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How Does Annuity Appointment Pricing Actually Work?
Why the number on the sales page isn't the number that matters, and what to ask instead.
Pricing for guaranteed annuity appointments in this category is typically asset-tiered and disclosed on a call rather than published on a page, because the qualification gauntlet behind the price — the asset floor, the priority lane, the screening depth — changes what's actually being delivered.
The number that actually determines whether a price is worth paying isn't the sticker figure — it's the effective cost of a kept appointment, which depends on the show rate behind it. This guide explains how pricing logic works across the category without publishing a figure, why that's a legitimate practice rather than evasion, and the one calculation every producer should run before comparing any two vendors on price alone.
Why Pricing Is Asset-Tiered and Call-Gated
A single flat price can't reflect what's actually different between two delivered appointments in this category. A prospect qualified at the entry asset floor and a prospect qualified in a priority lane well above it are not the same unit of supply — the screening depth, the intent verification, and the downstream case potential all shift with the tier. Pricing that flexes with the qualification tier is pricing that reflects what's actually being delivered, rather than averaging two different products into one number.
That's why pricing in this category is typically discussed on a call rather than published on a page: the right price depends on which tier fits your practice, and that's a fit conversation, not a menu lookup. It's also why call-gated pricing has become the norm among vendors selling a genuinely tiered, qualification-first product. A single published number, by contrast, is often a signal that the qualification behind it isn't tiered at all — it's the same undifferentiated supply at every price point.
What's the One Number That Actually Matters?
Two vendors can quote two different prices per appointment and still deliver the same real cost — or two vendors can quote the same price and deliver wildly different real costs. The number that resolves that isn't the price per appointment. It's the effective cost per kept appointment, and it depends on one variable most sales pages never mention: the show rate.
Effective Cost Per Kept Appointment = Generation Cost ÷ Show Rate
Where generation cost is what you pay to have an appointment delivered to your calendar, and show rate is the share of delivered appointments that actually show up for the conversation. A lower generation cost paired with a low show rate can cost more, in effect, than a higher generation cost paired with a high show rate. A no-show that isn't replaced has an effective cost approaching infinity — real money spent, zero conversations delivered.
This is why a guarantee changes the math. Under an uncapped, replace-until-shown guarantee, show rate effectively drops out of the equation — every no-show gets replaced at no additional charge until one shows. Under a model with no guarantee, or a capped one once the cap is exhausted, every no-show inflates the denominator against you, and the effective cost climbs with every empty chair.
Run this calculation using your own numbers — not a vendor's claimed average — before comparing any two offers on sticker price alone. It's the only price comparison that reflects what you actually paid for.
Why Don't We Publish Pricing?
We don't publish a price because the price genuinely isn't fixed — it's asset-tiered, and the tier that fits your practice depends on details a page can't ask you about: your current book, the asset range you're built to serve, and where the priority lane fits your capacity. Publishing a single number would mean either overstating what an entry-tier producer should expect to pay, or understating what a priority-lane producer's qualification standard actually costs to deliver.
We also don't publish a number because we'd rather you run the effective-cost math above with your own figures than anchor on a sticker price before you've evaluated the qualification standard behind it. A price with no context about show rate or asset floor is close to meaningless in this category.
What we do instead: the application takes a few minutes, qualification is instant, and pricing is part of the same conversation as calendar access — not a separate gate you have to clear first.
Four Questions That Get Past the Sticker Price
Whether you're evaluating this offer or comparing it to another, four questions get past the sticker price to what you're actually paying for.
- 1What show rate should I expect, and is there a guarantee behind it — capped or uncapped?
- 2Does the price change with the qualification tier, and if so, what determines which tier I'd be in?
- 3If an appointment no-shows, do I pay again for the replacement, or is it covered under the original price?
- 4What happens to my effective cost per kept appointment if my show rate comes in lower than expected?
A vendor who can answer all four specifically is pricing a real, guaranteed unit of supply. A vendor who can only answer the first question — the sticker price — is pricing a name on a calendar and hoping you don't ask about the rest.
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