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Chrome is Google’s free web browser, and as you’d expect, it’s very popular. In fact, according to W3Schools.com, Google Chrome had a 73.8% market share in November 2016, up from 67.4% at the same point last year.

One of the attractions of using Google Chrome is the fact that users can add extensions to the browser to enhance their individual experience. Domain investors often need to use several specific tools and services every day. Here are five Google Chrome extensions for domainers.


WHOIS

WHOIS is a service that domain investors typically use on a regular basis. Whether it’s out of curiosity, or whether you’re looking to make an inquiry on a domain name, WHOIS is a vital part of a domainer's day. How do you currently look up WHOIS for domain names you’re visiting? Do you manually type in the WHOIS URL every time? There are two Google Chrome extensions that will give you a quick shortcut from now on.

The first is Who.is lookup. It allows you to look up the WHOIS details for the domain name you’re currently visiting at the click of a button. You’ll be directed to the Who.is website, where you can view the WHOIS details.

If you’re not a fan of Who.is, perhaps this extension will suit you. It works in exactly the same way as the extension above, but it takes you to a DomainTools.com WHOIS page instead.


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Domain Auction Metrics

If you regularly browse auctions then this free extension may give you further insights into each domain name in your list. After installing this extension, you’ll notice that very little has changed. That is, until you visit an auction website, such as GoDaddy or NameJet, and browse through the listings. This extension will add new details about every domain name in your list.

By default, it will show you Domain Authority, Page Authority, and Google Index details, but it can take you a DomCop.com page where you can view more details about the domain in question. I’ve successfully tested this extension on GoDaddy Auctions, NameJet, and SnapNames.


Sidekick

I’ve blogged several times about Sidekick, which is now a part of Hubspot’s sales platform. It is a paid service, but I find it to be indispensable. Essentially, it allows you to track every single email that you send from your Gmail account.

For domain investors, it can be a valuable tool when conducting outbound sales. Using Sidekick, you’ll know exactly when your emails have been opened and how many times they’ve been opened. You’ll often be able to judge whether someone is interested in your domain from how many times they open the email that you sent them, which could mean they are discussing it with colleagues before placing an offer or accepting your price quote.


Boomerang

Another invaluable tool for your inbox. Boomerang allows you to schedule emails to be sent at a specific time and date. Why would this be of use to domainers? If you’re looking to perform outbound sales on a domain that you own, but you work full time, it can be difficult to successfully send your emails. Sending emails at night will result in less email opens, since your message may get buried in overnight emails.

Using Boomerang, you’ll be able to schedule your messages to send at a specific time of the day, when your prospective lead is more likely to be online.

Boomerang is a “freemium” service, but the functionality I’ve mentioned above is completely free. The extension can be used to track emails too, which is something that’s available via a subscription.


Hunter

This is my favorite Chrome extension, and I’ll be writing an article dedicated to this extension at a later date. Hunter is a service that allows you to look up the email addresses associated with any website you visit. It’s an excellent tool to use when you’re performing outbound sales and you’re attempting to find the best email address to contact.

It also works well with LinkedIn. Let’s say that you identify that you need to send an email to the CMO of a specific company. You can find them on LinkedIn, and then use the “Hunter” button to have his/her email address pop up. It will save you a lot of time, trust me.

Hunter is available for free and offers 150 lookups per month. It offers subscriptions starting at $39 per month for 1,000 lookups, but I haven’t felt the need to upgrade yet.
 
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I use Newsletter on Wordpress to email large amounts of members, and also Push Notifications, but I hardly ever track the open status of emails I send to friends. Though Newsletter does show the Open Rate, to show you how many of your emails are opened.
 
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Well while Hunter is good it tends to give few generic email ids like info@.... or support@.... or sales@.... which are not very useful. It is pretty useful nonetheless. Clearbit is another one to try though .... while the number of free lookups are far fewer the emails found seem to be more genuine to me.
 
