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Rank-and-rent lead generation

We build websites that rank on Google — then rent them to local businesses.

Think of it as digital real estate: we develop the property, earn its place in search results, and lease the lead flow to one local operator. If you run a local business, you can rent one. If you want to build them yourself, we teach the craft.

Two paths, one academy

Whether you want the leads or the skill, it starts here.

Rent a ranking site

For local business owners who want a steady flow of inbound calls — without becoming marketers.

  • A website built to rank for what your customers search
  • Exclusive to your business in your market — one operator per site
  • Inbound calls and quote requests, direct to you
  • No ad spend, no agency retainer, no SEO project to manage
Ask about renting

Learn to build them yourself

For practitioners who want the rank-and-rent business model as a skill — for clients or their own portfolio.

  • How the rank-and-rent model works, end to end
  • Real portfolio examples from live markets
  • How to evaluate whether a market is worth building in
  • How operators think about paying for lead flow
Ask about learning

What is rank-and-rent?

The plain-language version. No jargon, no hype.

1

Build

We build a website for a specific service in a specific city — say, septic installation in Conway, SC — and publish genuinely useful content for people searching for that service.

2

Rank

Over weeks and months, the site earns its place in Google's results. When someone searches, the site is there. The phone starts ringing.

3

Rent

One local business rents the site — and with it, the exclusive flow of calls and quote requests. They do the work; the site does the marketing. Like leasing a storefront, except the storefront is a Google ranking.

Who it's for: local service businesses — contractors, inspectors, installers — that live on inbound calls but don't want to run marketing. And practitioners who see the model and want to build a portfolio of their own.

A real portfolio, not a pitch deck

Every site below is a live website we built and operate. No mockups, no screenshots of other people's work.

12live lead-generation sites
13cities & areas covered
3states
25domains in the portfolio

Portfolio counts are current as of this month and update as we build. These sites are young — most launched in October 2026 — and search rankings take time to develop. We don't publish revenue figures or ranking promises; the portfolio speaks for itself as it grows, and our dashboard tracks it week by week.

Get in touch

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We reply to every serious inquiry ourselves. Your details are never sold or shared.