A customer is worth something to you and this costs $49/month. Here is the arithmetic, with the limits it runs under.
Every tool in this category quotes a reply rate before it has seen what you sell. This page will not. The invitation count below is the one the product enforces, 20 a day at most after a ramp from 5. The rates and the deal size are yours. Nothing you type is sent anywhere.
At these rates it pays: $3,413 of customers against $147 of subscription, 23.2× over 3 months.
It breaks even at a deal worth $43. Yours is $1,000.
Over 3 months that is about 910 invitations (270 in the ramp month, then 320 a month), 228 accepted at 25%, 34 replies at 15%, and 3.4 customers at 10%. The subscription is $49 a month.
Each bar is the previous one multiplied by the rate you set. The invitation count is the product's ceiling, not a forecast.
Show as a table
| Step | People |
|---|---|
| Invitations | 910 |
| Accepted | 228 |
| Replies | 34 |
| Customers | 3 |
The rates are yours. The only numbers this page owns are the invitation ceilings and the price, and both are constants in the source. What our own accounts got, week by week, is on the numbers page; type those in if you would rather start from a measured week than a guess.
Worked example at the defaults
At a $1,000 deal, 25% accepted, 15% of those replying and one reply in 10 closing, 3 months under these limits is about 910 invitations, 34 replies and 3.4 deals, $3,413 against $147; it breaks even at a deal worth $43.
- 910 invitations over 3 months
- 270 in the first month, from the ramp, then 320 a month at the Premium weekly ceiling. the limits.
- 228 accepted
- At 25%. Below 15% the product halves its caps on its own, so a rate under that would never hold the invitation count above. what our accounts got.
- 34 replies
- At 15% of accepted connections, after one message written from their profile and one follow-up. what our accounts got.
- 3.4 deals, $3,413
- One reply in 10 closing at $1,000 each, against $147 of subscription. the price.
These are ceilings, not forecasts. Public holidays, a week you approve nothing, or the accept-rate breaker halving your caps all make the real number smaller. Nothing makes it bigger. If your deal size does not clear the break-even, do not buy it.
Questions people ask about the arithmetic
- Where do the invitation numbers come from?
- From the limits the product enforces, not from a forecast. A new account sends 5 a day for three days, then 10, 15, 18 and 20, weekdays only, under a rolling ceiling of 80 a week (50 on a free LinkedIn account). That makes month one about 270 invitations and every steady month 320. They are ceilings: holidays, a day you approve nothing, or the accept-rate breaker halving your caps all make the real number smaller.
- Why do I have to type the accept, reply and close rates myself?
- Because they are about your offer and your market, not about the software, and anyone quoting you a reply rate before seeing what you sell is quoting a number they made up. The defaults are a conservative starting point. What our own accounts actually got, week by week, including the quiet weeks, is on the numbers page, and you can type those in instead.
- What does it break even at?
- At the defaults, a deal worth about $43 over 3 months. The break-even is the subscription divided by the deals the rates produce, so it moves with every slider. If your deal size does not clear it, do not buy this; a month of it teaching you that your positioning is wrong still costs $49/month rather than three months of evenings.
- Does a higher deal size change what the product sends?
- No. The ceiling is 20 a day and 80 a week for everyone, on every plan, as a constant in the source. An account under 150 connections sends nothing at all, and the accept-rate breaker halves the caps below 15% and stops inviting below 8%. No tool can promise an account will not be restricted; what can be shown is how the tool behaves, and the calculator only ever assumes that behaviour.
Hellofew is the product the arithmetic is about: the whole LinkedIn outbound loop run for one person from their own account, under the limits on the limits page, for $49/month. Reading your product page and writing your targeting is free and needs no card.