MUNDELEIN, Ill. — 20 October 2026
Lead Smart Inc, a pay-per-call and lead-generation affiliate network for home services founded in 2008, today reaffirmed that its full publisher payout file will stay public, with no login or application required. The extract taken on 20 October 2026 lists 396,092 ZIP-code-level payouts across 26 home-service and legal services in 41,395 ZIP codes and every US state, showing the minimum a publisher can expect to earn for a qualified call or booked appointment before any traffic is sent.
Payment terms are now an industry issue
The Affiliate & Partner Marketing Association’s Advertiser Payments Code of Conduct, published in January 2026, cites the association’s 2025 Voice of the Nation research, in which 51 percent of surveyed publishers said payment issues have a moderate to significant impact on their businesses, and asks advertisers to state their validation windows publicly. Trade publication Affiliate Times reported in September 2026 that some large CPA networks have introduced quality-scored payouts that float above or below listed rates for each affiliate.
Lead Smart’s approach is the opposite of a private rate card. Its coverage file is resynced daily from live buyer demand and shows the payout for every service in every covered ZIP code to anyone who opens it.
What the file shows on 20 October
| Service | ZIP codes covered | Median publisher payout |
|---|---|---|
| Biohazard cleanup | 10,100 | $224.50 |
| Water damage | 22,384 | $204.00 (top $507.00) |
| Fire damage | 18,278 | $199.00 |
| Siding | 7,295 | $120.00 |
| Garage door | 5,013 | $81.50 |
| Mold removal | 13,278 | $66.00 |
| Pest control | 35,283 | $42.50 |
| Roofing (pay-per-call) | 27,170 | $42.00 |
| HVAC | 22,656 | $36.75 |
| Plumbing (pay-per-call) | 24,730 | $33.08 |
| Electrical | 19,161 | $24.50 |
| Appliance repair | 25,011 | $8.25 |
Minimum expected publisher payouts per qualified call or booked appointment, Lead Smart public coverage file, extract of 20 October 2026. Home-service-only median $34.38 (legal services excluded). The file reprices in both directions: water damage’s median rose from $192.50 in the 3 October extract to $204.00, while legal rows have swung sharply as buyers added and withdrew low-value coverage. These are repricings of a live market, not trends.
A publisher should know what a call is worth before spending a dollar on traffic, not after the invoice. We have put the whole payout file in public because it settles most arguments before they start. If a number moves, it moves for everyone, and anyone can see it.Matthew Zivkovic, founder, Lead Smart Inc
Transparency is the cheapest support we offer. A new publisher can open the file, find a ZIP code where water damage pays two hundred dollars, and build a site for that market. Nobody has to ask an affiliate manager for a rate card.Seth Pikus, chief executive officer, Lead Smart Inc
Every service, every covered ZIP code, no login: affiliate-bid-coverage.leadsmartinc.com. Where demand lands by hour and trade: U.S. Home Services Inbound Call Index, Q3 2026.
About Lead Smart Inc
Lead Smart Inc is a US-based pay-per-call and lead-generation affiliate network specialising in home services. Founded in 2008 by Matthew Zivkovic and led by CEO Seth Pikus, Lead Smart connects more than 10,000 registered affiliate publishers worldwide with buyers across more than 200 home-service categories plus legal verticals, serving an estimated 50,000-plus home-service business locations nationwide. The network has paid more than $50 million to affiliate publishers across Lead Smart and its predecessor businesses, maintains live payout coverage in all 50 states, Washington DC and Puerto Rico, has been voted a top-three pay-per-call network in OfferVault’s Top Networks Survey for seven consecutive years, is ranked #5 among more than 400 pay-per-call networks in mThink’s 2026 Blue Book, and was named to the Inc. 5000 in 2023 at No. 2,449. Learn more at leadsmartinc.com.
Media contact
Lead Smart Inc · 75 E Division Street, Suite B, Mundelein, IL 60060 · (855) 466-5542 · info@leadsmartinc.com.
Sources
Payout figures: Lead Smart public affiliate bid coverage file, extract of 20 October 2026 (comparison: extract of 3 October 2026). Affiliate & Partner Marketing Association, Advertiser Payments Code of Conduct v1.0, January 2026. Affiliate Times, September 2026.