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Questions about PermitPub leads, delivery, and monthly access
PermitPub monitors supported public-record sources, filters obvious unrelated activity, organizes the fields each source provides, and delivers matching records from your selected markets by CSV Monday through Friday. Review exactly what the service includes before you pay.
PermitPub provides filtered public-record sales signals, not enriched, exclusive, or guaranteed buyers. Available fields vary by public source.
21-dayactive-record window
WeekdayCSV delivery Monday through Friday
Up to 250records and 5 markets on Field Rep
Non-exclusivestandard public records
Before you subscribe
Know what this is and what it is not.
PermitPub is useful when a salesperson can turn current permit, license, location, and project activity into a call, visit, mailing, route, or research task. It is not a list of guaranteed appointments or fully enriched decision-makers.
PermitPub may fit you if:
- You sell into openings, buildouts, remodels, permits, licenses, occupancy changes, or other location-based activity.
- You can research, call, mail, or visit a current public-record signal.
- You value a focused weekday CSV more than an unlimited historical database.
- You understand that early signals often arrive before complete contact information appears.
PermitPub is not the right product if:
- You require a verified decision-maker on every row.
- You require a phone number and email address on every row.
- You expect every record to represent an active buyer.
- You expect exclusive prospects under the standard $29 subscription.
- You need guaranteed appointments, closed sales, or unlimited bulk exports.
The product
What PermitPub Provides
What exactly is a PermitPub record?
A PermitPub record is a filtered, source-backed public filing or record that may show a business, property, or project changing. Examples include permits, licenses, registrations, sign activity, occupancy filings, tenant improvements, remodels, and related public records. The record gives a salesperson a timely reason to investigate. It does not promise that the subject needs what the salesperson sells.
Are these enriched or verified prospects?
No. PermitPub does not add missing phone numbers, email addresses, owners, contractors, or decision-makers to the standard feed. PermitPub organizes the fields supplied by the public source and may standardize labels or create a plain-English headline to make the record easier to work.
Does every record mean someone is ready to buy?
No. A record shows current public-record activity worth evaluating. PermitPub does not independently confirm buying intent, an available vendor decision, a final opening date, or that the business is actively shopping for the subscriber's service.
What kinds of public records can appear?
Depending on the market, source, and selected sales focus, PermitPub may include building permits, business licenses, registrations, seller or sales-tax records, sign permits, occupancy filings, tenant improvements, commercial buildouts, remodels, and related public activity. Not every record type is available in every market.
Are standard PermitPub records exclusive?
No. Public records remain public, and standard PermitPub subscriptions are non-exclusive. The subscription pays for PermitPub's monitoring, collection, filtering, organization, and delivery service. Protected distribution or exclusive access requires a separate written agreement.
Source-backed details
Freshness and Record Fields
How fresh are the records?
PermitPub's active member inventory uses the stated 21-day active-record window. Supported sources are monitored throughout the day, but each public agency controls when and how its records are published. Fixed Actual Demo Records may later become older than 21 days, but their collection details show that they met the active-record rule when PermitPub collected them.
What can I see before subscribing?
Public pages let you confirm current inventory counts, broad record categories, market activity, and locked record summaries. Exact live names, addresses, record numbers, source links, exports, and other actionable details remain locked until monthly access begins.
What is the difference between Live Inventory and Actual Demo Records?
Live Inventory shows whether PermitPub has current matching activity in the market and sales focus you searched without giving away the exact records. Actual Demo Records are a small, approved set of genuine public records shown separately so visitors can inspect the product format and the real variation in public-source fields.
Do all records include phone numbers?
No. PermitPub includes a phone number only when the public source supplies one. A missing phone number is not a record-quality defect when the delivered record accurately reflects the source.
Do all records include email addresses?
No. Public permit, license, registration, and sales-tax sources often do not publish a clean decision-maker email address. PermitPub includes source-supplied email fields when available and leaves them blank when they are not.
Do all records include exact, mappable addresses?
No. Many building-permit records include a project or business location, but some sources publish only a partial location, parcel reference, market, filing type, or description. Records with usable locations may include map links. Records without a mappable location remain available with the other fields the source supplied.
Are source links included?
Member records include source information, and PermitPub includes a direct public record link when a stable source URL is available. Public previews keep source-specific actionable details locked until access begins.
Field Rep Access
Plans, Delivery, and Account Access
What does the $29 Field Rep plan include?
Field Rep Access is $29 per month for one producer. It includes up to 250 assigned matching records per billing period, up to five selected local markets or National Feed, one active sales focus, one user, one delivery email, weekday CSV delivery, CSV history, Lead Desk, and mapping when usable locations are available. The subscription renews monthly until canceled.
What happens after I pay?
Create or sign in to your PermitPub account before checkout and use the same email for the account and Stripe payment. After payment, choose up to five local markets or National Feed, select one active sales focus, and confirm the delivery email. PermitPub attaches deliveries, CSV history, downloads, and Lead Desk access to that account.
When will I receive the first records?
After payment and feed setup, PermitPub prepares up to 50 of the newest available matching records from the selected coverage. The exact first-delivery count depends on current qualified activity. New matching records continue Monday through Friday until the monthly allowance is reached.
