How to find someone's email from their LinkedIn profile
LinkedIn rarely shows an email address, but the profile tells you most of what you need: the person's name and where they work. Here are four ways to get from a profile to a work email that won't bounce, from free and manual to one call to Reachlist.
1. Check their contact info
Open the profile and select Contact info under the name. If you are connected and the person chose to share it, their email is there. Most people share a personal address, if any, and only with their connections, so this works for a few people you already know.
2. Look on their company's website
Team pages, press releases and author pages sometimes list addresses. Even one address at the company shows its pattern, such as first.last@company.com or flast@company.com.
3. Guess the pattern, then verify it
With the name and the company's domain, try the common patterns: first@, first.last@, firstlast@, flast@. Don't send to a guess: an address that doesn't exist bounces, and bounces hurt your sender reputation, so later emails land in spam. Check the address first with an email verifier; Reachlist's verify_email costs 0.25 credits a check and answers valid, invalid or risky.
Some companies accept every address at their domain (a "catch-all"), so a verifier can't confirm one person's address there; treat those as risky.
4. Use an email finder with the profile URL
An email finder does steps 2 and 3 for you, across sources, and returns only an address that verifies. With Reachlist, paste the profile URL:
- In Claude or ChatGPT: "Find the work email of linkedin.com/in/…" once Reachlist is connected.
- From your dashboard: search for people by title, company and place, then find emails for the rows you choose and download a CSV.
- From code:
POST https://reachlist.app/v1/tools/find_emailwith{"linkedin_url": "…"}, or with the name and the company's domain.
It returns only addresses that pass verification and match the person's company domain, and it costs 2 credits when it finds one (from 5¢ on a paid plan). When it finds nothing, it costs nothing.
For a whole list
Copying profiles into a spreadsheet one by one takes hours. A people search returns the list instead (title, company, place and profile URL), and the email lookups run on it in one go. From the dashboard, that's a search, a click on "Find emails" and a CSV download; from your assistant, it's one request.
Questions
Is it legal to email someone whose address I found this way?
It depends on where they are and why you write. In the EU and UK, a relevant business message to a work address can rest on legitimate interest, with an easy way to opt out; consumer rules are stricter. Check the rules that apply to you before you send.
Why not just guess and send?
A wrong guess bounces. A few bounces in a campaign tell mail providers you don't know your recipients, and your next emails go to spam. Verifying first costs a fraction of a credit.
Does LinkedIn show emails to Sales Navigator users?
No. Sales Navigator shows more profiles and filters, not email addresses, except the ones people share in their contact info.
What does a lookup cost if nothing is found?
Nothing. Reachlist charges for an email lookup only when it returns a verified address.
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