Window Treatment Lead Companies: What Blind and Shade Sellers Get

We asked five questions about each company. They matter more when every sale starts with a visit to the customer's home.

• Does a request go to one company or to several?
• How does billing work, and what triggers a charge?
• Is there a contract or a minimum spend?
• What does the company credit back when a lead is bad?
• Who owns the website and the customer's details?

Who else can receive a request depends on the product, so we don't guess. Read the terms for the product you'd use, and see our guide to shared lead policies for how.

We found little on the last question for these three, so we return to it in the section on choosing.

Every company page cited here was checked on 23 October 2026, along with the FTC and SEC pages that name Angi. Companies change prices and policies, so check each detail on the company's own live page before you sign.

We don't rate or rank anyone here, including ourselves.

We sell owned lead websites and memberships ourselves, through Trojan Digital Marketing, so we describe that option in a separate section after the company write-ups.

This post covers in-home design consultations. A homeowner replacing windows has a different product and inquiry path, so our window replacement lead company comparison covers that buyer.

The table sums up what each company's own pages say. “Not published” means we found no company page we can cite for it.

Angi

Angi's own job listing says its salespeople sell two contractor products: Angi Ads, formerly Angie's List, and Angi Leads, formerly HomeAdvisor. Angi's 2025 annual report describes full-priced leads within a monthly budget and access to discounted leads in a subscription package. Angi's site for homeowners has a window treatments page and a blind installation page, so ask Angi what it sells to pros in those categories. An Angi annual report filed with the SEC describes consumer connection fees as fees pros pay for matches, whether or not the pro provides the requested service.

Thumbtack

Thumbtack's help center says the price of a lead changes with the job's type and size, the market and how many pros are available. The same help article says a weekly budget caps spend, and leads stop until the budget resets the following Monday. Another Thumbtack help article says you set your own price for each service, and prices at or near the minimum can rise when Thumbtack changes the minimums. Thumbtack's blind and shade installer page lists drape and curtain installation and window blind repairs among its listings.

Bark

Bark's US seller pricing page says sign-up is free and lets you view leads without paying, with credits spent only when you contact a customer. The same pricing page says there's no commission and a seller pays a one-off fee to respond to a lead. A Bark help article says a lead's credit price varies with service and job size, and that specialist services typically cost more than general ones. Bark's US window treatments page is for custom curtains or ready-made blinds.

This section describes what Trojan Digital Marketing sells, so read it as the seller's own account. We describe it the way our pages do, and we link them for prices.

Garrison is the microsite software from Trojan Digital Marketing. Our owned lead generation page says Garrison builds a network of 100 to 1,000 websites under your branding, with the domains registered to you. The sites are aimed at homeowners in the suburbs you serve who search for what you sell.

For window treatments, our custom window coverings page describes branded sites for shade, blind, shutter and drapery businesses. It says the sites should start from room priorities and product fit, then lead to a clear consultation request.

The page says the first form should ask about the project area, the number of rooms or openings and the products the homeowner likes. It also says to let the homeowner say they're unsure.

Your own staff takes the calls and reads each form that comes in. An owned network doesn't bill you by the lead, and we don't resell its inquiries to competing companies.

A homeowner can still visit other showrooms or ask another company for a proposal. Our window coverings page says so, and our owned lead generation page says a homeowner can still contact another company.

The trade-offs

• The sites need time to earn search visibility. Search engines make the final call on what they index and show, so nobody can promise a ranking.
• Lead counts aren't guaranteed. Your market and the towns you cover shape how many inquiries come in.
• Availability depends on the market. We confirm your city list and routing before you buy.
• Window treatment networks aren't offered in Indiana.
• A network starts at 100 sites, so it's a bigger commitment than paying per lead.

Prices, tiers and renewal terms are on the owned lead generation page, so we don't repeat them here.

Our membership comparison page sets our monthly and pay-per-lead memberships beside other providers. Its prices are for roofing and water restoration, so for window treatments, ask us what's available in your market.

A window treatment sale starts with a visit. A consultant drives to the home, shows samples, measures the openings and writes a quote. Because each visit costs real time, judge a lead source by sold projects.

“Blind and shade buyers want someone in the house to measure. Ask whether the person asked for an in-home visit or just filled out a form. That one detail changes what the lead is worth.”

Jeff Clerisier, founder of Trojan Digital Marketing

Count the cost of the whole visit

The lead price is only the first cost. Add the drive, the samples and the quote work for each consultation.

Try the math with made-up numbers. They aren't any company's price. Say a lead costs $60 and one in five leads books a consultation. That's $300 per consultation.

If one in three consultations sells, each sale carries $900 in lead costs before drive time and samples. Our guide to cost per lead and cost per qualified lead shows how to track the same chain with your own numbers.

Bark's help center ties a lead's credit cost to the service and job size, so check what a window treatment lead costs before you buy a pack.

Ask who else gets the request

If several companies get the same request, you can arrive at a home where the owner has already picked someone else. Our post on questions to ask before buying contractor leads helps you get a clear answer before you pay.

Plan for response time and budgets

If your consultants are in homes most of the day, decide who answers new requests before you buy any leads. Our guide to speed to lead shows how to set that up.

Thumbtack's help center says leads stop once the weekly budget is used up, so set the budget to the number of consultations your team can run.

Bark's refunds article says a credit pack is refunded in money only if it's completely unused, so buy only the credits your calendar can use.

Decide what counts as a bad lead

Write down which leads your team would call a miss. A homeowner who's only browsing, a product you don't carry or a town you don't serve might all count.

Then ask each company which of those it credits. Bark's help center describes a starter pack offer that returns the credits you actually used if you aren't hired, and you can claim it only once.

Know who keeps the customer's details

Ask each company whether you can take the homeowner's messages and contact details with you. Also ask what stays with you if you stop paying. The domains on an owned network are registered in your business name.

Ask how the company backs up its job claims

A lead is only a request for a consultation. A sold project comes later.

A January 2023 FTC press release announced an order that requires HomeAdvisor to stop deceptively marketing its leads and to pay up to $7.2 million. An April 2023 FTC press release says the FTC approved the final order against HomeAdvisor, Inc.

The January release calls HomeAdvisor, Inc. a company affiliated with Angi. Angi's 2022 annual report to the SEC says the company disputes the FTC's allegations.

Whatever company you pick, ask for the proof behind any figure about how many leads turn into jobs, and compare it with your own sold projects.

Start with a small test

Pick one marketplace and test it with a limit. Use the weekly budget on Thumbtack or Bark's option to view leads before you pay. Then track each request through to a sold project before you spend more.

An owned network takes time to build search visibility and starts at 100 sites. It fits when you want the source of your leads to stay yours.

When a request arrives

Whatever the source, the first call sets up the consultation. Cover these points:

• Confirm which rooms and openings the homeowner wants covered, and which products interest them, such as shades, blinds, shutters or drapery.
• Find out who else helps make the decision, so the right people are home for the visit.
• Ask when they want the work done.
• Offer two times for the visit, and confirm by text or email with the address.

Write down where each request came from on that first call. Then every sold project traces back to its source.