What information do I need to find an email address with Dropcontact?

✨ Dropcontact: The Next-Gen B2B Email Enrichment

Unlike traditional email finders that rely on outdated databases, Dropcontact generates and validates data in real time using its own proprietary algorithms.

This means every result is fresh, verified, and GDPR-compliant, without storing or reselling any personal data.

Our technology also includes advanced catch-all handling, smart company domain matching, and built-in verification for unmatched accuracy.

👉 Learn more about how Dropcontact stands out in our dedicated article: Why Dropcontact is the Best Alternative for Email Enrichment

The best enrichment: First Name + Last Name + Company Name

To find a professional email address with Dropcontact, you only need three key pieces of information:

• First name
• Last name
• Company name

From these three elements, Dropcontact’s algorithms generate and verify the professional email address of your contact: no static databases, no outdated data.

The engine matches company names to their domains with high accuracy, even when no website or domain is provided. This significantly reduces mismatches while boosting accuracy at scale.

💡 Tip: You don’t need to split the first and last name!
Dropcontact also accepts a Full Name column and even manages inversions (e.g. Doe John → John Doe).

Other ways to identify a company

If you don’t have the exact company name, Dropcontact can still recognize it from:

• 🌐 The company website

• 🔗 The company’s LinkedIn URL

• 📨 The company domain

• 🇫🇷 The company SIRET number (for French companies only)

These alternatives ensure your contact’s company is identified correctly, even with incomplete information.

👤 Find an email from a LinkedIn URL

You can also enrich your contacts using only their LinkedIn profile URL.

Simply upload your file to the Dropcontact app, making sure the LinkedIn URLs are in a column with a clear header name.

🚫 What happens if key data is missing or not supported

Dropcontact needs key information to perform B2B enrichment. Here’s what’s not supported:

• No company:
  Without a company name, Dropcontact can’t find an email.
  If the company is listed as Freelance, enrichment isn’t possible.
• No contact name:
  A first and last name (or full name) is required to find the email.
  💡 Tip: With Sales Navigator Advanced, you can import company lists and filter by job title to identify contacts => see this ABM tutorial.
• Sales Navigator URLs:
  Private or redirected URLs like
  https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACwAAAWOreABD-8O5fF0FQPHg6xPMH8gGqvLidM/
  aren’t supported — only public readable LinkedIn URLs are.
• Social media links:
  Dropcontact is a B2B-only solution: Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook URLs aren’t supported.