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For the solo cleaner who's done paying for dead leads
Real homeowners near you, scored before you pay and sold to no more than 3 cleaners — never 30. If a lead's a dud, you get your money back. Most run $24–$45, and your first one is free.
San Diego, CA · 92103
You pay $30 for a “lead.” You call in five minutes. No answer. Turns out 29 other cleaners got the same name — and after the third ring, the homeowner stops picking up.
That's not bad luck. It's the business model. The big lead sites get paid every time they resell that name, so the more cleaners they sell it to, the more they make. You against 30 isn't a glitch — it's how they print money.
We built the opposite, on purpose.
| Thumbtack / Angi | The fair dealCleanerFlow Leads | |
|---|---|---|
| Cleaners per lead | Up to 30 | A hard cap of 3 |
| Lead quality | Pay first, find out later | Scored before you pay |
| Bad lead | Your loss | Refunded |
| Your first lead | Full price | Free |
| Who wins when a lead is junk | They do | Nobody — we eat it |
How a CleanerFlow lead works
Before a lead is ever listed, it's graded on whether the homeowner is reachable and the job is real. You see that score before you spend a cent.
Each lead goes to a maximum of 3 cleaners — then it locks. No 30-way pile-on, no reselling the same name to the whole city.
If a lead turns out to be a dud, you get refunded. You should never pay for a name that goes nowhere.
One house cleaning in San Diego pays you around $150–$250. Turn it into a weekly or biweekly client and it's worth thousands a year.
A lead here costs $24–$45 — and because only 3 cleaners can ever get it, your shot at booking it is real, not a lottery.
Close one lead and it pays for the next four to six. Everything after that is profit.
Your first lead is free — so you risk nothing to judge the quality yourself. After that, if a lead's a dud, we refund it. It's built into the system, not buried in the fine print.
I'm a solo founder in San Diego, not a venture-funded lead mill. I built this because I watched cleaners get burned by 30-way auctions. So here's exactly how it works, nothing hidden:
If you're the first cleaner in your ZIP, you're a founding cleaner — and you help shape what this becomes.
“Leads are always dead.”
That's why every lead is scored on reachability before you pay — and refunded if it's a dud.
“I'll be one of a swarm again.”
You won't. The cap is hard-coded at 3. There's no setting to raise it.
“$24–$45 is a lot if I don't book it.”
Your first one's free, the cap gives you real odds, and one booked job pays for four to six leads.
“You're brand new — why trust you?”
You shouldn't yet. So the first lead's free and duds are refunded. We earn it lead by lead.
“Is there a contract?”
None. Pay per lead, cancel nothing — there's nothing to cancel.
Thumbtack sells your lead to 30 people and gets paid whether you book or not. We cap it at 3, score it before you pay, refund the duds, and give you the first one free. See what's live in your ZIP — free.
We open San Diego ZIP by ZIP, and every lead locks at 3 cleaners. The earlier you're in your ZIP, the more leads you see before the seats fill.