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✦ Task type · Research and checks

The reply your prospects get, which nobody in the building has read

Your CRM records that the lead was contacted within four hours. It does not record that the email opened with an apology, asked three questions already answered on the form, and never mentioned price.

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Sales response quality is measured internally by speed, because speed is the part a system can see. Everything else is invisible from inside, including whether the reply read like it had been sent to someone in particular.

What to put in the public brief

Keep the company and the scenario private.

What to put in the private instructions

  1. Give a realistic scenario with a real constraint

    A budget, a timeline, a specific requirement. A vague enquiry gets a vague reply and tests nothing.

  2. Ask them to fill the form honestly against that scenario

    And to record exactly what they entered, so you can check whether the reply used it.

  3. Ask them to respond once, then stop

    One reply, then silence. What arrives after silence is the follow-up sequence, and that is usually the part nobody has read.

  4. Ask whether price was ever mentioned

    Unprompted. The number of enquiries that never receive a price without being chased surprises most teams that measure this.

Proof worth requiring

Ask for

What they submitted, screenshots of every reply with timestamps, and one line on whether they would have continued the conversation.

Do not ask for

Recordings of phone calls. Consent rules vary by jurisdiction and by party, and written notes are sufficient for everything you need here.

When this task type is the wrong tool

If enquiries are not reaching the team at all, that is a routing or deliverability problem and an email rendering check or a form test will find it sooner.

If you want to know why prospects who did talk to you said no, ask them. This measures the response, not the offer.

Common questions

Should I tell my sales team?

Tell them a test is happening this period without saying which enquiries. That preserves most of the honesty and avoids the ambush, and the working relationship outlasts the study.

Is it acceptable to submit a fake enquiry?

To your own company, with a realistic scenario, yes. Never to a competitor: that consumes another business's paid selling time under false pretences, and this marketplace will not carry it.

What reward is fair?

Fifteen to thirty dollars. The form takes two minutes; staying reachable for a reply and possibly a call over the following days is the part being paid for.

What should I measure?

Time to first human contact, whether the reply addressed what the form said, whether price appeared without being chased, and how many exchanges before a next step was proposed. Then one sentence on whether they would have kept talking.

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The same job, from the other side. Rewards are set by the poster, so treat these as the range this task type usually sits in rather than a promise.

Usually pays
$15 to $30
You need
An email address and availability over several days
Proof expected
What you submitted, plus screenshots of every reply with timestamps

Reply once, then stop. What arrives after your silence is the follow-up sequence, and that is usually the part being tested.

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Test your sales response

Set the reward and how many enquiries you need. Workers reserve a spot; the company and scenario stay private until they do.

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