22 sources · updated weekly
Company & contact databases
200+ countries and regions. Legal entity, size, industry codes, contact roles and email formats, across 60+ fields.
The Lead Engine pipeline
Graded inquiries from decision-makers, every month
A network of scenario sites is the base: a custom outbound email network goes to the buyer, and an automated GEO program gets AI to cite you when the buyer asks. Two lines, one pipeline, one output: qualified inquiries.
How it works
Scenario sites underneath, two lines on top
Outbound email solves "they don't know you yet." GEO solves "they look you up later." You need both for a complete pipeline.
Base
Site network
One site per application scenario. Each site has its own keywords, content and inquiry form.
Two lines in parallel
Outbound line: we go to the buyer
Custom outbound email network
- Find contacts in paid global data sources
- 8-dimension account research
- One-to-one emails
- Five-touch follow-up
GEO line: AI brings the buyer to you
Automated GEO program
Content engineering + structured data + authority signals, so ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini and other AI engines cite you on their own
Output
Graded inquiries
A-grade: ready to quote. B-grade: need to confirm. C-grade: genuine interest. Each arrives on your sales dashboard with its research attached.
Why now: your buyers now ask AI first, and 68% of searches end with zero clicks. Buyers read the AI answer and stop there. See our field tests
7 scenario sites are live today. On a call, we'll share the domains so you can open and check them yourself.
Outbound line
The Bionic SDR
An AI-assisted outbound system modeled on a seasoned export sales rep. Find, research, write and follow up, four stages working together. What we report is a verifiable count of inquiries with their grades, not a send-volume report.
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Find
Filter target companies and contacts by category, market, company profile and buying committee
Standard we holdMulti-source cross-verification; real companies and real decision-makers first
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Research
Build a 360° company profile: business, products, markets and buying signals
Standard we holdDeep account research in 10 minutes; every email uses at least 2 research facts
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Write
Assemble each email from subject, opener, value, proof and ask structures, one email at a time
Standard we hold30,720 structure combinations; no subject/opener combination repeats on the same domain within 60 days
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Follow up
Send Monday to Friday in the buyer's time zone, five-touch follow-up, read reply intent and grade it
Standard we holdDelivery and bounces monitored continuously to protect your sender domains; replies go to your sales dashboard as A/B/C
What "one-to-one" actually means
Not a swapped first name. All five parts of every email are rebuilt from facts about that one company.
30,720email structure combinations
60 daysbefore a subject/opener combination can repeat on the same domain
≥ 2research facts required in every email
Scope of work
1,000+ execution steps and checkpoints
From kickoff to the first inquiries: ICP modeling, infrastructure setup, data collection, cross-verification, account research, copy generation, sending and grading. More than a thousand steps and checks in all.
Timeline
4–6 weeks of setup and warm-up
Most projects run 4–6 weeks of infrastructure build and account warm-up before the first inquiries arrive. No emails go out in this period. We're building infrastructure, verifying data and earning sender-domain reputation.
Self-run test
We ran the outbound line on our own business first
Not a client case: our own chemical export business, our own money and our own buyers.
To be precise: in negotiation, not closed
The European prospect is buyer demand that has surfaced, not a signed contract. Negotiation, quoting, sampling and closing are still underway.
Results to date
- Personalized emails, each one based on account research
- 2,500+
- Inquiries
- 30+an inquiry rate of about 1.2%
- Sample requests
- 6
- Demand from a large European prospect
- 100 metric tons a monthin negotiation, not closed
Data foundation
100+ paid global data sources in six categories, cross-verified layer by layer
Every single source has blind spots. A contact reaches the send list only after all six categories check each other.
28 sources · updated monthly
Customs & trade-flow data
Customs records from 60+ countries. Bill-of-lading detail: product, HS code, quantity, value, buyer and repeat frequency.
24 sources · updated quarterly
Industry vertical platforms
40+ category directories. Specs, certifications, suppliers and distribution tiers, used to match you to the right category.
9 sources · updated weekly
Decision-makers & professional networks
Major professional networks worldwide. Title, current employment, reporting line and tenure, to map the real buying committee.
11 sources · updated monthly
Website & tech profile
Traffic mix, tech stack, hiring and procurement signals that show when a buyer may be ready to switch suppliers.
12 sources · real-time checks
Email verification & deliverability
SMTP-level verification of every address. Validity, risk level, bounce prediction and domain reputation, to protect your sending infrastructure.
Verify first, then send
Only about 14% make it to the send list
Cross-verification funnel
Raw collection100%
Dedup & merge42%
Company verified31%
Role match19%
Email verified16%
Send list14%
Retention rates are averages across multi-category projects and vary by industry and market. A contact that fails any check is dropped: it never reaches the send list and never counts toward delivered inquiries. Verify first, then send. Only about 14% make it through. How we handle personal data and opt-out requests: Privacy & compliance.
