Publish Cost Calculators.
Earn From Every Lead.
Publish calculators on CostSignals and earn revenue share on leads with an active creator plan. The platform handles hosting, SEO, and lead delivery — you focus on choosing the right calculators for your audience.
Why Publish on CostSignals?
7,800+ Calculators
Home services, personal finance, legal, and B2B calculators — each with localized cost data based on real market pricing by ZIP code.
Earn Revenue From Leads
Creators on a paid plan earn 20% of lead revenue generated from their published calculators. Track earnings in your dashboard and receive payouts via Stripe Connect.
Built-In Search Traffic
Every calculator page on CostSignals is optimized for search — structured data, FAQ schema, and local keywords bring organic visitors directly to your calculators.
Qualified Lead Capture
Users entering project details and contact info are actively planning a purchase. These leads connect to local contractors and service providers through our marketplace.
Use Cases
Contractors & Home Service Pros
A roofer publishes a roof replacement calculator on CostSignals. Homeowners find it through search, enter their ZIP code and project details, and the roofer receives qualified leads.
Trade Associations
An HVAC trade group publishes calculators for furnace replacement, duct cleaning, and heat pump installation. Members receive leads from homeowners in their service areas.
Home Service Aggregators
A contractor directory publishes cost calculators across dozens of trades. Each calculator captures leads that route through the marketplace to local pros.
Content Partners
A home improvement publisher partners with CostSignals to add calculators to their vertical coverage. Readers get real estimates and the publisher earns lead revenue.
Built for Quality and Performance
We validate every calculator against real contractor pricing data before it goes live. Here is what powers the accuracy.
Search-Engine Ready
Each calculator page includes structured data (JSON-LD), canonical URLs, and FAQ schema markup — the same signals Google uses for rich snippets and featured answers.
Real Market Data, Not Guesses
Cost ranges are sourced from HomeGuide, Angi, and HomeAdvisor project databases, cross-referenced with RSMeans construction cost data and updated quarterly.
Fast, Mobile-First Pages
Calculator pages are server-rendered and optimized for Core Web Vitals. Consistently scores 90+ on PageSpeed Insights across LCP, CLS, and INP.
Fully Hosted Platform
CostSignals hosts, serves, and maintains every calculator page. No infrastructure to manage — publish your calculator and let the platform handle the rest.
How Calculator Moderation Works
Every calculator published on CostSignals goes through a multi-step review process before it reaches users.
Submit for Review
When your calculator is ready, submit it from the creator dashboard. Our team reviews every submission for formula accuracy, output plausibility, and content quality.
Admin Review
A CostSignals admin validates field definitions, checks output ranges against industry benchmarks, and verifies no duplicate or misleading content.
Publish or Revise
Approved calculators go live immediately with a public URL. If changes are needed, you receive specific feedback and can resubmit after editing.
Ongoing Quality Gate
Published calculators are continuously monitored. If issues are detected — formula errors, outlier outputs, or trust violations — the calculator is flagged for re-review.
What You Get
Platform at a Glance
Browse Calculator Categories
Explore the calculator verticals available on CostSignals. Each category has dozens of specialized calculators ready for lead generation.
How You Earn
From publishing a hosted calculator to receiving a Stripe Connect payout — here is the full monetization flow for creators on a paid plan.
Publish a Calculator
Choose a calculator template, configure it for your service area, and publish. CostSignals hosts the page with SEO, structured data, and lead capture built in.
Users Find It via Search
Homeowners searching project costs on Google find your calculator page. They enter their ZIP code, project details, and contact information to get an instant estimate.
A Lead Is Created
Each submission passes five automated quality checks (bot detection, email validation, deduplication) and enters the CostSignals lead marketplace as a verified, high-intent lead.
A Buyer Purchases the Lead
Contractors and service providers with active subscriptions purchase leads matching their vertical and service area. Portal buyers unlock details from their wallet balance; webhook buyers auto-accept.
You Earn 20% Revenue Share
Creators on a paid plan earn 20% of each lead sale generated by their calculators. Earnings accumulate in your creator dashboard and pay out via Stripe Connect when your balance reaches $25.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Quality Standards & Enforcement
CostSignals enforces deterministic quality standards across all published calculators. Here is how admin oversight works.
Every submission is tested at minimum, typical, and maximum inputs. Outputs must fall within published industry cost ranges.
Admin reviewers validate field definitions, formula accuracy, and output plausibility against HomeGuide, Angi, and RSMeans benchmarks.
Published calculators are periodically re-validated. Outlier outputs or formula regressions trigger automatic exclusion from the public sitemap until corrected.
Rejected or flagged submissions include specific, actionable feedback. Creators can edit and resubmit immediately.