Q: Could you explain how the lead generation process works?
Are you using my LinkedIn account to find and scrape leads—am I correct? Or are you using a database that you’ve already scraped from LinkedIn? Please verify this approach for me.
Founder Team
AnnaH_Closely
Apr 29, 2026
A: Hi Aleksandr,
If you’re referring to importing contacts into a campaign using a LinkedIn search URL, then yes — we use your LinkedIn account to scrape those contacts and add them to your campaign.
However, if you’re referring to the Lead Finder tab, then the data comes from our own database. In this case, we do not use your LinkedIn account to find the contacts.
What is the Lead Finder Tab? How many leads do you provide through the Lead Finder Tab? How many leads can I get from it per month? What data can I extract from the Lead Finder Tab? Can I extract the email, contact name, phone number, company name, and LinkedIn URL?
>What is the Lead Finder? It is the tab where you can find the contact and their contact information from our database. You can use the built-in filters for the search >How many leads do you provide through the Lead Finder Tab? We have more than 100M contacts in our database >How many leads can I get from it per month? It depends on the number of credits you have in your plan. 1 credit = 1 contact
>Can I extract the email, contact name, phone number, company name, and LinkedIn URL? Yes, all this information will be provided with 1 credit for 1 contact. However, at the moment, we may not have the phone numbers for all contacts. But if we have one, it will be shown for the contact.
Q: Must I have a Premium Account or Sales navigator to use Closely
Must I have a Premium Account or Sales navigator to use Closely ? Can I search, with Closely in combination with LinkedIn, for new Contacts?
Founder Team
AnnaH_Closely
Apr 8, 2026
A: Hi there. No, you don't have to have a Premium or SN account to use Closely, you can use all the features with a free LinkedIn account. And yes, you can search for new contacts with Closely in combination with LinkedIn.
Q: Why isn't the "cold lead to warm reply" moment shown on the listing?
I went through the entire AppSumo listing and couldn't find a motion video showing what actually happens when Closely sends a personalized LinkedIn sequence and a reply lands in the unified inbox. And as someone who creates motion explainer videos for SaaS products, that's exactly why I noticed it immediately.
Here's why this matters:
Listings with video convert up to 80% better Buyers decide...
I wanted to check if your solution supports advanced social warming features, specifically:
• Generating likes on the most recent posts of people we're targeting • Adding intelligent comments that take into account the topic of each post • Replying if anyone responds to our comments • Following their profile
Thanks!
Founder Team
AlexC_Closely
Dec 8, 2025
A: Hey there! Unfortunately, we don't have such features at the moment. However I passed your request to our product team for them to consider adding these features to our roadmap.
Q: Could you explain how the lead generation process works?
Are you using my LinkedIn account to find and scrape leads—am I correct? Or are you using a database that you’ve already scraped from LinkedIn? Please verify this approach for me.
AnnaH_Closely
Apr 29, 2026A: Hi Aleksandr,
If you’re referring to importing contacts into a campaign using a LinkedIn search URL, then yes — we use your LinkedIn account to scrape those contacts and add them to your campaign.
However, if you’re referring to the Lead Finder tab, then the data comes from our own database. In this case, we do not use your LinkedIn account to find the contacts.
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What is the Lead Finder Tab? How many leads do you provide through the Lead Finder Tab? How many leads can I get from it per month? What data can I extract from the Lead Finder Tab? Can I extract the email, contact name, phone number, company name, and LinkedIn URL?
>What is the Lead Finder?
It is the tab where you can find the contact and their contact information from our database. You can use the built-in filters for the search
>How many leads do you provide through the Lead Finder Tab?
We have more than 100M contacts in our database
>How many leads can I get from it per month?
It depends on the number of credits you have in your plan. 1 credit = 1 contact
>Can I extract the email, contact name, phone number, company name, and LinkedIn URL?
Yes, all this information will be provided with 1 credit for 1 contact. However, at the moment, we may not have the phone numbers for all contacts. But if we have one, it will be shown for the contact.
Q: Why don't you introduce AI with BYOK?
I saw in one of your messages that you want to calculate the cost of providing AI enhanced service. Why don't you just introduce AI service with BYOK?
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Q: Must I have a Premium Account or Sales navigator to use Closely
Must I have a Premium Account or Sales navigator to use Closely ?
Can I search, with Closely in combination with LinkedIn, for new Contacts?
AnnaH_Closely
Apr 8, 2026A: Hi there.
No, you don't have to have a Premium or SN account to use Closely, you can use all the features with a free LinkedIn account. And yes, you can search for new contacts with Closely in combination with LinkedIn.
Share Closely
Q: Why isn't the "cold lead to warm reply" moment shown on the listing?
I went through the entire AppSumo listing and couldn't find a motion video showing what actually happens when Closely sends a personalized LinkedIn sequence and a reply lands in the unified inbox. And as someone who creates motion explainer videos for SaaS products, that's exactly why I noticed it immediately.
Here's why this matters:
Listings with video convert up to 80% better
Buyers decide...
Share Closely
Q: Social Warming Features
Hey there! 👋
I wanted to check if your solution supports advanced social warming features, specifically:
• Generating likes on the most recent posts of people we're targeting
• Adding intelligent comments that take into account the topic of each post
• Replying if anyone responds to our comments
• Following their profile
Thanks!
AlexC_Closely
Dec 8, 2025A: Hey there!
Unfortunately, we don't have such features at the moment. However I passed your request to our product team for them to consider adding these features to our roadmap.
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