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Speed is the single most powerful close-rate lever most businesses ignore. Responding within 2 minutes makes you 21x more likely to qualify a lead than responding within 30 minutes. This calculator shows you the exact revenue impact of closing that gap.
Response time benchmark scale
Your response speed grade
Moving to under 2 min unlocks $2,250,000/yr.
Additional deals / month
+37.5
Additional revenue / month
$187,500
Additional revenue / year
$2,250,000
Close rate at under 2 min
95.0%
Responding in under 2 minutes increases your likelihood of qualifying a lead by up to 21x vs. a 30-minute response, per Harvard Business Review research.
Uplift is modeled as a relative multiplier (1x to 4.91x) anchored to the 60-minute baseline. Individual results will vary.
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The 5-minute rule
InsideSales.com found that responding to leads within 5 minutes increases the odds of contact by 100x vs. a 30-minute response. After 30 minutes, odds drop steeply.
21x conversion uplift
The Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science found salespeople who followed up within 1 to 5 minutes were 21x more likely to qualify leads than those who waited 30 minutes or more.
The multiplier model
We model your current response time as a multiplier anchored to the 60-minute baseline. The under-2-minute bucket carries a 4.91x multiplier, derived from published conversion curve data.
What moves the grade
The grade reflects your response bucket: A (under 2 min), B (2-5 min), C (5-15 min), D (15-60 min), F (over 60 min). Most businesses we audit start at D or F.