GEO line
Your buyers now ask AI first
Engineers check specs, procurement compares suppliers, distributors confirm compatibility, and the first stop is now an AI chat, not Google. SEO optimizes for clicks. GEO optimizes for being the answer AI cites.
900M
ChatGPT weekly active users
2.5B
Google AI Overviews monthly users
68%
of searches end with zero clicks
Buyers read the AI answer and stop there
26%
of brands get zero mentions in AI Overviews
Not mentioned means not considered
Sources: OpenAI (Feb 2026), Google I/O 2026, SparkToro 2026 Q1, Ahrefs. These are third-party public figures; we were not involved in collecting them.
How GEO runs
From audit to a measurable citation share
Visibility audit
Which queries cite you, where competitors show up, and your baseline share of voice.
Content engineering
Spec sheets, comparison pages, FAQs and structured data, generated and deployed across the site network.
Authority signals
Technical documents, industry platforms and third-party mentions that make you credible to AI.
Monitor and optimize
Monthly tracking of your citation share in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and AI Overviews.
The deliverable
A measurable citation share, not a feeling that rankings went up
- We don't mass-distribute press releases or fabricate content.
- GEO is built only on your real, verifiable specs, certifications and supply capability.
- In line with our published quality red lines.
Output comparison
The same outreach job, 10× the output
An experienced rep can research and write 10–15 personalized emails a day. The pipeline does the same research for every email, from about 1,000 a day. And it doesn't get tired, quit or need a pep talk.
Human
Two in-house sales reps
- Payroll from day one: salary, commission and benefits for two people, before the first inquiry
- 20–30 emails a day between them: by the eighth email it's copy-paste, and research runs on gut feel
- Need managing: onboarding, coaching, chasing and retention often cost more than the salaries suggest
- No sends on weekends or holidays: or during sick leave, vacation, or an off week
- 6–12 months before they close on their own: and when someone leaves, their accounts and scripts leave too
Machine
One inquiry pipeline
- Fee: custom quote (Standard plan): scoped to your markets and volume; plan changes take effect the same month
- About 1,000 emails a day and up: email 20,000 gets the same research and personalization as email 1
- No morale to manage: no meetings, pep talks or retention plans
- Sends Monday to Friday in the buyer's time zone: no sick days, no resignations, no breaks
- Scripts and account data stay in the system: if a rep leaves, the pipeline keeps running
| Dimension | Two in-house reps | Outbound line, Standard |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | Your fully loaded payroll for two | Custom quote |
| Emails per day | 20–30 | About 1,000 |
| Emails per month | 440–660 | 20,000 |
| Qualified inquiries per month | About 2 | About 20 (conservative) |
| Cost per inquiry | Payroll ÷ about 2 | Fee ÷ about 20 · try your numbers |
| How you scale | Hire more people; 6–12 months before they close on their own | Move up a plan; effective the same month |
Basis: the Standard plan at 20,000 sends a month and a conservative 0.12% inquiry rate gives about 24 inquiries; we count about 20 as qualified. Two reps produce about 2 qualified inquiries a month.
We don't replace your reps. We replace the part that burns the most time and morale: finding people and the first round of outreach. Same two people. They just stop doing the machine's job.
ROI calculator
Run the numbers with your own team
Enter how many people do outbound today, what each one costs you and how many personalized emails they send. See what the same outreach looks like on the pipeline.
Your team
2
inquiries / month
- Monthly cost
- $10,000
- Emails sent
- 528
- Cost per inquiry
- ~$5,260
Outbound line · Standard
20
qualified inquiries / month
- Monthly reach
- 20,000
- Reps needed to match
- 8
- Monthly fee
- Custom quote
About 10× your current inquiry volume.
Same assumptions as the comparison table on this page: an experienced rep converts about 0.36% of personalized emails into inquiries, 22 working days a month; the pipeline is modeled at a conservative 0.12% inquiry rate, with about 83% counted as qualified. This is an estimate, not a guarantee. Results vary by product, market and the material you already have.
Run a free audit for my product
Cost per inquiry by channel
The same qualified inquiry costs very different amounts by channel
Every figure is per A-grade inquiry (traceable, a real company, the right role, two or more qualifying details). Trade shows are counted at full cost, not just the booth.
| Industry type | Google Search ads | Meta ads | Trade shows (full cost) | Lead Engine pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy industry · long cycles Chemical additives · industrial equipment · pharmaceutical and nutraceutical ingredients |
$390–900 | Rarely produces A-grade | $1,700–4,200 | Lowest of the four · see your quote |
| Electromechanical & food LED lighting / electronics · auto parts · seafood and frozen food · canned fruit and vegetables |
$170–530 | $250–830 | $700–2,500 | Lowest of the four · see your quote |
| Labor-intensive · consumer-facing Furniture / building materials / stone · metal products / sanitary ware / clocks |
$180–420 | $210–560 | $700–1,700 | Lowest of the four · see your quote |
Trade-show cost = booth + build + sample shipping + staff travel. An international trade show typically runs $35,000–83,000 per show, yielding 5–30 A-grade inquiries. Ad costs use the WordStream / LocaliQ 2026 benchmarks (all-industry CPL $66.69, B2B $93.69), divided by an A-grade share of 12–25%. Figures are rounded. For the Lead Engine line, we divide the Starter and Standard monthly fees by that month's A-grade count; your quote shows the figure for your product.
