CASE STUDY

ID Land - Port Lane

Building Port Lane's Buyer Acquisition Engine for Premium Port Melbourne Townhomes

How Market Lead, in partnership with Stratosphere, launched ID Land's Port Lane project with a multi-step buyer qualification system, delivering 546 leads at ~$35 CPL with a 7.5% landing page conversion rate (vs the 2-5% generic LP benchmark) and a 60% sales qualified lead rate across the 5-month launch window.

Client

ID Land - Port Lane

Industry

Property Development (Off-the-Plan Premium Townhomes)

Services

Google Ads, Meta Ads, High-Converting Landing Page, Data & Attribution

Time Frame

5-Month Campaign (February to June 2025)

Buyer Leads in 5 Months

Buyer Leads in 5 Months

546

Sales Qualified Lead Rate

Sales Qualified Lead Rate

60%

Cost Per Lead

Cost Per Lead

$35

Landing Page Conversion Rate

Landing Page Conversion Rate

7.5%

The

Challenge

The

Challenge

The

Challenge

A Premium Project Launch Without a Buyer Pipeline

ID Land is a Melbourne-based property developer. Port Lane is their premium townhome development in Port Melbourne, priced from $1.1M to $1.7M+ for inner-city Melbourne buyers.

The product had the credentials: prime inner-city location, premium developer track record, a project ready for buyer attention.

But a new project launch needs buyers fast. The sales team's time is best spent on prospects who are already past the casual-browsing stage and have a meaningful buyer signal. Manual referrals and broad property listings alone could not deliver the volume or qualification depth needed for an off-the-plan release.

0 paid leads (project launch), no qualifying form, no buyer-journey attribution, no display-visit tracking, no broker/bank readiness reporting

Our

Approach

Our

Approach

Our

Approach

Qualify the Buyer at the Form, Not at the Call

Market Lead, in partnership with Stratosphere, built the entire acquisition stack for Port Lane from launch. The strategic challenge was clear: every lead that reached the sales team needed to arrive with their buyer profile already mapped, so the agent could spend the call moving the deal forward instead of running discovery. A two-step funnel made it work.

The first page captured contact details against a high-value offer (custom floor plans and pricing). The second page captured eight qualifying fields: buyer type (First Home Buyer, Downsizer, Upsizer, Investor), timeframe, bathroom and car requirements, budget band ($1.1M to $1.7M+), broker or bank conversation status, and display visit interest. Each field was a sales-readiness signal layered on top of contact details. By the time a lead landed in the sales team's hands, the team already knew exactly who they were talking to.

The Key Insight

In property development, the gap between a casual enquiry and a real buyer is enormous. Capturing both intent signals (display visit interest) and financial readiness signals (broker conversation status) at the form fill removes that gap before the sales agent picks up the phone.

Execution

Execution

Execution

Four Pillars That Transformed the Pipeline

Landing Page

• Dedicated lead-capture domain (go.portlanepm.com.au), separate from the main site, built for paid traffic conversion.
• Two-step funnel: page one captures contact details, page two captures eight buyer-qualifying fields.
• Eight buyer-readiness signals including buyer type, timeframe, budget band, and broker status.
• 7.5% conversion rate, up to 3.75x the typical benchmark of 2–5%.

Landing Page

• Dedicated lead-capture domain (go.portlanepm.com.au), separate from the main site, built for paid traffic conversion.
• Two-step funnel: page one captures contact details, page two captures eight buyer-qualifying fields.
• Eight buyer-readiness signals including buyer type, timeframe, budget band, and broker status.
• 7.5% conversion rate, up to 3.75x the typical benchmark of 2–5%.

Google Ads

• High-intent campaigns targeting Port Melbourne townhome, off-the-plan, and new development searches.
• Tight geographic targeting across inner-city Melbourne postcodes.
• Campaigns segmented by buyer journey stage from awareness through to floor plan queries.
• Negative keywords excluding rental, property management, and consumer real-estate searches.

Google Ads

• High-intent campaigns targeting Port Melbourne townhome, off-the-plan, and new development searches.
• Tight geographic targeting across inner-city Melbourne postcodes.
• Campaigns segmented by buyer journey stage from awareness through to floor plan queries.
• Negative keywords excluding rental, property management, and consumer real-estate searches.

Meta Ads

• Segmented architecture running direct response and brand trust campaigns across each audience segment.
• Multi-vector targeting across first home buyers, mortgage interest, luxury signals, and broad Port Melbourne prospecting.
• Distinct creative for each buyer segment built around that buyer's lived context.
• A/B testing across headlines, imagery, and CTA copy against form submissions and lead quality.

Meta Ads

• Segmented architecture running direct response and brand trust campaigns across each audience segment.
• Multi-vector targeting across first home buyers, mortgage interest, luxury signals, and broad Port Melbourne prospecting.
• Distinct creative for each buyer segment built around that buyer's lived context.
• A/B testing across headlines, imagery, and CTA copy against form submissions and lead quality.

Data & Attribution

• Real-time dashboard reporting lead volume, profiled lead rate, display visit status, and broker readiness daily.
• 60% profiled lead rate across the campaign window with weekly visibility by audience and creative.
• 32 leads confirmed display visits; 42 flagged needing more information, giving the sales team a warm follow-up list.
• 84 leads confirmed broker or bank readiness, surfacing the financially-ready cohort for prioritised contact.

Data & Attribution

• Real-time dashboard reporting lead volume, profiled lead rate, display visit status, and broker readiness daily.
• 60% profiled lead rate across the campaign window with weekly visibility by audience and creative.
• 32 leads confirmed display visits; 42 flagged needing more information, giving the sales team a warm follow-up list.
• 84 leads confirmed broker or bank readiness, surfacing the financially-ready cohort for prioritised contact.

The

Outcome

The

Outcome

The

Outcome

A Premium Project Launched with a Full Buyer Pipeline

ID Land's Port Lane project went from launch to a buyer pipeline of 546 leads in 5 months at ~$35 per lead.

60% of those leads profiled themselves as sales qualified at the form stage. 74 leads confirmed or considered a display home visit, 84 confirmed conversations with their broker or bank, and every lead reached the sales team with their buyer profile already mapped.

The system turned a new development launch into a sales-ready pipeline with the qualification work done before the first phone call.

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