Published 2026-08-10. Estimates only; no product testing or real-world outcome study has been performed.
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Published 2026-08-10 · Updated 2026-08-10 · Research and model: Inquory Research. AI assistance supported research organization, drafting, implementation, and quality checks. Independent agent reviews examined the economic model, privacy boundary, accessibility, rendering, and release controls; no human or qualified-professional review is claimed. Read the method and disclosure boundary and the corrections process.
Updated estimate: monthly opportunity after modeled cost $95.00; break-even inbound leads 104.5 / month.
Estimated operating case
A transparent estimate, not a promise.
- Modeled recovered leads / month
- Modeled recovered jobs / month
- Modeled gross-profit opportunity / month (CAD)
- Labour capacity value / month (CAD; not cash savings)
- Monthly equivalent cost (CAD)
- Estimated monthly opportunity after modeled cost
- Estimated first-year opportunity after modeled cost
- Estimated simple setup payback
- Modeled cost per recovered lead
- Modeled net return on cost (%)
This fixed-cost break-even varies lead volume while holding conversion, gross profit per job, recurring cost, and usage cost fixed. It is the volume needed for modeled gross-profit opportunity plus labour capacity value to equal recurring cost plus setup cost spread over the evaluation horizon. Capacity value becomes cash savings only if spending actually falls.
Sensitivity analysis
Recovery success and admin time reduction move 25% lower or up to 25% higher, capped at 100%, while conversion, price, lead volume, and costs stay fixed. Opportunity after modeled cost can move by more than 25% because fixed costs do not move. These are deterministic scenarios, not confidence intervals, forecasts, or evidence of likely performance.
| Scenario | Modeled recovered leads | Modeled gross opportunity | Opportunity after modeled cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recovery and time reduction 25% lower | 6.3 | $671.25 | -$128.75 |
| Your assumptions | 8.4 | $895.00 | $95.00 |
| Recovery and time reduction up to 25% higher | 10.5 | $1,118.75 | $318.75 |
Interpretation boundary
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- Calculated output
- Arithmetic from the inputs currently shown.
- Estimated opportunity
- Modeled gross-profit opportunity plus labour capacity value, less modeled costs.
- Actual cash savings
- Not calculated or claimed.
- Potential revenue
- Not calculated; the model uses gross profit per completed job, not revenue.
- Guaranteed outcome
- None. Every operational input remains an unverified assumption until measured.
Formula ledger
Every output has a visible path.
- Missed leads = inbound leads multiplied by missed-lead rate.
- Modeled recovered leads = inbound leads multiplied by missed-lead rate and recovery success.
- Modeled recovered jobs = modeled recovered leads multiplied by recovered lead-to-job conversion.
- Modeled recovered gross-profit opportunity = modeled recovered leads multiplied by conversion rate and average job gross profit.
- Labour capacity value = eligible hours multiplied by hourly cost and time-reduction rate. This is not automatically a cash saving.
- Monthly gross opportunity = modeled recovered gross-profit opportunity plus labour capacity value. These components are assumed additive; remove overlap from the inputs if the same value would otherwise be counted twice.
- Monthly equivalent cost = recurring monthly cost plus setup cost divided by the evaluation horizon.
- Estimated monthly opportunity after modeled cost = modeled gross-profit opportunity plus labour capacity value minus monthly equivalent cost.
- Estimated first-year opportunity after modeled cost = 12 times monthly gross opportunity minus 12 times recurring monthly cost and the one-time setup cost. It assumes the modeled monthly case holds for all 12 months; changing the amortization horizon does not charge setup more than once.
- Simple setup payback = one-time setup cost divided by monthly gross opportunity minus recurring monthly cost. It is unavailable when monthly gross opportunity does not exceed recurring cost, and it excludes financing, tax, timing, and changing monthly results.
- Modeled cost per recovered lead = monthly equivalent cost divided by recovered leads. It is unavailable when no recovered lead is modeled.
- Modeled net return on cost = estimated monthly opportunity after modeled cost divided by monthly equivalent cost, multiplied by 100. It is unavailable when modeled cost is zero and is not an observed return.
- Fixed-cost break-even inbound leads = the remaining monthly equivalent cost after labour capacity value divided by missed-lead rate, recovery rate, conversion rate, and average gross profit per job. It assumes recurring and usage cost do not rise with lead volume.
Calculations use unrounded numeric inputs. The interface rounds currency to cents and most counts, percentages, and month values to one decimal only for display.