongoing monthly service. Most businesses re-run a sweep periodically, every six to twelve months, as new enquiries accumulate in the dormant pool, but each sweep is its own campaign rather than an automatic recurring charge.
The mechanism works anywhere a decision is significant enough to get deferred rather than declined outright — solar and home improvement, trades quoting bigger jobs, professional services proposals, property enquiries. It works best on considered purchases with real dollar value behind them, less so on low-value, high-frequency transactions.
They're removed from the list and not contacted in any future reactivation cycle. Every message includes a genuine opt-out, and honouring it is treated as a hard rule, not a courtesy — a database's long-term value depends on people trusting that a no is actually respected.
It's built to work with whatever you actually have — a CRM export, a spreadsheet, even a partially organised list — rather than requiring your data to be perfectly clean first. Part of the setup is working through what's usable, what's outdated, and what needs a sanity check before anything goes out.
It runs progressively rather than all at once — typically a few weeks from the first message to the database being fully worked through, since replies need time to come in and get re-qualified properly. It's deliberately not a single mass blast on day one.
No. It replaces the manual work of deciding who to contact and writing that first reconnect message. Once someone replies and is re-qualified, your team takes it from there — the quote, the site visit, the actual sale.
Because this involves reviewing your specific database and consent position before anything is sent, it typically takes one to two weeks from your call to the first messages going out.
Indicative pricing is $950 per campaign — a one-off fee against your existing dormant database, not a monthly subscription. See the pricing section above for what's included, and we'll confirm your exact number on a short call once we understand your database size and situation.
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