Overflow: Never Hold a Lead

When every eligible rep is at capacity the lead is assigned anyway — to your top performer, or to a rep you nominate.

What it is

Two overflow strategies. Top performer ranks the eligible reps by a composite score built from conversion rate and speed to lead, weighted the way the owner set it. Specific rep pins overflow to one person, falling back to top-performer ranking whenever that person is not eligible for that lead. Unproven reps below a minimum-leads gate score zero — never preferred over a proven rep, but still selectable so a lead is never held.

Also called: all my reps are full · what happens when reps are capped · top performer gets the overflow

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Overflow: Never Hold a Lead
New lead 3
Marlin Hoover
$55k
Delia Yoder
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Sutter Kline
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Contacted 2
Sutter Kline
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Ronan Petsch
$42k
Ivy Brubaker
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Estimate 2
Ivy Brubaker
$54k
Gideon Alt
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Marlin Hoover
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Sold 4
Marlin Hoover
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Delia Yoder
$56k
Sutter Kline
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The overflow settings (Top performer / Specific rep) with the score weighting sliders, beside a log row reading reason: overflow with a score. Sample data — no customer information appears here.
How it works
  1. 1Rep scores are computed once per run for the whole rep set, never once per lead
  2. 2Tie breaks run composite, then conversion, then fastest speed to lead, then lowest open workload
  3. 3The chosen rep's score is written onto the assignment row so the decision is auditable
  4. 4The overflow reason is recorded distinctly from a priority or fair-share assignment
Why we built it

When every eligible rep is at capacity, the safe-looking choice is to hold the lead until somebody frees up — which means the customer waits, and the first builder to ring gets the job. Leads are assigned anyway: to the top performer, or to a rep the owner nominates. The ranking behind that was broken for a while, scoring only the nominated fallback so everyone else compared as zero. New reps have to clear a minimum before they can win overflow on a fluke, while staying pickable so nothing stalls.

The problem
  • Capacity limits turning into a queue nobody drains
  • Overflow ranking against an empty score set
  • Unproven reps outranking proven ones
Sound familiar?
What you get
No lead ever sits waiting for capacity
Overflow goes to whoever actually closes fastest
The reason and score behind each overflow decision are recorded

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