How often are CSV files delivered?
New matching records are delivered Monday through Friday, once per weekday. PermitPub does not promise Saturday or Sunday CSV delivery.
How does the 250-record monthly allowance work?
A record counts against the monthly allowance when PermitPub assigns it to the account. Downloading the same file or record again does not consume another record. Unused allowance does not roll over, and new assignments pause when the monthly allowance is reached unless the account moves to a larger plan.
How are High-Risk Merchant matches classified?
For selected local markets, PermitPub prioritizes strict High-Risk Merchant signals and may
add same-market standard Payment Processing prospects when strict inventory is below the
delivery target. Every delivered record identifies match_type as
strict_high_risk or supplemental_payment_processing, and supplemental
records are never represented as strict matches.
National Feed with the High-Risk focus is strict-only. Its monthly record allowance is a maximum, not a guaranteed delivery total when qualifying inventory is limited.
Can I change markets or sales focus during the month?
Markets and the active sales focus can be selected before the first records are assigned. After records have been assigned, market or sales-focus changes take effect at the next billing renewal under the current plan rules. This prevents one subscription from being rotated through every market and category during the same month.
Can I use the CSV in my own spreadsheet or CRM?
Yes. PermitPub emails spreadsheet-ready CSV files and keeps delivery history in the member area. The files can be opened in a spreadsheet or imported into a compatible CRM. Standard access is for the buyer's internal sales and prospecting use and does not include resale or redistribution rights.
What are Lead Desk and mapping?
The CSV is the core product. Lead Desk is an included convenience for notes, status, priority, contacts, and follow-up dates. Mapping and route tools are available when a record contains a usable location. Records without a complete location remain in the CSV with the other source-supplied fields.
Coverage choices
Markets, National Feed, and Larger Needs
What does National Feed mean?
National Feed is a coverage option, while the selected plan controls delivery volume. Lower plans can use national coverage under their monthly record cap; it does not mean unlimited nationwide searching, exports, or historical access. High-Volume National Feed supports up to 10,000 matching records per billing month and is the standard plan that can be configured with statewide feeds.
Does Field Rep Access include unlimited search or historical bulk exports?
No. Field Rep Access is a focused record-delivery subscription. It does not include unlimited on-demand searches, historical bulk exports, API access, resale, redistribution, shared team use, or custom research. Larger and custom options are available separately.
Why are some markets light or at zero?
Public sources differ in volume, update speed, coverage, and the fields they publish. A light market may still have useful current records. A zero market means PermitPub does not currently have enough qualified matching preview records to show. A zero-result state should offer a market request or notification option instead of pushing a subscription.
Can I request a city, county, state, or data source?
Yes. Use Request a Market for a city, county, state, or source you want PermitPub to evaluate. Requests help determine which sources move up the collection and qualification queue. A different publicly available and crawlable source may also be considered for a custom data feed, but PermitPub does not promise that every source can be accessed or maintained reliably.
Request a MarketWhat if I need more than five markets, 250 records, or one user?
Use the Larger Plans page for broader territory, team, national, and custom options. Field Rep Access is for one producer. Team sharing, additional recipients, larger record allowances, additional markets, and configured high-volume coverage belong on a larger plan.
What is protected or exclusive access?
Standard access is shared. Protected distribution requires a separate written agreement in which PermitPub limits distribution of a specifically defined market, category, or territory during the paid term. It does not make public records private, automatically include adjacent markets, or guarantee record volume or sales.
Practical policies
Record Quality, Billing, and Support
What record problems qualify for review?
PermitPub reviews records reported as duplicates, outside the stated 21-day active window, assigned to the wrong selected market, materially inconsistent with the cited public source, or clearly outside the selected record filter. Confirmed issues may be replaced or credited under the current terms.
What does not count as a record-quality problem?
A missing phone number or email address, an unavailable decision-maker, an existing vendor relationship, lack of customer interest, an uncertain opening date, or an unsuccessful sales attempt is not a record-quality defect when the delivered record accurately reflects the public source.
Do you guarantee appointments or sales?
No. Nobody can honestly guarantee a closed sale from public permit or license data. PermitPub stands behind the stated record-quality standard, not the result of the subscriber's research, timing, outreach, pitch, follow-up, or territory conditions.
Can I cancel monthly access?
Yes. Field Rep Access renews month to month and can be canceled before the next renewal through the available Stripe billing path or a written support request that can be matched to the account email. The current Terms of Service control billing and cancellation.
How do I get help with billing, markets, or setup?
Use the Contact page, call the PermitPub office at (805) 995-9942, or email support@toprankcommerce.com. Include the email used for the PermitPub account and Stripe checkout when asking about billing or access so the request can be matched correctly.
Need a human?
Ask before you subscribe.
PermitPub is operated by Bob Bryant in Newbury Park, California. If you are unsure whether the feed fits your territory or the way you sell, ask before paying. Call (805) 995-9942 or send a message through the Contact page.
Check before you buy
Confirm current activity in your market.
Search Live Inventory to confirm that PermitPub has matching current records in the markets and categories you care about. Exact live details remain locked until monthly access begins. Start the $29 Field Rep plan only when the available activity fits how you prospect.