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Reverse email lookup in Clay

Know who is behind the email.

Use Forager reverse email lookup where your team already works in Clay.

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Forager is built into the partner product.

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  • $5 free credits
  • 800M+ people
  • 65M+ companies

A selection of waterfalls and workflow tools running Forager for reverse email lookup · plus other sales-tech platforms

  • Clay
  • Deepline
  • BetterContact
  • Scalestack
  • Airscale
  • Freckle
  • Sumsub
  • Hyre
For Clay users
The job
Identify the person, employer and work email behind a gmail or outlook sign-up or form fill so it can be scored and routed.
When
A free trial sign-up or form fill arrives with a personal email address.
Outcome
Inbound teams act on sign-ups that would otherwise stay anonymous and route personal-email form fills to the right owner.
Related recipe

Convert personal-email sign-ups into work identities

When to use it: A free trial sign-up or form fill arrives with a personal email address.

  1. Send the personal email to POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/
  2. Read current role_title and organization from the returned profile
  3. Enrich the employer with POST /organization_search/ (domains) for employees, industry, funding
  4. Get the work email from /person_contacts_lookup/work_emails/
  5. Upsert to CRM and route by the platform's scoring rules
InputsOutputs
personal email (gmail/outlook/yahoo)person name
public profile identifier
role_title
organization domain
employees
work_email
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Refresh stale ATS candidate records so past applicants resurface

When to use it: An agency imports its historic talent pool or a new requisition opens.

Show the steps
  1. Match ATS records by email with POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/ or by LinkedIn identifier
  2. Update current role_title, employer and skills from POST /person_detail_lookup/
  3. Refresh personal_email and mobile
  4. Re-index so silver-medalist candidates appear in new searches
InputsOutputs
ATS export (name, email, LinkedIn URL)current role_title
current employer
personal_email
phone_number
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Fields

Fields you get back

  • person name
  • public profile identifier
  • role_title
  • organization domain
  • employees
  • work_email
  • current role_title
  • current employer
  • personal_email
  • phone_number

From the workflows above. Full field reference: Reverse email lookup and the API docs.

A selection of waterfalls and workflow tools running Forager for reverse email lookup · plus other sales-tech platforms

  • Clay
    • GTM workflow builders

    Selected use case: Forager mobile numbers, emails and people data inside Clay tables.

  • Deepline
    • Waterfall enrichment

    Selected use case: Forager lookups as typed tools inside enrichment waterfalls.

    19 typed Forager tools available inside Deepline1

  • BetterContact
    • Waterfall enrichment

    Selected use case: a Forager step in its waterfall for mobile numbers.

  • Scalestack
    • GTM workflow builders

    Context and data infrastructure for enterprise GTM agents.

  • Airscale
    • Waterfall enrichment

    Selected use case: a Forager step in its mobile number waterfall.

  • Freckle
    • GTM workflow builders

    Selected use case: Forager as a selectable mobile number provider in its waterfalls.

  • Sumsub
    • Embedded in a platform

    Identity verification platform for KYC, AML and fraud prevention.

  • Hyre
    • AI candidate sourcing

    Agentic recruitment platform for agencies in the Netherlands and Europe.

Sources

1 Deepline: deepline.com/integrations/forager (public page, read 2026-10-21).

“Forager leads in accuracy across all regions, Forager's dual strength in accuracy and volume makes it a powerhouse for sales teams that are targeting businesses around the globe.”
ClayStefan K.Data Partnerships
800M+people
65M+companies
How to test it

Test reverse email lookup on your own sample

  1. Pull a sample. Take profiles your users looked up last week.
  2. Run it. Use a self-serve key, or book a demo and send us the list.
  3. Measure what your users feel. Connect rate for mobiles, bounces for emails, and whether the right person answers.
  • $5 free credits
  • No credit card
  • Run your sample
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I set up reverse email lookup in Clay?

Open the Forager listing in Clay, follow Clay's setup for that provider, and pick the Forager data you need: reverse email lookup. The listing is linked from this page.

What does reverse email lookup cost for Clay users?

Reverse email lookup: 5 credits per request, charged whether or not data comes back. 1,000 reverse email lookups use 5,000 credits: about $67 of Starter credits month to month, or about $50 on Pro with yearly billing. Self-serve plans are Starter, Growth, Pro and Scale. How Clay bills for its own steps is set by Clay. See plans and prices

How do Clay users use Forager reverse email lookup?

Identify the person, employer and work email behind a gmail or outlook sign-up or form fill so it can be scored and routed. Turn an email address into a full person profile: name, title, company, location and social links. This page walks through 3 workflows with the exact steps.

Am I charged when nothing is found?

Yes. Reverse email lookup is charged per request, whether or not data comes back. Only mobile and email lookups are free when nothing is found, so try your inputs on a small run before you scale.

Can Clay users test reverse email lookup for free?

Yes. Create a free account at app.forager.ai: it comes with $5 in free credits and an API key, and there is no credit card to sign up. Run it on records you already know, or book a demo and send us a list: we run it and show you what we find.

What inputs does it take and what does it return?

You send email address, sign-up email and API key. You get back role_title, work_email, current employer and phone_number, from POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/, as JSON.

How do you check data quality?

The test that counts is your own: send a list of profiles you care about. We run it and show you what we find, number by number, so you can measure hit rate and connect rate yourself.

Who built and maintains the Clay integration?

Native. Forager is built into the partner product. Clay lists Forager as a provider on its own site.

How do I enrich calendar attendees with job title?

Resolve each new email address with POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/. Pull full career history with POST /person_detail_lookup/.

Can I use the Forager API directly instead of Clay?

Yes. The same data is available through the REST API with one API key, so you can call it from your own code or another tool. Native in Clay, partner-built in Deepline and called through the API from Make, n8n and your own code.

Do I need a subscription?

Not to test: a free account comes with $5 in credits. To keep using reverse email lookup, choose a monthly or yearly plan. Monthly plans cancel anytime and unused credits roll over; yearly plans grant all credits upfront and cost 10% less. Larger volumes are agreed with our team.

How is the data sourced, and what about privacy?

Bring your legal and security questions to a call with our team, and we take you through how Forager data is sourced and the terms that cover reverse email lookup for Clay users. Forager's privacy policy is public, and anyone can send a request about their own personal data through the consumer rights form on forager.ai.

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