Online auction of leads

摘要

A method of directing a service provider to a prospective client is provided. The method comprises the steps of providing a lead category, receiving bids from at least one service providers to purchase leads categorizable under the lead category, and receiving a lead of a prospective client categorizable under the lead category after the receiving bids step. Also, the method may further comprise the step of routing the received lead to the service provider with the highest bid and/or routing the contact information of the service provider with the highest bid to the prospective client.