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What is one RFQ actually worth?

Every industrial sales leader has a number in their head. Almost nobody has the real number. Plug in your deal size, close rate, and LTV. See your true revenue per qualified RFQ and the pipeline gap it is hiding.

What you walk away with
  • Revenue per RFQ (real number)
  • Cost of losing one
  • Annual pipeline value
  • Break-even CPA per lead
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Your RFQ economics
$45,900
Revenue per qualified RFQ
Cost of losing one$45,900
Annual pipeline value$11.0M
Break-even CPA$16,065
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Your RFQ economics

Here is the real math.

These are the numbers most industrial sales leaders have never calculated. Updates live.

Expected revenue per qualified RFQ
$45,900
deal size × LTV multiplier × close rate
Margin contribution per RFQ$16,065
Cost of losing one qualified RFQ$45,900
Annual pipeline value$11.0M
Break-even cost per qualified lead$16,065
Upside: close rate + 5 points$14.1M
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What these numbers mean

Why most industrial sales leaders underprice a lead.

The value of one qualified RFQ is not the deal size. It is what the deal becomes over time. Three numbers explain why that matters.

01

Revenue per RFQ

Deal size times the LTV multiplier times your close rate. If a typical customer orders 3x over 5 years, every RFQ is worth 3x its first-quote value. Most teams plan as if it is 1x.

02

Cost of a lost RFQ

You do not just lose the deal. You lose the entire customer lifetime. That is the number to put on the whiteboard before the next pricing meeting.

03

Break-even CPA

The max you can spend to generate one qualified lead and still be profitable. This is the number that tells you whether cold outreach, paid search, or trade shows actually make sense at your scale.