One silent lead is annoying. Five in a row is the kind of week that makes you question whether a lead source is worth it at all. Without any protection, those losses stack. Each dead lead adds to the last, and a bad streak can quietly eat a big chunk of your budget.
On Jobiteer, a streak of silent homeowners doesn't compound the same way, because every unlock is protected on its own.
Each unlock is judged separately
The ghosted-lead refund isn't a one-time courtesy or a monthly allowance. It's a rule applied to every unlock you make, one at a time. For each job you unlock, Jobiteer checks your conversation with that homeowner when the job closes. If they never replied to you and didn't hire you, the credits for that specific unlock come back.
That means:
- There's no cap. It doesn't matter whether it's your first silent lead this month or your fifth. Each one that qualifies gets refunded.
- One lead doesn't affect another. A homeowner who replied on one job has no bearing on whether you're refunded for a different job where the homeowner stayed silent.
- Every refund is visible. Each one shows up as its own entry in your transaction history, tied to the job it came from, with a note in that conversation.
What a bad week actually costs you
Say you unlock several jobs in a week and none of those homeowners ever write back. On a platform without this kind of protection, that's several leads' worth of spend gone.
On Jobiteer, those credits come back as each job closes. The week still isn't fun. You didn't get the conversations you were hoping for. But it doesn't leave a lasting dent in your budget.
One honest caveat: timing
Refunds aren't instant. Each one is decided when that job closes, whether the homeowner closes it, the work is completed, or it closes automatically after a set amount of time. Until then, the lead is still live, because the homeowner could still reply.
So during a slow streak, some of your credits will be tied up in open jobs for a while before they come back. If you're working with a tight balance, it's worth keeping that in mind when deciding how many jobs to unlock at once.
And the usual limit
The protection covers true silence only. If a homeowner replies, even briefly, or hires you, the credits for that unlock stay spent, because you got a real conversation. So a week full of homeowners who reply once and then go quiet is still a tough week. The refund is aimed at the leads where nobody ever answers.
Why it matters
Streaks happen in any business. What matters is whether one bad run can set you back for the month. With every unlock protected on its own, a string of silent homeowners stays a frustration rather than turning into a real financial hit, and you can keep reaching out on good-fit jobs without flinching.