With over 20 years of experience in lead generation, our journey began in the Real Estate industry. Our founder, Darren Johnson, first entered the field as a Licensed Mortgage Loan Officer, a role he held until 2010. Following the mortgage crisis, Darren transitioned to working with leading real estate portals, gaining firsthand insight into the power of lead generation at scale. His tenure with these major platforms not only deepened his industry expertise but also motivated him to build a better solution, which led him to launch a series of companies dedicated to advancing lead generation.

Darren founded companies such as TopAgentConnection and AgentZip, along with several other lead and software enterprises that serve both B2B and B2C markets. AgentZip quickly established itself as an innovator, wholesaling leads to prominent clients like OpCity, Realtor.com, Homes.com, and AgentPronto, and working with thousands of agents nationwide. AgentZip was also a pioneer in technology, becoming the first platform to offer a direct integration with Facebook Lead Ads—a groundbreaking move at the time. Darren’s vision and commitment to innovation helped shape marketing and advertising strategies that are still widely used in the industry today.

In 2019, Darren decided to step away from AgentZip, leaving the company he built to pursue new challenges. After a decade in Real Estate, he felt the need to take a break and assess the next chapter of his career. Over the following five years, Darren devoted his energy to refining his latest venture, ZipSellers. This wasn’t just a continuation of his previous work; it was an evolution. He focused on reimagining lead generation and customer engagement to better serve the modern market.

During this period, Darren’s skills and innovations received significant recognition. In 2020, he won an MIT Hackathon, underscoring his forward-thinking approach to technology. He was also the runner-up in a prestigious Facebook & Microsoft Hackathon, further cementing his reputation as a leader in tech-driven solutions. Concurrently, he collaborated directly with the Broker/Owner of the #1 Real Estate Team in the U.S., where his expertise was instrumental in their rapid expansion from 15 states to nearly 40. Darren’s contributions—recruiting hundreds of agents, streamlining technology, and implementing automation and systems—helped the team achieve over $10 billion in production in under two years.

In addition to his work in Real Estate, Darren explored innovations in Solar and Home Services, identifying emerging technologies that could bring valuable cross-industry insights back to his real estate clients. With ZipSellers, he has taken the best of his past successes, blending it with new strategies and technologies to create a solution that meets the evolving needs of the industry. Darren’s legacy of innovation, combined with his commitment to advancing the real estate industry, continues to inspire and drive the next generation of real estate solutions.