(PRLEAP.COM) LAS VEGAS—Consumer information portal PreferredConsumer.com continued its transformation into a business resource with the debut May 4 of its new “Match” service. With Match, the 500,000 consumers who visit the site each month can state their need for a lawyer, physician, mortgage broker, dentist, insurance agent or other professional near their home, and Preferred Consumer will match that pre-qualified lead with pre-screened businesses in the area.

Consumers receive contact information for up to three businesses that respond to the inquiry, and will make the decision whether or not to contact the businesses. Only businesses that subscribe to the service will receive the pre-qualified leads. Business pay $10 to $50 per lead depending on their business type, and can also buy a flat rate annual Match subscription for $350 to $1,500.

Match is expected to drive new growth for the two-year-old Preferred Consumer, which launched in 2004 as a consumer information portal and has grown to include consumer information weblogs and news and one of the leading professional service directories in the country. Now with 29 channels of original content, the company is focusing on high-value ways to connect businesses with motivated consumers and deliver top-quality ROI.

“Match is our highest value service yet for participating businesses,” says PreferredConsumer.com founder and president Tom Chambers. “It provides the single resource that law firms, medical practices, real estate offices and others need most: interested customers who say, ‘I need this and I need it now.’ We expect it to be a huge driver of new revenue for us.”

For information about Match, visit www.preferredconsumer.com/match, or contact Tom Chambers at tom@netvisibilities.com.