Show HN: Find email addresses of people you want to contact

Show HN: Find email addresses of people you want to contact(findan.email)

3 points by yawnt 11 years ago | 7 comments

codva 11 years ago |

Seems like a solution in search of a problem. Finding email addresses is not hard. It's pretty easy to guess the corporate email address of anybody working for a US based company. Simply use Google to figure out the corporate pattern for email, and apply to the person you want to reach. When in doubt, simply guessing variants of the usual patterns will usually work within 5 minutes. There are also tools like jigsaw.com and LinkedIn.

potomak 11 years ago | |

I have a different opinion✢: I think it's a clever service, maybe not one of the most useful, but it's a clear vision and it goes straight to the point.

There are a lot of cases where finding an email is an easy task, as easy as flasname@company.com, but I expect this service to shine when it's hard to guess an email address, so let's see what it could do.

✢Disclaimer: I know yawnt, the guy who wrote this service.

yawnt 11 years ago | |

i agree it's not that hard, however even if it takes 5 minutes you're valuing your time at 0.99*12 = 11.88$ / h .. i'd rather just pay 99¢ .. i thought about this because lately i've been been coldmailing people a lot and it does take its time.. thanks for your feedback however, always appreciated :)

ColinWright 11 years ago |

So, you have a domain name, and yet your contact address is findanemail@yahoo.it ??

That seems, well, odd.

yawnt 11 years ago | |

i tried to go the full MVP route and save as much as possible, do you feel it's untrustworthy? getmagicnow has @gmail after all.. thanks for your feedback!

ColinWright 11 years ago | | |

It just seems odd to have a domain and yet not have email going to it. Not sure what others think, I'm probably in that thin slice of people, savvy enough to notice, not savvy enough to understand why it's the right decision.

Not saying it is the right decision, just saying it made me wonder.

onion2k 11 years ago | | |

There's MX records on the domain, so @findan.email addresses are being routed somewhere. Why not make them forward to your main email account? It's literally 30 seconds work for a significant boost to your credibility.