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Midas – Enriched contact information for email lists (amplemarket.com)
35 points by zinedine on June 28, 2016 | hide | past | favorite | 13 comments


This is good, but still falls into the FullContact/Intercom/Clearbit camp without clear differentiation. The service would add a lot more value if it niched down and provided really relevant information. As a sales person, I haven't found a service that actually tells me what I want to know about a lead/company. I often find myself wanting to know some combination of the following:

# of employees, approximate revenues, years in business, family-owned or not, number of locations, age of founder(s), scope(s) of work.

This helps me form a mental image of the company and helps me decide whether or not its worth pursuing them.

*edited for clarity


Dun and Bradstreet


yes, some of that information is provided, not all. It's also prohibitively expensive for me (~$120 for a report on one company).


How is this different from Clearbit's Enrichment API?

https://clearbit.com/enrichment


I wouldn't be surprised if it this is powered by Clearbit. A lot of companies seem to be reselling the data bought from Clearbit.

Intercom uses another company for their data too: https://docs.intercom.io/help-and-faqs/your-users-data-in-in...


It seems like this market became saturated in just the past couple of years with clearbit, and even intercom providing this for free. Used to be a real need but afraid OP might be a little late in releasing this.


Curious about this as well


How can I trust this service (and others like it) to keep the list of email addresses I provide confidential?


Another spammer to block. Is there a way to identify email processed through this system?


I'm not sure you understood what they actually do. This service gives you more information about an email (such as Name, Company that person works for, etc).


They don't spam you directly; they just sell your personal information to spammers. This is called 'lead generation' by the afflicted.


how are you claiming this?


Sorry, I don't understand -- how is this a spammer? They don't claim to send out email to anyone.




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