Email finder: definition
An email finder turns a name and a company into a work email address. Typical input is a full name plus a company name or domain; output is an address such as [email protected] and a confidence or verification status.
Finders combine several methods: working out the company's email format from addresses already known, generating email permutations of the person's name, and checking candidates with the mail server through email verification. On a catch-all domain the mail server accepts every candidate, so a finder can't confirm the mailbox and should say so rather than present a guess as certain.
Why it matters
For outbound, recruiting and partnerships, a finder replaces manual guessing. The quality question is not only 'did it return an email?' but 'was the email checked?' An unverified guess that bounces costs more than a result that honestly says not found.
How Skrap.ai helps
Skrap.ai's email finder takes a person's full name plus company name or domain and returns the most likely work email, verified before it's returned. You pay 1 credit when an email is found and nothing when it isn't. Use it free with a daily limit, in bulk via CSV, through the API, in the Google Sheets add-on or in the browser extension. Already have emails? Start with the free email verifier. See how to find a business email.