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Well while Hunter is good it tends to give few generic email ids like info@.... or support@.... or sales@.... which are not very useful. It is pretty useful nonetheless. Clearbit is another one to try though .... while the number of free lookups are far fewer the emails found seem to be more genuine to me.

Looking through LinkedIn, I found several email addresses for key staff members almost immediately. No info@ or sales@ emails.
 
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Looking through LinkedIn, I found several email addresses for key staff members almost immediately. No info@ or sales@ emails.
Agreed, I was talking about the case where the extension is used directly from the site of a lead. In some cases where LinkedIn profiles are not available hunter just doesn't give us the easy way out. It is very useful ,can't stop stressing that fact I guess and I'm just saying that some other better extensions exist but with fewer free lookups
 
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Love your posts. Hunter is great.
 
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Nice post, James. I really don't want to begin another hobby or do this full time but you are making it attractive.
 
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The cash back is random between 1-20%. I paid $49.70 in purchases the other day and got 497 honey gold, almost $5. It's only redeemable on Amazon as far as I know. Dynadot and GoDaddy use it I know for sure, but 1000s of other retailers as well

I'm up to around $500 in cash back from Amazon already. A few pointers, if renewing domains, they pay up to 6 renewals, typically I don't have a problem with getting credit but its something to keep in mind. Also, when making large auction purchases make sure to have your "cash bonus" activated. Normally to do this I click on "check codes" when it pops up at checkout, this will ensure that the bonus is credited. Once I made a purchase for $5k, had the cash bonus on and Godaddy didn't want to pay out. I assumed this would happen so I also took a screenshot of the purchase after I made it with the "cash bonus activated" pull down menu displayed. I ended up getting around $200 just for that purchase.
 
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The best linkedin email finder is Contactout.io
 
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Hunter is more than a linkedin email finder, when you go to the website you can actually type domain and it will track all emails for domains, bitconnect is pretty good as well but very low quantity. For anyone having issues with signing up hunter get yourself a temporary email, i use this one for temporary disposable email mytemp.email
 
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Thanks James for the Hunter tip. Very useful.
 
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hey Umerk, i can't use hunter because of email they can't accepted gmail what can i do?
 
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How does Bitconnect work? Is it an email finder too?
Yes clearbit/bitconnect is the one I'm talking about it, it is pretty easy to use and it is quite accurate.
 
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Thanks, @James Iles and every one, I discovered new apps and services, I didn't know before.
 
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What happened to domcop? Loved that thing, but looks like they pulled it from the chrome store. Can anyone recommend an alternative?
 
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Do you mean domcomp instead of domcop ?
 
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Some extensions that I like are:

Clearbit - allows 100 free email lookups/month.
Streak - freemium CRM, allows you to see who opens your emails,has a visual representation of a sales funnel/pipeline, allows colour coding of prospects etc. I find it quite useful, but it has a learning curve.
Keywords Everywhere - automatically lists search volume/month,CPC and competition for every Google search.
Honey - collects coupon codes and offers discounts at many retailers. Collect Honey Gold which can be redeemed at Amazon.

Those are the 4 that I use the most. Hope you guys some use out of that.
 
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Some extensions that I like are:

Clearbit - allows 100 free email lookups/month.
Streak - freemium CRM, allows you to see who opens your emails,has a visual representation of a sales funnel/pipeline, allows colour coding of prospects etc. I find it quite useful, but it has a learning curve.
Keywords Everywhere - automatically lists search volume/month,CPC and competition for every Google search.
Honey - collects coupon codes and offers discounts at many retailers. Collect Honey Gold which can be redeemed at Amazon.

Those are the 4 that I use the most. Hope you guys some use out of that.
i use the same also...
btw I'm 2 years with Honey and i've not yet found a single way to buy something that gave me honey gold.....
 
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i use the same also...
btw I'm 2 years with Honey and i've not yet found a single way to buy something that gave me honey gold.....

Godaddy gives Honey Gold.
 
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Godaddy gives Honey Gold.
btw i personally try to avoid godaddy as the plague when I can.
the worst things of them? the support IMO, except for Styler that is very helpful here.
 
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