The Ping Post Lead Seller’s Checklist: 10 Things You Should Set Up Today

If you’re selling leads in 2025, you can’t just “set and forget” your distribution. This checklist covers the 10 essentials every lead seller needs to optimize a ping post setup.

Sep 3, 2025

4 min. read

Lead Distribution Is Infrastructure Now


In the early days of lead gen, you could pass leads to one buyer, cross your fingers, and call it a day. But now?

Buyers are savvier. Compliance is tighter. And platforms like Standard Information have raised the bar for speed, precision, and performance.

That’s why every serious seller needs to set up the right foundation — and this checklist will help.

✅ 1. Build a Ping Tree (With Fallback Logic)


Don’t leave leads hanging. A ping tree lets you route leads through multiple buyers in milliseconds until one accepts. Set:

  • Priority tiers
  • Response windows
  • Bid floors
  • Fallback buyers

With Standard Information, you can do all of this visually — no devs needed.

✅ 2. Define Buyer Rules and Filters


Not every buyer wants every lead.

Set filters by:

  • Geo (state, ZIP)
  • Age
  • Vertical
  • Source score
  • Lead type

SIO lets you create custom buyer rules on a per-campaign basis — with detailed logs when a lead is rejected.

✅ 3. Use Real-Time Validation


Validate phone numbers, emails, and DNC compliance before a lead goes out. Every bad lead hurts your credibility. Standard Information connects directly to 3rd-party tools in the App Marketplace for:

  • DNC scrubbing
  • TCPA compliance
  • Duplication checks
  • Email/phone validation
  • Blocklist enforcement

✅ 4. Turn on Lead Scoring


Don’t send unqualified traffic to premium buyers. Score leads based on:

  • Source
  • Form behavior
  • Quiz/funnel completion
  • Data enrichment

Then, route differently based on score range — high-scoring leads go to top-tier buyers; lower score leads go to fallback buyers or longtail monetization.

✅ 5. Set Up Dynamic Bidding Controls


Allow buyers to bid more — or less — depending on:

  • Time of day
  • Day of week
  • Lead source
  • Score or funnel path

SIO supports rule-based bidding that adapts automatically — no need for manual price changes.

✅ 6. Use AmeliaAI to Automate Optimization


AmeliaAI, Standard Information’s built-in AI assistant, helps you:

  • Analyze bid behavior
  • Flag slow or underperforming buyers
  • Recommend routing changes
  • Automatically build integrations

Amelia isn’t just smart — she’s practical. She’ll show you where your margins are leaking and how to fix them.

✅ 7. Enable Ping Post Appointments (if applicable)


If you’re selling calls or running appointment-based campaigns (insurance, solar, debt), SIO’s Ping Post Appointments can:

  • Let buyers bid on appointment slots
  • Route by calendar availability
  • Book appointments in real time (in under 2 seconds)

This is unique to Standard Information — and a huge differentiator.

✅ 8. Log Everything (and Actually Use It)


With SIO’s Advanced Logs, you get:

  • Full ping/post trace per lead
  • Rejection reasons
  • Bid values
  • Response times
  • Delivery outcomes

No more “where did that lead go?” Everything is transparent — and searchable.

✅ 9. Integrate Your CRM (but don’t rely on it)


You can push accepted leads to your CRM, but don’t treat your CRM like a ping post system — it’s not built for that.

Use SIO for:

  • Bidding
  • Compliance
  • Buyer logic
  • Monetization

Use your CRM after the lead is sold or routed for follow-up, nurturing, or sales team tracking.

✅ 10. Monitor and Optimize Buyer Performance


Set up alerts and reports that track:

  • Bid rates
  • Win rates
  • Refunds
  • Response speed
  • Average revenue per lead (ARPL)

Standard Information lets you export or automate these insights — so you can prune, reassign, or reward high-performing buyers.

Final Thoughts


There’s a reason top lead sellers use tools like Standard Information — they’ve outgrown spreadsheets, duct-taped CRMs, and outdated routing logic. Ping post is infrastructure. And every part of it needs to be intentionally designed and optimized. This checklist gives you the blueprint. The next step? Go set it up.

Book a demo and see what SIO can do.

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