Meta ads struggle with industrial products, a trade show lasts a few days a year, and ads stop producing the day you stop paying. Of the four channels, only the pipeline works every week of the year.
Lead grading and handover
What reaches your team is already graded
We grade each inquiry on how clear the need is, whether the company is real, and the contact's buying role, so your sales team works the ones they can quote, sample or move forward first.
| Grade | Definition | Recommended sales action |
|---|---|---|
| A-grade | Real company, a buying or decision-making role, a clear requirement. Ready to quote or send samples. | Top of the sales dashboard: quote, sample, negotiate |
| B-grade | Buying interest, but specs, volume, timing or decision chain still need confirming | Your rep confirms the requirement and moves it forward |
| C-grade | Genuine interest, but no defined buying window yet | Nurture and follow up |
What we do, and what we don't
The pipeline doesn't replace your reps. It frees them from prospecting and first emails so they can do the work only people can do.
We take over
Finding people, account research, first-round outreach and building your AI visibility. The repetitive, time-heavy, low-yield work.
Your sales team still owns
Negotiation, quoting, sampling, closing and the customer relationship.
Plan fit by industry
Different industries need different plans, not one flat price
Buying cycles, deal size, certification hurdles and repeat-purchase patterns differ, so the right outreach intensity differs too. We model your industry and ICP first, then recommend a plan, the site scenarios and the GEO mix.
| Industry | How buyers are won | Recommended outbound plan |
|---|---|---|
| LED lighting / electronic components | High value per inquiry | Flagship |
| Automotive & auto parts | Strong repeat purchasing | Flagship |
| Canned food / fruit and vegetables / snacks | Needs precise targeting, not blanket volume | Flagship |
| Seafood / frozen food | Large, crowded supplier field | Standard |
| Industrial equipment / specialized machinery | Long cycles, high deal value | Standard |
| Chemicals / plastic additives | Heavy certification requirements; suits long-term account development | Standard |
| Pharmaceutical / nutraceutical ingredients | Slower cycles, high customer value | Standard |
| Furniture / building materials / stone | Volume is there; budgets are tighter | Starter |
| Metal products / sanitary ware / clocks | Fast conversion, lower deal value | Starter |
This tiering comes from our on-the-ground mapping of regional manufacturing clusters. For your market and product, the logic holds but the plan is re-scoped. That's exactly why we don't quote a flat price.
Plans and billing
Outbound billed monthly, GEO billed annually
Many providers "upgrade" you by adding more articles. Our plans step up from being seen, to being recommended consistently, to year-round strategic management. Not by piling on volume.
Outbound line (Bionic SDR)
One-time setup + monthly fee
- Starter1 scenario site · 5,000 sends/month
- Custom quote/ month
- Standard3 scenario sites · 20,000 sends/month
- Custom quote/ month
- Flagship7-site network · 50,000 sends/month
- Custom quote/ month
- One-time setupInfrastructure and site build, account warm-up, ICP modeling and copy sign-off
- Custom quote
GEO line (annual plans)
Billed annually
- FoundationGet AI to understand your company correctly: positioning and entity profile, keyword matrix, technical deployment, AI Q&A testing
- Custom quote/ year
- GrowthGet recommended by AI consistently: multi-country coverage, scheduled monitoring and alerts, competitor-model mapping, multilingual assistant
- Custom quote/ year
- LeaderYear-round strategic management: quarterly strategy sessions, evidence adapted to each market, annual trend report, dedicated support
- Custom quote/ year
- Two-line bundleOutbound line and a GEO plan together
- 30% offthe GEO plan
5,000–50,000
Sends per month
Set by plan; move up or down anytime
Mon–Fri
Send schedule
Timed to the buyer's local time zone
15% off
Outbound, paid annually
Discount for one annual payment
30% off
Two-line bundle
Applied to the GEO plan
Every quote is priced by markets, languages and volume. Sites, domains and sending accounts for each plan are deployed per project; the exact configuration is part of your delivery plan.
Start with a free audit, not a contract
We test your brand and your main competitors across the four major AI models, using real questions from overseas buyers, and deliver a screenshot-backed AI Visibility Audit Report in 3 business days. Then decide: the outbound line, the GEO line, or both.