# Introduction to Leads

> Track each prospect from first contact to won or lost, and find where each action lives.

Source: https://jobwisepro.com/help/leads/introduction-to-leads
Category: Leads
Updated: 2026-10-22

A lead is a sales opportunity for one [contact](/help/contacts/introduction-to-contacts). Each lead sits in a stage on the [**Leads**](/go/leads)
board, and from its panel you can mark it won, lost, or abandoned.

## Add a lead

Add a lead by hand from the stage where it starts.

1. Click **Add lead** at the bottom of a stage column.
2. Choose a **Customer** in the **New lead** dialog.
3. Optionally enter a **Deal value (USD)**.
4. Click **Create lead**. It stays disabled until you choose a contact.

The new lead is created in the column you clicked, assigned to you, with the source
Manual entry.

Leads also arrive from other sources:

- A contact form on your site creates a contact and a lead with the source Website form
  when the form's create a contact and lead setting is on.
- A booking on your public booking page creates a contact and a lead, titled with the
  appointment type. The lead's source is Website form.
- A lead from Angi is created when Angi is enabled for your organization, with the source
  Referral.
- Each service quoted through an instant quote creates its own lead when the request has
  a contact on file. The lead's source is Website form, and its deal value is the service's
  total.

Instant quotes linked to a lead appear as cards on its **Overview** tab, showing each
quote's status and total.

Angi setup is in [Receive leads from Angi](/help/leads/receive-leads-from-angi).

## Move a lead through the pipeline

Move a lead to another stage by dragging its card on the board.

1. Find the card in its current column.
2. Drag the card onto the new stage column.
3. Release the card where it belongs in that column.

The card sits in the new column, and the move is listed in the **Activity** tab.

> **Note:** Dragging needs edit access to the lead pipeline.

Quotes and invoices on a job linked to a lead can move that lead. A sent
[quote](/help/quotes/create-a-quote) moves an open lead to Quote Sent, an accepted or
converted quote moves it to Quote Approved, and a paid
[invoice](/help/invoices/collect-a-payment) marks it won. Moves only go forward and only touch open
leads. Automation is covered in
[Automate lead stages](/help/leads/automate-lead-stages).

## Win, lose, or abandon a lead

Close a lead from its panel once the deal is decided.

1. Click the card to open the lead's panel.
2. Click **Mark won**.
3. Review or change the **Final deal value (USD)**, which starts at the lead's deal value
   or 0.
4. Click **Confirm won**.

The panel closes. The lead stays on the
board with a status badge.

To mark a lead lost or abandoned, choose that outcome in the panel and confirm in the
dialog. Both close the panel.

A closed lead shows a reopen action in place of those outcome buttons, and reopening
adds a Reopened entry to the **Activity** tab.

## Remove a lead

Delete a lead from its panel to remove it from the board.

1. Click the card to open the lead's panel.
2. Scroll to the bottom of the panel.
3. Click **Delete lead**.
4. Click **Delete** in the dialog.

The lead leaves the board.

> **Warning:** Deleting a lead cannot be undone. Linked jobs, quotes, and bookings stay in
> your account but are no longer linked to the lead.

## Pipelines and stages

- The default setup creates one pipeline named Leads, with seven stages in order: New,
  Contacted, Quote Sent, Quote Approved, Won, Lost, and Abandoned.
- Won, Lost, and Abandoned start collapsed. Clicking a stage header toggles it.
- The **New pipeline** dialog takes a **Pipeline name** of up to 80 characters.
- Only admins and owners add or change stages.

Stage setup is covered in
[Customize pipelines and stages](/help/leads/customize-pipelines-and-stages).

## Who can do what

Your role sets your access to leads.

- With view access, you can see the board and
  [Win Rates](/help/leads/track-win-rates-and-activity).
- With edit access, you can add, move, and close leads, and add notes and tags.
- With full access, the **Delete lead** button appears in the panel.
- Creating a pipeline needs edit access to settings.
- With **View (assigned)**, the board shows only leads assigned to you, and you can't change them.
- With **Edit (assigned)**, you can also move, update, tag, note, close, and reopen those leads,
  but you can't create, reassign, or delete leads. Win Rates and Activity stay hidden at both levels.
- **Convert to job** appears on an open lead with no job yet, when your role can edit jobs.
  The panel asks for a service address first when the contact has no address on file. Jobs are covered in
  [Introduction to Jobs](/help/jobs/introduction-to-jobs).