Hunter.io is an email finder that is used by more than 1.8 million people worldwide.
Although there are several tools and ways to find anyone’s email, if you are actively looking to find an email address of someone for professional purposes then Hunter.io can help you do that in seconds.
Here are the different features offered by Hunter.io:
1- Domain Search
You can use this option to find any email address using a company name or website. For example, if you are looking to approach anyone from a particular company but don’t know the email address of the manager or the CEO of the company then you can use the domain search option.
Enter the name of the company or the domain name in the search box and Hunter will immediately search all the email addresses associated with the company. You can easily choose the email address you need and connect with the person of your choice. Hunter also displays the sources from where the email addresses were fetched.
2- Email Finder
You can use this option if you know the person with whom you wish to connect but don’t know the email address. Simply visit the email finder option and enter the name of the person along with the domain name. Press enter. Hunter.io will immediately fetch the email address of that person.
3- Email Verifier
The third and the final product that Hunter.io offers is the email verifier. You can use this tool to check the validity of any email address. It also enables you to clean up your email list and database. In case you are unable to verify emails, you can use a third-party email verifier for this purpose.
If you already have an email address of a person with you and you only want to test whether the email address is genuine or not then you should use this option.
4- Chrome Extension
If you are looking to speed up the things then add the Hunter Chrome Extension to your browser. Doing so will enable you to see all the email addresses associated with the website and their public sources.
Chrome extension is particularly useful when you are doing a job of browsing several websites per day and finding the contact details of each one of them. Instead of browsing the website and searching for an address which many of them don’t have, you can leave the task on the extension and get the email addresses of everyone associated with that company in seconds.
5- Google Sheet Add-on
This is a revolutionary product that lets you find email addresses associated with any domain directly on your Google Spreadsheets. You can run an email finder search or Domain search on the Google Spreadsheets interface without the need to leave the sheet and visit the main Hunter site.
6- Bulk Tasks
If you wish to find the email addresses of a number of professionals or for a list of companies then the Bulk Tasks option is for you.
Enter the list of companies or names of professionals and the tool will return your file enriched with email addresses.
7- Integration
You can connect Hunter.io to your favorite CRM and improve your overall productivity. Hunter offers the following integrations:
- Salesforce
- Hubspot
- Pipedrive
- Zoho
- Zapier
8- Campaigns
A simple cold email campaign is one of the newest features offered by Hunter.io. If you wish to run a cold email outreach campaign like for guest post or link acquisition then this option is the best for you.
Hunter offers built-in email templates with dynamic variables that you can use to send personalized emails to your prospects at a scheduled time. You have the full data related to what happens to your emails after you click send.
You can create your free account in minutes and start receiving more replies from your cold outreach campaigns.
Hunter.io FAQ
1- Are the email addresses returned by Hunter.io accurate?
Yes, they are accurate. The returned email addresses come with a green verified icon next to them. Email addresses that do not have a green icon come with a confidence score that calculates the accuracy of the email.
2- How does Hunter.io fetch email addresses?
Hunter fetches the email addresses from public sources scattered around the web. You can see the source of the email in the search results returned by Hunter.
3- Are “valid” email addresses 100% accurate?
There are 95% chances that the verified email addresses won’t bounce. You need to have good luck for the remaining 5%.
4- How does Hunter check the validity of the email address?
It connects to the SMTP server to evaluate the accuracy of emails but it never sends an email to the recipient.
5- Is Hunter.io free to use?
Yes, the tool requires you to create an account for free. With a free account, you can use up to 50 requests a month for free. Every email verification gets counted as a request. If you need more requests then you can subscribe to the monthly plans offered by Hunter starting at $49/month for 1000 requests.
6- Is Hunter.io an email scraping/web scraping tool?
No, Hunter never scrapes email addresses from the pages you are visiting. The email addresses are public on the web and are found by Hunter web crawlers.
