DatalotReviews of datalot.com

Very unethical company, they lie to you about lead qualifications and send you very low intent leads that have NOT been screened properly. They just worry about emptying your bank account. Agents I have never not made an ROI with my leads until I ran into DATALOT, STAY AWAY

Customer service is Great I will give them that. The sales people make great promises that don't show up in the quality of calls. The calls are the lowest quality of calls that I have seen yet. Most of the customers you cant understand or they think there getting 40k in free insurance. I was paying $101.00 for a lot of the calls and you get somebody on the phone that cant even hold a conversation. Ten calls not one person worth a $5.00 lead...

Charge for calls that are out of your demographic area.

If zero stars existed that is what I would award. I am not a new agent, I've been around. Previous to going independent I worked for a national call center, so this type of work is not new to me. These leads are not quality. They often come in thinking they are receiving "free insurance", or are people with zero income. I could go walk the streets of Atlanta and talk to people with zero income for free. The truly disgusting part of this business is the fact they will not refund you for leads that disconnect less than a minute into a call. You will pay over $70 for 50 seconds. I don't know about you but I could hire a dedicated appointment setter and buy some aged leads for a heck of a lot cheaper than that. I spent $1400 dollars in 10 days. I could have paid someone to make calls for me at $17.50 for 80 hours for that sum. I made one sale from Datalot for $200. 7 of those calls at $70-$78 a pop were calls that were less than 3 minutes that the person either hung up on me, or was not looking to actually purchase anything. For a comparative I have spent $29 on FB marketing and made $3000. This is not a company that is part of that "good, cheap, or fast" conundrum. They are not good. They are not cheap. I will give them fast, they keep the calls flowing, but fast is clearly their only priority. The transfers are unprofessional, the call quality is poor, and their refund system is disgusting. Stay away from Datalot.

Beware of the 5 star reviews! Pay attention to the 1/2 star reviews. My leads were great during my onboarding phase. The day after onboarding concluded, so did the leads. I have been shown "volume charts" that do not correspond to the number of calls I was receiving on a daily basis from 11 states I am licensed in. The reason I was given as to why I wasn't receiving any lead calls is that my bid was too low. Interesting enough us that during the entire onboarding phase my acerage per lead price was just $63+/-. But the day after my onboarding concluded I was told I would need to raise my bid to nearly $80 per lead. The volume chart showed how many calls had come in from each state I use. The numbers are nowhere near corresponding with the number of calls and cost per I incurred. I have emailed & called Paloma Oliver's, Kathleen Shugg and Leslie McKenzie about this. Not one of these people has responded to me. STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY!!! I WISH I HAD!!!

Turned on my Data Lot at 8:45 PM EST hoping to catch a LIVE TRANSFER call before calling it a day. Five minutes later the phone rings twice as I am reaching for the phone in an attempt to answer. I never picked up and the operator forwarded the contact's name and number to the site as a billed called. Out of curiosity I called this fella from Birmingham AL.....he had been shot earlier in the day and was involved in a very severe car accident shortly thereafter. I asked him if he worked and his response was.......not in over a year. He continued to state, after being released from the hospital he was online looking for health insurance. Please note, this is a $130 lead and the operator billed me when I was not even allowed to answer the call. I emailed Rachel Holdman with Data Lot asking for a credit of which she denied. I reviewed with her the fact the phone only rang twice and I never spoke with the prospect during the LIVE transfer. At the beginning of my contract I was informed I would be given 45 seconds to determine the status of the prospect......try zero seconds......can you say..."LAWSUIT?"

Wish I could 0 star this company. Not only is their lead system bogus, their refund policy is too! Datalot misrepresents EVERYONE in the life insurance industry. Ads using copy such as “Get $500k for $20 / mo” just as bait and switch for browsing clients. “VA Benefit” Ads who are specifically targeting Veterans which in my opinion is VERY unethical. Now on top of that, their screening method for “health conditions” was described to me as “black & white” you know what that means? You still MAY receive a client with health conditions and NOT be applicable for refund. Only Datalot’s “specified” conditions. Leads me to believe they use Robocallers to grab them, then use the agent (you) to steal your time & money too by using a bid strategy system. Which now is upwards of $120 / call. Good luck if you’ve made it this far and still decide they are going to be a good fit for your business. Because THEY aren’t even a business. Hope this helps all new agents from what we all have been through.

Worst Company for live transfers! They have ads that misrepresent future clients by offering ads that say (YOU CAN GET $20 for $100k Coverage) and, the clients 73 years old. Very unethical company, and just pure degusting. They use unethical ads, and don't refund there customers for getting people they cant help due to their ads. They lie, and there bidding system is pure fraud. They make you keep bidding higher and higher to the point its over $100 dollars per call.