I just made 50 agency contacts free to download

i have a $19 lead list with 798 marketing agency contacts across 54 countries. zero sales.

so instead of waiting for someone to trust me with $19, i pulled 50 agencies out of the list and made them completely free.

the logic

nobody buys data they havent seen. would you pay $19 for a CSV from a stranger? i wouldnt either.

but if you download 50 contacts for free, verify a few emails yourself, and realize the data is real — now $19 for the remaining 748 makes sense.

its the drug dealer model. first taste is free.

whats in the free sample

50 agencies across 44 countries. CSV format: agency name, email, website URL, region. same quality as the paid list, just smaller.

i deliberately spread the sample across many regions so you can see the geographic coverage. heavy on english-speaking markets (AU, UK, US, NZ, CA) but also includes agencies from Southeast Asia, Middle East, Africa, Latin America.

why im posting this here

honestly? because IH is where my audience is right now. 38 posts, 0 sales. the content gets reads but nobody buys. maybe free is the right price point to start the conversation.

also: if you download it and the data sucks, tell me. id rather know now than keep selling something broken.

free sample (50 agencies): https://vemtrac.gumroad.com/l/blole
full list (798 agencies, $19): https://vemtrac-outreach.pages.dev/leads

has anyone here used free samples to drive paid conversions? what worked?