Putting it on the web invites anyone and everyone to contact themeven spammers.
But in the age of social media, is email still really relevant?
Should we give up on finding people’s email addresses and resort to social media instead?
At least not yet.
Emailing someone can still be more powerful than contacting them on social media.
Shows sources where the email address was found.
Preview the results before opening them.
Free users limited per month.
Results cannot be exported to a file unless you pay.
Can’t search for addresses by name.
When you click to verify, you’re told whether the address is deliverable.
Premium subscriptions are available for larger monthly request limits.
No need to open up a new tab and search Hunter.io.
It even adds a Hunter button to LinkedIn user profiles to help you find their email addresses.
Search for Email Addresses by Name and Domain: Voila Norbert
Narrow results by name.
Option to email directly.
Can save a list to a file.
Name and domain required.
Limited number of searches.
Voila Norbertis another email address search tool that’s free to sign up and easy to use.
The tool works best with company domains because there are only so many users with company email addresses.
It also works with free email providers like Gmail.
There are bound to be multiple users who share the same names.
Like Hunter, Voila Norbert lets you search for email addresses manually or in bulk.
Search for Email Addresses by Name and Domain: Anymail Finder
Find emails in bulk.
Results can be saved to a file.
Requires both a first and last name.
Trial version has limited features.
Anymail Finder has a few subtle differences from the above options that make it a worthwhile mention here.
Another big downside is that Anymail Finder doesn’t seem to work with free email providers such as Gmail.
Anymail Finder also has a Chrome extension with good ratings.
Find Active Email Addresses: Rapportive
Works seamlessly with Gmail.
Often doesn’t work or is very slow to load.
Runs in Chrome only.
Rapportive is a neat little email tool from LinkedIn that works with Gmail.
It only comes in the form of a Google Chrome extension.
Active email addresses that are linked to LinkedIn profiles display profile information on the right side.
Rapportive won’t give you any suggested email addresses like the previous tools mentioned.
