[WhatsApp Search]How to quickly find clients’ WhatsApp on Internet?

In the foreign trade industry, finding clients has always been a challenging task. Traditional email outreach is often ineffective—clients receive a large number of emails every day, making it difficult for them to take the time to read your message. Sometimes, even sending 100 to 200 emails a day results in no replies.

Because of this, I shifted from email outreach to finding clients' WhatsApp contacts for direct engagement. WhatsApp, being a more personal social platform similar to WeChat, has a massive user base and high daily activity. This means it offers better conversion rates for client development. Typically, if you send messages to ten potential clients on WhatsApp, at least two to three of them are likely to respond.

However, before reaching out, you first need to find the client's WhatsApp number. Here, I will share some of my most practical and effective methods for finding clients' WhatsApp contacts on internet.

Finding Clients’ WhatsApp via Search Engine Commands

By using advanced search operators, you can precisely locate target clients' WhatsApp numbers through search engines. Here are some useful search techniques:

Technique 1: (Product Keyword + WhatsApp + Country Code)

For example, if you want to find WhatsApp numbers of Italian auto parts suppliers, you can search on Google:
auto parts WhatsApp + "39"
This will help you find WhatsApp numbers related to the auto parts industry in Italy.

Technique 2: (site: Social Media URL + Product + WhatsApp + “Country Code”)

You can use this method to find WhatsApp numbers on social media platforms. For example, searching on Google:

site:linkedin.com clothes WhatsApp + "44"

This will help you find WhatsApp numbers related to the clothing industry in the UK on LinkedIn.

Technique 3: (Keyword + site: Country Domain + WhatsApp -eBay -Amazon)

This method allows you to find WhatsApp numbers of clients in specific countries while excluding e-commerce platforms like eBay and Amazon.
For example, if you're looking for UK-based wig suppliers, you can refine your search using the UK country domain and remove unrelated results.

Finding Clients' WhatsApp via Yellow Pages

This method is particularly effective for developing clients in the Middle East, Africa, and Malaysia. Many business directories in these regions list WhatsApp numbers directly. By modifying the country domain suffix of Yellow Pages websites, you can access business directories for different countries. Here are two examples:

1.UAE Yellow Pages: https://www.yellowpages.ae/

2.Egypt Yellow Pages: https://yellowpages.com.eg/

Many businesses include their WhatsApp numbers along with company information. You can search for relevant industries and click "Click to View" to reveal WhatsApp numbers or use the WhatsApp button to contact them directly.

Finding Clients' WhatsApp via Google Maps (More Efficient Way)

Steps

1.Open Google Maps and select the country you want to target.

2.Enter relevant keywords related to your product/service. However, the results may not always be precise.

3.Refine your keywords into long-tail keywords for better accuracy. For example:

①Instead of LED, try LED lights / LED bulbs / LED TV.

②You can also add factory, agent, retailer to the search.

③If you're unsure how to expand long-tail keywords, AI tools can help generate them.

4. Click on company listings to find phone numbers and website links.

5. Visit the company website for background research before deciding whether to proceed.

6. If you decide to move forward, you can directly message the phone number via WhatsApp.

Please note that some numbers may not be registered on WhatsApp.

However, this manual method is slow and tedious since you need to search and filter each result individually.

To simplify and automate the process of finding WhatsApp contacts, you can use WADesk’s lead mining feature to find clients' contacts directly:

1.Open WADesk’s Leads Feature and select the country, province, and city you want to target.

2.Enter industry-related keywords.

• One key advantage of WADesk is its built-in AI-powered keyword expansion, ensuring you don’t miss potential leads.
• You can input keywords in Chinese, and the system will automatically generate local language equivalents with translations!

3. Start the search, and the tool will compile all relevant company details, including:

• Website, industry, phone number, exact address, etc.
• You can manually filter out irrelevant leads and export the useful ones.

4. You can also bulk message the selected leads using pre-written message templates for outreach.The system will automatically filter out phone numbers that are not registered on WhatsApp, saving you time and effort.

Attention:Sometimes, the person you contact may not be the decision-maker. In that case:

• Check the company website for LinkedIn information.
• Search for the company on LinkedIn and locate decision-makers by their job titles.

This approach ensures you’re reaching the right person for your business development efforts.

Precautions for WhatsApp Client Development

Using WhatsApp for client development is significantly more efficient than traditional methods. However, it’s essential not to overuse this approach to avoid irritating potential clients or triggering account bans, which could result in wasted efforts.

Here are some key recommendations to reduce the risk of account suspension and improve outreach efficiency:

1.Maintain a stable network environment – Avoid frequent IP changes.
2.Avoid excessive outreach in a short time – Space out your client interactions.
3.Personalize your greetings – Address clients by name or job title instead of sending generic promotional messages.
4.Engage clients one by one – Avoid mass messaging, as it increases the risk of being flagged as spam.
5.Warm up new or inactive accounts – Use WADesk’s account warming feature before reaching out to clients.

The most critical aspect of client development is building trust to increase response rates. This is the foundation of successful foreign trade outreach.

By applying these best practices and leveraging WADesk’s tools, you can significantly improve your success rate in finding and engaging with potential clients on WhatsApp.

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