Well, let’s start off supposing a company name right by you, what would you have done first to find the website URL?
Your first instinct might be to simply Google it. But what if you have 1000s of company names with you?
Sure, you could try to Google each one, but this task quickly becomes impractical unless you have superhuman speed and patience.
For the sake of this article, let’s suppose you don’t have superpowers, and you have a list of companies with you, but no corresponding website URLs or other business details.
In this blog, I’ll walk you through the whole process of retrieving website URLs or domains from comapny names. In the process, I will be answering the following questions too.
- Can bulk retrieval of company details be done?
- If yes, what data points or details you can know about a company?
Can You get company details in bulk by company name?
Yes, it is possible to get company details in bulk. This whole process of extracting business details (company details) through one data point (company name) is known as data enrichment.
Having a data enrichment process enables you to have an up-to-date database. There are different tools and APIs, that can do it.
What Data Points can I know about a business by its name?
Typically, tools offer business URLs, some might offer URLs and logos. These tools are good starting points to know about a business. Once retrieving website URLs from these tools, you can visit these URLs and can pick up whatever data point you need.
But, Wait what manually again?
So what if you want more info on companies by their name and not merely their URL and logo?
You can do that by using a data enrichment API. At enrichmentapi.io, we provide a dedicated API that can do this type of data enrichment in bulk.
Company Name to Domain API takes the business name and returns business details like URL, title, related links (including social links), and industry of the business. We Provide 50 Free Credits, for you to test it.
Oh, & before we start, you can test the API from our Dashboard.
You can start by Signing up to enrichmentapi. After successful signup, you will land on the Dashboard. Here is a quick video tutorial, if you would want to skip the reading part.
For the people who would like to read, below is a step-by-step tutorial 👇.
You can find your API_Key on the right-hand side of the dashboard, my API_KEY is hidden. Click on the Company Name to Domain it is on the left side as shown above.
After clicking you will land on the screen where you have to fill in the company name.
Fill in the company name. For the sake of this tutorial, I am filling in clickfunnels as a company name. Let’s click search.
As you can see the tool returned the website address of the business name.
However, what if you want to get more details of that company name?
The process of knowing only the website URL would Cost you 1 credit from the 50 credits you get when you sign up.
If you want to know more about the company name, you can use the GET MORE parameter. 🔽
Click on Get More, and then True, and then Search. This will instruct the API to fetch more details associated with that Name. When doing so you get the following details.
- website URL
- business address
- phone number
- social profiles
- headline on their website
- related links
Bravo, if you have retrieved data for the first company. You can continue checking the info on businesses.
To do this process in bulk, you can use your API_KEY. You can check out the documentation here.
Challenges in Retrieval of Company Details via Name
As we already discussed, not all tools give the same output.
This variability comes from how these tools are built and source the data first. Business data is dynamic – it evolves and expands over time. A company might change its website, relocate, or undergo a rebranding, all of which can affect the data associated with it. As a result, the tools designed to gather this data must constantly update their databases to keep pace with these changes.
Another challenge arises from the integration of multiple data sources. Different tools use different data pools and sometimes struggle to associate certain data points that belong to the same comapny.
For instance, a tool might successfully retrieve a company’s website URL but fail to provide accurate information about its new phone number if its database isn’t up-to-date or fully integrated.
Wrapping Up
And there you have it—a quick tutorial into how you can effortlessly collect company details on a large scale.
Our Company Name to Domain API is designed to make life easier for busy professionals. From building a lead list for your next marketing campaign to enhancing your current customer database, the uses for this API are as varied as they are valuable.
In just a few clicks, you can start gathering the data you need, without the headache of manual research. Whether you’re a small business owner looking to understand your competition, or a market researcher analyzing industry trends, the API opens up a world of possibilities.
Ready to get started? Head over to our dashboard and see what insights you can uncover today. Let’s make data work for you!
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