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Case study · Leads United

A trust problem in lead trading, solved with one transparent marketplace.

Leads United needed buyers and sellers to exchange lead data safely and transparently. We built the marketplace — AI-driven matching, a transaction engine, and validation baked in from the start.

Inside Leads United

From project timeline to delivered data.

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The challenge

Trading leads,
without the trust.

A lead marketplace only works if buyers and sellers trust the exchange — and that meant three things done right: a buyer’s section for posting requirements, a seller’s section with real profiles, and a transaction engine that handled data and funds securely.

None of it works without AI matching, validation and reporting running underneath it. Get the trust layer wrong and there’s no marketplace, just a spreadsheet with extra steps.

Our approach

Four pillars behind the build.

We started with the people who’d actually use it — deep interviews with prospective buyers and sellers shaped every decision that followed.

User research first

Interviews with prospective buyers and sellers, competitor analysis, and journey mapping shaped the marketplace before a line of the product was designed.

An interactive prototype

A working software prototype let stakeholders react to the real flow — buying, selling, quoting — before build began.

A reusable design system

A design system built for consistency and scale, so new marketplace features slot in without a redesign each time.

Agile MVP sprints

The engineering team is running Agile sprints against the MVP, refining it toward a beta release.

The outcome

From concept to a working marketplace.

Leads United today

MVP tested,
beta ahead.

The MVP prototype has been tested and refined, with a robust design system in place and the development team running active Agile sprints toward beta.

Early feedback from stakeholders has been very positive — the platform is positioned for its next stage, not stuck at concept.

MVP testedDesign system livePositioned for beta
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A buyer’s section for posting lead requirements and budgets

A seller’s section with real profiles and lead examples

A transaction engine for secure data and fund transfers

AI-driven matching between buyers and sellers

Reporting and data validation built in from day one

A design system ready to scale toward beta

Timeline

Discovery to active sprints.

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Discovery & design

Q2 2024

02

Development cycles

Q3 2024

03

Positioned for beta

Ongoing

Technologies used

What Leads United is built with.

A deliberately unexciting stack — chosen because it holds up in production, not because it was new.

Working with High Digital gave us the confidence that our desktop app would meet the same high standards as our web platform. Their security-first approach and attention to detail were essential to our success.
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FAQ

Questions, answered straight.

Trust — buyers and sellers only use the exchange if a proper buyer’s section, seller profiles and a secure transaction engine for data and funds all work together, backed by AI matching and validation.
Through interviews with prospective buyers and sellers, competitor analysis and journey mapping, plus a working software prototype stakeholders could react to before the real build began.
The engineering team is running Agile sprints against the MVP, refining it toward a beta release, on a design system built to scale as new marketplace features are added.
Yes — AI-driven matching between buyers and sellers sits alongside reporting and data validation, built in from day one rather than added later.
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